Nashville, TN —

In person: Ada Limón appearing at The Porch

US Poet Laureate Ada Limón will give a free reading, followed by our annual fundraiser, featuring Limón and musical guest Abigail Washburn.

We’re looking forward to gathering once again for our annual fundraiser! This year, we’re back at lovely Green Door Gourmet Farm.

Limón will give a free reading, open to the public, and signed copies of her books will be available for purchase from Parnassus Books.

 

 

Brookline, MA —

In Person: Nguyen Ba Chung and Martha Collins appearing at Brookline Booksmith featuring Fred Marchant

Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith for an in-store event with translators Nguyen Ba Chung and Martha Collins to discuss and celebrate the release of Dreaming the Mountain by Tuệ Sỹ. They will be in conversation with poet Fred Marchant.

RSVP to let Brookline know you’re coming! RSVPs don’t guarantee a seat, but you’ll be alerted to important details about the program, including safety requirements, cancellations, and book signing updates.

Reserve a Book: Books will be available for purchase at the event, but you can ensure that you get a copy by preordering on thi

Farmington, CA —

In Person: Robin Wall Kimmerer appearing at Connie Gotsch Theatre at the San Juan College Campus

Join in for this notable event to hear Author, Robin Wall Kimmerer, mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation speak about her book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants ” and her work helping to heal our relationship to the world. Book signing to follow. This is a FREE event open to the public as part of the Citizens Bank funded Broadening Horizons Series at San Juan College.

San Antonio, TX —

In Person: Priyanka Kumar appearing at the San Antonio Book Festival

The San Antonio Book Festival unites readers and writers in a celebration of ideas, books, libraries, and literary culture.

The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Authors talk about their books in lively conversations encouraging audience participation. Outdoors the Festival grounds are active with book sales, signings, children’s story time and learning projects, family activities, and a technology area. Food trucks offer a variety of eats.

Minneapolis, MN —

Virtual: Kathy Fagan appearing with Tulsa Glitterary for a craft class

Dickinson famously wrote: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” And Audre Lorde: “Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” Our conversation today is based on a study of how poets weave narrative and lyric, the personal and political, autobiography and history in their poems and hybrid works. Examples may include poems or portions of poems by Layli Long Soldier, Terese Svoboda, Tarfia Faizullah, Jean Valentine, Robert Hayden, Vievee Francis, and Linda Bierds, among others. Based on our readings, students might go on to practice braiding…