Milkweed Presents: A Discussion on Difficult Joy, hosted by Michael Bazzett, with guest speakers TBA. For more information, click here. 

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Join Mn Artists Arts Writing Fellows for a conversation on the practice and process of arts writing. For more information, click here. 

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Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour brings mystery lovers and authors together for conversation and reading inspiration!
October 4 - Joshua Moehling (Where the Dead Sleep)

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Drew Brockington will present his newest graphic chapter book, Waffles and Pancake: Best Friends Fur-Ever. For more information, click here. 

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​John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel’s popular one-man adaptation of Beowulf. For more information, click here. 

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 Featuring J.P. White, Sharon Chmielarz, Richard Robbins, and Deborah Keenan. For more information, click here. 

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Barbara Sjoholm will present her new book, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture. For more information, click here. 

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Celebrating the release of Meta Herrick Carlson's Ordinary Blessings for the Christmas Season: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations. For more information, click here. 

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Camille Dungy will present Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden. For more information, click here. 

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Casey Plett will 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. For more information, click here. 

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Mandy-Suzanne Wong Presents "The Box," in conversation with Mark Haber. For more information, click here. 

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Danika Stegman, Ari Tison, Jace/Anna Lewinmeister, Paula Cisewski. For more information, click here. 

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Romi Slowiak, Suki Sun, Tom Odendahl, Patrick Cabello Hansel, Dralandra Larkins, Katie Howes, River Marie Urke, Nick Theisen, Bernie Lortis, Tekkan. For more information, click here. 

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Kurtis Scaletta will read Granny Rex, plus crafts and a raffle! For more information, click here. 

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Lee Henschel Jr. will read from his most recent book The Beggar's Coin: Short Stories of Vietnam & the epic poem, The 'Nam. For more information, click here. 

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Scott W Berg will present The Burning of the World. For more information, click here. 

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Milkweed Books is partnering with with PeoplesPoetryMN to host over 30 local poets for the return of a Twin Cities tradition: The Great Twin Cities Poetry Read! For more information, click here. 

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Ben Orlin will present his first book, newly out in paperback - "Math with Bad Drawings." For more information, click here. 

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Milkweed Editions and Liquid Music present an evening of music, poetry, and conversation with JJJJJerome Ellis, featuring Multiverse series editor Chris Martin and in celebration of Ellis’s forthcoming Aster of Ceremonies. For more information, click here. 

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Women writers will share their work on the many aspects of water—
celebration, crisis, rescue, legacy, exploration, and place of healing.
A conversation and collaboration of arts and action. For more information, click here. 

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Tom Peek will present Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawai'i. For more information, click here. 

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Live interview with author Heidi Barr. For more information, click here. 

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Haley Lasché will present her new collection, One. For more information, click here. 

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20th Anniversary of Opus & Olives, a benefit gala for the Saint Paul Public Library. For more information, click here. 

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Amber Jensen, Christine Stewart-Nuñez, and Mary Woster Haug in conversation. For more information, click here. 

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Matar Family Lecture in Arabic Studies presents a reading and conversation with poet Iman Mersal. For more information, click here. 

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Join us to celebrate children’s literature at the annual Kerlan Awards!

The Kerlan Award Committee has selected two recipients of the 2023 Kerlan Award: Laurie Hertzel, former editor of the Star Tribune Book Review and past president of the National Book Critics Circle; and award-winning artist/writer Lauren Stringer.

This hybrid event takes place in person and via livestream. Seating is limited. Please register if you plan to attend the event. For more information, click here. 

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Brendan Brophy, Jessi Atherton, Jenny Thrasher, Cassie Kluess. For more information, click here. 

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Jeremy Norton will present Trauma Sponges. For more information, click here. 

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Hosted by Jenny Thrasher, Featuring Brendan Brophy, Cassie Kluess, and Jessi Atherton. For more information, click here. 

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Picture Perfect Partnerships: How Writers and Illustrators Collaborate, with Alison McGhee and Mike Wohnoutka. For more information, click here. 

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William Kent Krueger Presents "The River We Remember." For more information, click here. 

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G.E. Patterson, Said Shaiye, Mary Moore Easter, Claudette Webster. For more information, click here. 

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Humorist and bestselling author Michael Perry will perform a mix of his most beloved and time-tested stories, as well as new material; plus a selection or two from his book, FORTY ACRES DEEP. For more information, click here. 

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Book release celebration for Iron Horse Cowgirls by Linda Back McKay (1947-2019) and Kate St. Vincent Vogl. For more information, click here. 

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The Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer Series presents the author of the memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls (2019). Madden's debut novel, Whidbey, is forthcoming with Mariner/HarperCollins. For more information, click here. 

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Debbie Russell will present Crossing Fifty-One, in conversation with michael Kleber-Diggs. For more information, click here. 

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“Clouded Waters” Book Reading, with author Dianna Hunter. For more information, click here. 

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C.M. Alongi will present Citadel. For more information, click here. 

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Heidi Shertok will present Unorthodox Love, in conversation with Ellie Palmer. For more information, click here. 

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Jeremy Norton will present Trauma Sponges. For more information, click here. 

