Portland, OR —
River Restoration Northwest ft. Robin Wall Kimmerer
River Restoration NW will host Robin Wall Kimmerer for a signature event, “Biocultural Restoration.”
Cambridge, —
Cambridge Literary Festival: Dara McAnulty & Robert Macfarlane
Tune in to the Cambridge Literary Festival to hear from Dara McAnulty, winner of The Wainwright Prize for Diary of a Young Naturalist, in conversation with Robert Macfarlane. Details here!
N/A, NY —
Constellations of Change: A Cabaret for the HIV Movement, ft. Benjamin Garcia
Artists and performers have always been at the forefront of strengthening and inspiring the HIV movement. Tune in for a star-studded line-up of singers, dancers, poets, filmmakers and drag performers who will help us connect, heal, rejoice, reflect, and imagine through their award-winning work and candid dialogue on creating art with and for people living with HIV. Featuring Benjamin Garcia (author of Thrown in the Throat), Ongina, Danez Smith, Shea Diamond, Brontez Purnell, Gravity Balmain, Raquel Willis, and Alexandra Billings. 8pm ET on Facebook Live!
Minneapolis, MN —
Minneapolis Institute of Art: Virtual Talk with Robin Wall Kimmerer
Minneapolis Institute of Art hosts Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, for a virtual talk about the importance of cultivating a reciprocal relationship with the environment, and how understanding our connection to the land helps us connect more deeply with one another. This is a free virtual event that will take place via Zoom. Details here!
Highgate, Kendal, —
Kendal Mountain Festival: Dara McAnulty in conversation with Mohammed Dhalech
Please join the Kendal Mountain Festival (UK) for a virtual conversation with Dara McAnulty, author of Diary of a Young Naturalist, and Mohammed Dhalech. Details here!
Highgate, Kendal, United Kingdom, AE —
Kendal Mountain Festival: Aimee Nezhukumatathil in conversation with Polly Atkin
Please join the Kendal Mountain Festival (UK) for a virtual conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders, and Polly Atkin. Details here!
Bowling Green, OH —
Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing, ft. Karen Babine
Join Karen Babine, author of All the Wild Hungers, for an online reading and discussion during Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing, hosted by Bowling Green State University. Details here!
Deirdre McNamer
Deirdre McNamer is the author of five novels: Aviary, Rima in the Weeds, One Sweet Quarrel, My Russian, and Red Rover, which was a winner of the Montana Book Award and was named a best book of the year by Artforum, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
Salt Lake City, UT —
The King's English Bookshop presents: Dan Beachy-Quick + Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Join poets Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Rain in Plural, and Dan Beachy-Quick, Stone-Garland, for a reading and discussion of their new collections of poetry. This free, virtual event will take place on Crowdcast. Register here!
Austin, TX —
Meet the 2020 Whiting Award Winners in Poetry: Jake Skeets, Aria Aber, Diannely Antigua, & Genya Turovskaya
Join 2020 Whiting Award recipients Aria Aber, Diannely Antigua, Genya Turovskaya, and Jake Skeets as they lead the panel discussion on the Whiting Awards for poetry. Register here!