We are pleased to announce that judge Victoria Chang has selected John McCarthy’s collection Scared Violent Like Horses as winner of the 2017-18 Jake Adam York Prize for a first or second collection of poems, presented in partnership by Copper Nickel and Milkweed Editions. McCarthy will receive $2,000 and his collection will be published by Milkweed in February 2019.
John McCarthy is the author of Scared Violent Like Horses, selected by Victoria Chang as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, and Ghost Country, named a Best Poetry Book of 2016 by the Chicago Review of Books. He serves as an editor of RHINO magazine and the Quiddity international literary journal and public radio program.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Chibundu Onuzo’s novel Welcome to Lagos in partnership with Catapult and the Igbo Women League of Minnesota, featuring a conversation with Lesley Nneka Arimah.
Join The Blake School and Milkweed Editions to celebrate best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, whose book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants draws from her life as an indigenous scientist, teacher, and mother to show how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons. Local author Heid E. Erdrich will join Kimmerer on stage and lead a conversation about beauty, language, and the intimacy of ecology. A book signing will follow.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Milkweed Editions! Join us for an evening honoring poets and the vitality of the Twin Cities poetry community.
Join Milkweed Editions, Orion Magazine, Hub City Press, The Oxford American magazine, *and* Guernica for a reading and party! Four poets — Ada Limón, Analicia Sotelo, Ashley M. Jones, Molly McCully Brown — will turn the political personal in poetry that channels anger, protest, and perseverance. ✨Party to follow.✨
Mingle with other readers, writers, and members of our literary community and meet the 2018 finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards, including Caitlin Bailey, author of Solve for Desire.
Join us as we celebrate the release the eagerly-awaited paperback release of Lesley Nneka Arimah’s acclaimed debut story collection, What It Means When A Man Falls from the Sky.
Join us for a conversation on the subject of quantum entanglement, featuring Louisa Gilder, author of The Age of Entanglement. We are pleased to join the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science in welcoming Louisa to the Twin Cities in celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the publication of her book.
