Join us at Milkweed Books as we partner with PeoplesPoetryMN to host over 30 local poets for the return of a Twin Cities tradition: The Great Twin Cities Poetry Read! Each poet will have three minutes to read a poem of their choosing before passing the torch to the next, creating a marathon reading that spans as many different forms of poet—established and emerging, experimental and spoken word—as we can fit into a single event.

Founded by Matt Mauch in 2008, the GTCPR was envisioned as a “for us, by us” adventure, with as many people as possible playing a part in making it happen. Over the…

Join us for the kickoff of 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 our first reading, MFA candidate K Ho will be reading with Aamina Ahmad, author of The Return of Faraz Ali.

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student ID will receive 10% off as our show of…

Kerri ní Dochartaigh and Nina MacLaughlin join via Zoom for a conversation about, Cacophony of Bone: The Circle of a Year.

Join JJJJJerome Ellis in discussion about his title Aster of Ceremonies.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the DeCoursey Lecture Series at Trinity University.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Swope Endowed Lecture Series.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Terry Todd International Speakers Series of the Kalamazoo Nature Center on Native Knowledge and Western Science.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for Tanner Talk on Environmental Humanities.

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Public Lecture on The Honorable Harvest: Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainability.

Monday, April 1, 20246:30 PM
Tuesday, April 2, 20247:30 PM

Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Indigenous Dialogue Series with Kwantlen Polytechnic University.