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Please join us for our next featured poetry reading with Barry MacDonald & Banji Lawal! In-person at 1762 Hennepin Avenue Monday, December 2 at 7 PM FREE (but donations appreciated) Barry MacDonald will be reading from his compilation of five books ‘An Exploration of Consciousness IX: Everyday Mind XXXVI – XXXX’. This is the […]
If you missed the SRO launch of James Lenfestey’s 8th full length poetry collection, TIME REMAINING, at Plymouth Congregational Church in November, here is your chance to catch him in a local intimate setting designed for poetry, storytelling and humor, and Lenfestey’s poems contain all three. Known for his spirited presentations, Lenfestey’s 8th full-length collection, subtitled “Body […]
Timothy A. Herwig’s book, The Long Way Home is a closely observed account of the author’s 5-week, 500-mile walk from Chicago to Minneapolis and a parallel journey through the memories of his traumatic and painful life as a young man. His meetings with people and places along the journey open up the history, culture, and experience […]
Please join us for our next featured poetry reading, a triple feature with Julie Adrian, Christy Merry and Brian Baumgart! In-person at 1762 Hennepin Avenue Monday, March 3 at 7 PM FREE (but donations appreciated) Julie Adrian is a writer and educator living on a homestead in Minnesota with her family, chickens, and dogs. She […]
Join us for our next author reading of children’s book “The Tales of Nani: Beyond the Screens” with Vikas Sabbi & Andrea Catarino! Remember those Summer days at Grandma’s chasing fireflies, stories on the porch, and endless skies before screens stole the magic of those simple joys? Let’s bring back that magic and spend less […]
This captivating story follows the journey of twins Anja and Zack, two young witches, who are separated from their parents after a ruthless dictator named Nexus takes control of the world. With the help of a small group of small people, the Wellikans, they resist the brutal Nexus with the help of a powerful elderly […]
FREE EVENT! One of the Twin Cities great narrative poets and a co-founder of the Bosso Poetry Company, Scott Vetsch- joined by Michael “Spam” Hall and Lonesome Dan Kaseon- on our stage celebrating his new book Tilt-A-Whirl and a few other things besides. Come for the words, stay for the fun!! NOTE: Starting on March […]
FREE EVENT! Richard Vargas Poetry Reading will be reading from his collection of poems inspired by people and places in Rockford, IL., titled ‘The Screw City Poems’. Poetry, creative non-fiction, […]
Selected one of 2025’s best books of poetry by The Latinx Project at New York University Dougie Padialla’s 40 feet down centers around the natural world and Padilla’s coonhound, painting […]
The Founder, Loren Niemi, is part of this Agates Reading organized by the League of MN Poets at the newly relocated and expanded Eat My Words bookstore. He’ll read his […]
This Solstice reading features Alyssa Berry, Stephani Maari Booker, Mary Christine Kane, Evelyn Klein, Thomas Strong, Beth Voigt, Pamela Wynn, and James Zimmerman. Ann Regan, retired editor in chief, Minnesota […]
ICE OUT: Minnesota Writers Rising Up is a powerful anthology of poetry and prose responding to the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota—and to the human cost of policies that blur the line between law enforcement and occupation. Written in real time by Minnesota writers, poets, immigrants, activists, and witnesses, these pieces […]