Join Us Tonight for the Launch of 'Worldly Things' by Michael Kleber-Diggs

The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents: The Launch of Worldly Things by Michael Kleber-Diggs, the Winner of the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize


Don’t miss the inaugural event of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents series and the launch of Michael Kleber-Diggs’s Worldly Things, the 2021 winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. The event, co-presented by Milkweed Editions, the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, will feature Kleber-Diggs in conversation with former U.S. Poet Laureate and Academy Chancellor Tracy K. Smith.

Join us Tuesday, June 8, 7 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. CDT. ASL interpretation provided. Free and open to the public. The event will be live streamed to Milkweed Editions’ Facebook page for the greater public.

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