“With Milkweed I thought, ‘this is where my book belongs,’ because of their commitment to taking care of the earth, as well as high-quality literature. I wanted to publish with Milkweed, because I knew it would give me a platform for having a conversation on a broader scale about issues that I really care about.”
“Milkweed books are instruction manuals for how to love the world, in all of its glorious manifestations, but also how to be responsible for it, for the planet and for each other.”
“I am working with a dream publisher. The book has a talented team behind it invested in its success. I have a talented team behind me invested in my growth and development. I’m having conversations on big stages with leading writers and thinkers. I thought I was launching a book, but now I feel like I’m launching my career.”
After two years of virtual events, we are thrilled to host Milkweed’s annual Book Lovers Ball in person again. Poetry Now: the Art of Connection will celebrate poetry’s breadth and power. Headlined by Ada Limón, newly appointed poet laureate, National Book Critics Circle Award winner, and host of The Slowdown podcast, and featuring a host of other brilliant Milkweed poets, the event also includes dinner, drinks, music, and a silent art auction.
We are pleased to present a conversation between Juliet Patterson and Michael Kleber-Diggs on September 15th at Open Book Performance Hall in celebration of Juliet’s new book, Sinkhole.
Juliet will read from Sinkhole and then Michael will lead Juliet in conversation. She will be available for book signing after the event.
Join us at 6:00 PM at Milkweed Books located on the first floor of Open Book for light refreshments and a chance to chat with Juliet in the gorgeous, newly re-opened bookstore!
Green Light will launch acclaimed emerging poet Ama Codjoe’s first full-length collection, Bluest Nude—hailed by Tracy K. Smith as “an ecstatic encounter.” “The end of the world has ended,” Codjoe’s speaker announces, “and desire is still / all I crave.” Shifting between the role of artist and subject, seer and seen, these poems ask what the act of looking does to a person—public looking, private looking, and that most intimate, singular spectacle of looking at one’s self. Dialoguing with and through art, Bluest Nude considers alternative ways of holding and constructing the self. Codjoe joins…
For this virtual celebration launch, No’u Revilla will be joined in conversation and story by Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer Julian Aguon, author of the lyric essay No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies.
This event will be streamed on Zoom Webinar. Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link via email in advance of the event. The event will be uploaded to the AAWW YouTube channel later this summer.
You’re invited to stop into our bookstore for a reopening celebration featuring special promotions, community connections and of course, excellent books.
This is a virtual event that is free and open to the public. No reservation required. Sara Eliza Johnson will be joined in conversation by Sumita Chakraborty & Rachel Mennies.
Debra Magpie Earling will talk about the reissue of her novel, Perma Red, at this year’s James Welch Native Lit Festival.
