Book Launch: Juliet Patterson at Open Book featuring Michael Kleber-Diggs

1011 Washington Avenue South,Minneapolis MN 55415

15 September, 2022

Description

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 be in conversation. She will be available for book signing after the event. Join us at 6:00 PM at Milkweed Books locted on the first floor of Open Book for light refreshments and a chance to chat with Juliet in the gorgeous, newly re-opened bookstore! Sinkhole is available for pre-order here. About the authors: Juliet Patterson is the author of Sinkhole, as well as two collections of poems, Threnody and The Truant Lover, a finalist for the Lambda Award. Her poems and essays have appeared widely. She has received fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Minneapolis-based Institute for Community Cultural Development. Her other awards include the Arts & Letters Susan Atefat Prize in nonfiction and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize. She lives in Minneapolis. Michael Kleber-Diggs is the author of Worldly Things, which was awarded the 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. He was born and raised in Kansas and now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has appeared in Lit Hub, the Rumpus, Rain Taxi, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Water~Stone Review, Midway Review, North Dakota Quarterly and a few anthologies. Michael teaches poetry and creative non-fiction through the Minnesota Prison Writers Workshop.