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Rain Taxi’s Board of Directors invites you to a celebratory TCBF kickoff! Mingle with visiting authors, local luminaries, and others in our vibrant literary community. Your entry ticket includes light refreshments, a little swag, and a brief reading by poet Major Jackson, host of the nationally acclaimed podcast, The Slowdown! Tickets $25. For more information, click here. 

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Elizabeth Rush will present her latest book, The Quickening, in conversation with Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos and Margaret Cherne-Hendrick. For more information, click here. 

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Rain Taxi's 23rd Annual Twin Cities Book Festival. For more information, click here. 

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Jim Eberling, Mark Merick, Ellen Lager, Dave Anderson, Shirley Smith Franklin, Laura Kozy Lanik, Annette Gagliardi. For more information, click here. 

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Cory Doctorow will present The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. For more information, click here. 

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Haley Lasché, Emily August, and Deborah Keenan will read from their works. For more information, click here. 

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Readers include Linda White, River Maria Urke, Donna Isaac, Ellen Lager, Peter Stein, and more. For more information, click here. 

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Featuring:

Jean Kwok – THE LEFTOVER WOMAN

Shelley Read – GO AS A RIVER

Niger Alam - UNDER THE TAMARIND TREE

Stephen P. Kiernan – THE GLASS CHATEAU

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Literature Lovers' Night Out™ presents Jean Kwok, Shelley Read, Nigar Alam, and Stephen Kiernan. Tickets required. For more information, click here. 

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Club Book presents Nicole Chung. For more information, click here. 

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Featuring Katrina Vandenberg, J.P. White, Deborah Keenan, and Jim Moore. For more information, click here. 

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DRACULA by Bram Stoker. For more information, click here. 

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Greil Marcus presents Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs, in conversation with Dylan Hicks. For more information, click here. 

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Lamonte, IamM E, Ken Poetry, Daysionathepoet. For more information, click here. 

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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl will present The Essential Dear Dara, in conversation with Pilar Gerasimo. For more information, click here. 

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Yara Omer, Aziza Bisanz, Dorothy Probst, Sagirah Shahid, William Nour, Nikki Lewis, Mary Barghout w/ The New Arab-American Theater Works Yallah Drum Ensemble. For more information, click here. 

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Klecko's Fitzgerald Story Series, vol. 4, in conversation with Clarence White and Erica Christ. For more information, click here. 

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Daniel Hornsby presents Sucker, in conversation with Emma Törzs. For more information, click here. 

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Join Children's Theatre Company for a Storytime read-aloud of Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress. For more information, click here. 

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Lars Ortiz (cello), Diane Jarvenpa, Thomas R. Smith, Ardie Medina, Michael Kiesow-Moore. For more information, click here. 

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John Medieros, Venus DeMars, Morgan Grayce Willow, Michael Kiesow-Moore, Amanda Bailey, Kate Hibbard, Anthony Ceballos, LM Brimmer. For more information, click here. 

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The U of M MFA presents The Mill City Reading Series, a monthly showcase of works-in-progress by MFA in Creative Writing students at the University of Minnesota. For more information, click here. 

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Christy Prahl will present her new collection We Are Reckless, with J. Bailey Hutchinson, Moheb Soliman, and Timothy Otte. For more information, click here. 

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Club Book presents Curtis Chin. For more information, click here. 

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Donald Mengay presents The Lede to Our Undoing, in conversation with Victoria Amador. For more information, click here. 

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The Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer Series presents the author of the novel Chain-Gang All-Stars (Pantheon, 2023) and the story collection Friday Black.  For more information, click here. 

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Tylor James Presents "Old Dark Houses." For more information, click here. 

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DRACULA by Bram Stoker. For more information, click here. 

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Mary Carroll Moore will launch A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue, in conversation with Kate St. Vincent Vogl. For more information, click here. 

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Matthew Batt presents The Last Supper Club, in conversation with Lon Otto. For more information, click here. 

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Talking Volumes with Viet Thanh Nguyen, who will present his new book A Man of Two Faces. For more information, click here. 

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C.M. Alongi will present Citadel. For more information, click here. 

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Join contributors Jenny Heijun Wills, Sun Yung Shin, and Shannon Gibney for the launch of When We Become Ours, the first anthology of YA short stories about adoptees by adoptees. In conversation with LM Brimmer. For more information, click here. 

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Pen Pals presents Bonnie Garmus. For more information, click here. 

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Pen Pals presents Bonnie Garmus. For more information, click here. 

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It's Britney, B****
A celebration of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me
Reading, conversation, and Q&A with Chris Stedman and Kara Nesvig. 
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Freier Lecture in Literature with Jesmyn Ward, author of novels Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017); Salvage the Bones; and Where the Line Bleeds; as well as the memoir Men We Reaped (2013). Her new novel, Let Us Descend (Scribner), will be published October 24.  For more information, click here. 

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Dance Roots: Exhibit Opening Reception and Book Reading With Author Georgia Finnegan. For more information, click here. 

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Haley Lasché, Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, and Chelsea DesAutels will read from their work. For more information, click here. 

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Jonathan Escoffery will read from his debut book If I Survive You, which has been short-listed for the Booker Prize. For more information, click here. 

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Patrick Barb presents Pre-Approved for Haunting, in conversation with Katrina Monroe. For more information, click here. 

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