Join us for the December entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this final reading of the Fall 2023 semester, MFA candidate Jordan Young will be reading with Kathryn Nuernberger, author of The Witch of Eye.

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student…

Join us for the November entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month’s reading, MFA candidate Natalie Dalea will be reading with Kim Todd, author of Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters.”

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with…

Join us for the October entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month’s reading, MFA candidate John LaPine will be reading with Krys Malcolm Belc, author of The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood.

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending…

Join us at Milkweed Books as we welcome Casey Plett, author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning novel Little Fish, and celebrate the reissue of her debut Lambda-winning short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the release of her new nonfiction book On Community. Casey will read from both titles, followed by a conversation with academic writer Cass Adair, with a signing afterward.

Alongside Casey’s reading from A Safe Girl to Love and On Community, we’re also delighted to have poets torrin a. greathouse and Daphne DiFazio, short fiction writer Alice Stoehr, and interdisciplinary…

Join the Des Moines Public Library and Beaverdale Books for an evening with Margaret Renkl at the Franklin Avenue Library.

Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, which will be published on October 24, 2023. Her earlier books are Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South.

Beaverdale Books will have copies available for sale and signing. Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).

Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce the 23rd season of Talking Volumes. Margaret Renkl will be hosted on Talking Volumes by journalist Kerri Miller. Join for conversation about her new book The Comfort of Crows, and her two other titles Graceland At Last (now out in paperback!) and Late Migrations.

Left Bank Books and Schlafly Public Library presents Margaret Renkl, beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations. Join us for discussion of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year.

Renkl will personalize and sign copies after the presentation!

Join Margaret Renkl in conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil at Off Square Books.

Masks Encouraged

If you have questions or concerns about our safety protocols, please email rsvp@squarebooks.com

Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).