Minneapolis, MN —

In person: 2024 Book Lovers Ball

Experience the power of life-changing literature with Montana Poet Laureate and Métis storyteller Chris La Tray, author of the forthcoming memoir Becoming Little Shell. Enjoy dinner, drinks, a live auction, and more, while celebrating and supporting transformative books.

Funds raised from the Book Lovers Ball support Milkweed’s mission to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it.

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Dorothy Chan Book Launch at Milkweed Books

Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes award-winning author Dorothy Chan for a reading from their new poetry book Return of the Chinese Femme, an unabashed exploration of queerness, excess, identity, and tenderness. Dorothy will read from their book and sit in conversation alongside poet Douglas Kearney, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.

Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 6 p.m.

About the book

The speaker in Dorothy Chan’s fifth collection, Return of the Chinese

Craig Popelars

Craig Popelars is the Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Milkweed Editions. A thirty-year publishing veteran, Craig previously served as the Publisher of Tin House Books in Portland, Oregon and as the Associate Publisher and Marketing & Sales Director of Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. During his publishing tenure, he has published and promoted critically acclaimed and bestselling authors including Julia Alvarez, Ross Gay, Tayari Jones, Chimanda Ngozi Adichie, Gabrielle Zevin, Morgan Talty, and Hanif Abdurraqib. Craig earned his BA in English Literature and History at Appalachian State, and when he’s not reading or listening to vinyl…

News

Craig Popelars joins Milkweed as new VP, Sales & Marketing

Milkweed Staff — 03/19/2024

Effective March 18, 2024, Craig Popelars has joined Milkweed Editions in the newly created role of Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Popelars was previously the publisher of Tin House Books, and the associate publisher of Algonquin Books

Daniel Slager, Publisher and CEO of Milkweed, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Craig to the Milkweed team. We’ve had some wind in our sails in the marketplace over the last few years, and we are all very excited to build on it.”

Popelars shared, “I’ve admired Milkweed’s storied publishing program ever since I wrote my very first bookstore shelf-talker for Larry Watson’s …

Seattle, WA —

In person: Jessica Fisher appearing at Third Place Books

Third Place Books is delighted to welcome Kevin Craft and Jessica Fisher to the Ravenna store for an evening of poetry! Craft and Fisher will be presenting their new collections of poems. This event is free and open to the public.

For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A.

Rosalie Moffett

Rosalie Moffett is the author of Nervous System, which won the National Poetry Series Prize and was listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book, and June in Eden.

Minneapolis, MN —

In-person: Tess Taylor at Milkweed Books

Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes poet Tess Taylor for a reading from her new book Leaning Toward Light, a collection of contemporary gardening poems with a diverse range of contemporary voices that offer poems celebrating that joyful connection to the natural world, in an era of climate crisis. Tess will read from Leaning Toward Light and be joined in conversation by local author Beth Dooley, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.

Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 6 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation…

Minneapolis, MN —

In person: J. Drew Lanham at Milkweed Books

Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes J. Drew Lanham for a reading from his new poetry book, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves, a lush journey into wildness and Black being, in his signature mix of poetry and prose. Drew will read from his book and sit in conversation alongside poet Michael Kleber-Diggs, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.

Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation at 6 p.m.