Alberto Ríos, Arizona’s inaugural poet laureate and a recent chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, is the author of twelve collections of poetry, most recently Not Go Away Is My Name, preceded by A Small Story about the Sky, The Dangerous Shirt, and The Theater of Nig
Please join for this very special program, co-presented with the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State. Poet and educator Chris Martin is visiting from Minneapolis, where he has been curating Milkweed Edition’s Multiverse series. That work has resulted in a series of new books of remarkable poetry. Young poet Imane Boukalia joins us from her home in Toronto, Ontario, to help us welcome her debut book of poetry into the world.
The Poetry Center reading room is located on the fifth floor of the Humanities Building, and is wheelchair accessible. Details on internet…
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Milkweed Editions and the Transnational Literary Series is pleased to present the virtual launch of Fady Joudah’s […]. The Transnational Series focuses on stories of migration, the intersection of politics and literature, and works in translation. This evening will center on a reading and conversation on Fady Joudah’s […] and illuminate the stories of survivance and resistance of Palestinians.
Please join us and Women and Children First for a virtual event celebrating HOUSE OF CARAVANS by Shilpi Suneja! For this event, Shilpi will be joined in conversation by Neema Avashia.
Mix and mingle with Minneapolis-based independent nonprofit presses: Milkweed Editions, Graywolf Press, and Coffee House Press.
- Shop our collections of poetry, fiction and nonfiction
- Receive a free drink ticket with purchase of any book (limit 1)
- Enter to win tote bags and broadsides
- Enjoy specialty cocktails (or mocktails!)
- Learn more about our organizations
- Connect with fellow lovers of literature
Join the Department of English at 7:30 pm on April 24, 2024, as the Esther Freier Lecture Series presents Gay (above right), author of The Book of Delights and The Book of (More) Delights, and Nezhukumatathil (left), author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks & Other Astonishments. The bestselling poets and essayists will read from their work and be in conversation with English Professor Douglas Kearney.
Live captioning and ASL provided. For further questions about accessibility services and the venue, please email sutt0063@umn.edu or call 612-626-1528.
Join Claire Wahmanholm at the online Soul Bone℠ Literary Festival which pairs writing and craft with creative process, consciousness, social justice, and healing. More specifically listen in on the reading of Dear Human at the Edge of Time.
In the U.S., the congressionally mandated Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) report is currently in development, and groups of scientists from all over the country and Caribbean are overseeing the synthesis of published research for regional and topic-specific chapters. Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States is…
Join Claire Wahmanholm at Macalester College for her talk in part of the EnviroThursday Spring 2024 series.
