I'll be going to Moon Palace to get a whistle to warn my neighbors about ICE agents in our area soon. Please join me!

And if you need a whistle, stop by the bookstore. We have whistles for you and your friends! Stop at the pick-up window if you don't want to come inside!

And if you need whistles, stop by the bookstore. We have whistles for you and your friends!

ICE Watch Training TONIGHT, Jan 5, 6-7:30 pm

BREAKING: CBS reports that 2,000 federal agents are deploying to Minneapolis for a 30-day surge. In light of this news, please invite as many friends, family and neighbors as you can into community defense & rapid response work. We need everyone & we need each other. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...

Coming up Tuesday at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social: I'll be facilitating a short workshop on "narrative interventions," a space to think creatively about our stories, but ALSO the concrete projects that can propel those stories, that create space for them to “live” in the world. Plus an open mic!

A highlight from this 2025 recap thread; and for people interested in how words/art/culture can support movement work: Join us Jan 6 at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for a "narrative interventions lab" in collaboration with @reentrylab.bsky.social. More info: reentrylab.org/better-things

We're open until 3pm today (Wednesday, December 24th) and closed all day tomorrow (Thursday, December 25th) and open our regular hours on Friday. See you soon!

Join this call to share your lessons and learnings from your time on the road and on the streets with those that are wanting to get more involved. (3/3)

Join this call to find out more about it and get oriented by others who have been learning on the ground for the past 3 weeks. Have you been doing ICE Watch over the last 3 weeks? (2/3)

ICE Watch welcome, a Christmas Eve special! – Wednesday 12/24 1pm-2pm Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances. New to ICE Watch and want to get involved? (1/3)

⚡Today⚡As ICE activity continues ramping up, more & more people are ready to hit the streets with their neighbors to keep our community safe. Whether you've been at it since 12/1 or just beginning, join us TODAY for an ICE Watch Welcome. Register defend612.com & tell your friends. See you out there✨

It's Thursday morning and we've got one left! There will also be some zine folding in the event space today December 18th from 4 to 6 if anyone is looking for an activity to help get whistles/zines to people.

if you'd like a copy of the book before the year is out, you can find one via UK: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017485... US (Twin Cities people, @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social still has copies): moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP... IE: www.kennys.ie/shop/pattern...

Creating a thread of egregious ICE actions in the Twin Cities over the last 12 days. For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad." Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.

Zine folding from 2:30 - 4:30 on Sunday, Dec. 14th! moonpalacebooks.com/events/42499...

Big thanks to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for including my new book on the Coming Soon/ Preorder page!! 😊💜🙏 Support my favorite bookstore and help an author out with a preorder!

And we're out!

And we've got more!

Great ICE WATCH training is tonight 6:00pm - 7:30pm Excellent intro to important skills and tools for people who want to get involved in Minneapolis. Let's fight these Nazis together and kick them out of our communities! Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. #ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks 7/7

The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. 6/7

Masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event. Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. 5/7

…for a counter-narrative to grow. In this interactive workshop, we'll explore these questions, share skills and ideas, and have some space to dream together. We'll take a few minutes at the end to share work, either generated during this lab or something you bring with you. … 4/7

What stories are operating underneath our communities’ understanding of different issues and concepts? What counter-narratives would we like to cultivate? A “narrative intervention” can be an art project, a media campaign, a virtual program, an event idea—anything that creates real-life space… 3/7

This will be a space in which we can dream up ways to make our values, politics, and principles come to life in the world. In poetry terms, it’s about brainstorming ideas to make the abstract a bit more concrete. What narratives do we notice around us? … 2/7

Please join us on Tuesday, January 6th, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books (@moonpalacebooks.bsky.social), for our next Gathering and Open Mic. This gathering will feature a narrative interventions lab, facilitated by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (@guante.info), hosted by @davigray.bsky.social…. 1/7

We've got two left and will post if we get more 💜

Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles! Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel 1/2

Tigers Between Empires...great gift on either side of the pond! Signed copies available at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social (US) & @stanfordstravel.bsky.social (UK)! US: shorturl.at/Id8bM UK: shorturl.at/ymb9y 💙📚

in the US I know that @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social has copies in stock if you're looking for one moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...

Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. 3/3

Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social and are available on-site. This is a free event. For more info, see https://reentrylab.org/better-things/. 2/3

✨COMING UP!✨ Please join us on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic readers: Tyra Payer, Jen Bowen, Fong L., Sun Yung Shin, and Bao Phi, followed by an open mic. Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation. 1/3

It's #smallbusinesssaturday friends! Say no to faceless corporate crap and say yes to the shops in your community. As for me, I'm heading over to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social to pick up my order and probably buy more stuff. Books are better when bought at independent bookstores!

Everyone likes books about tigers! Everyone! And @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in #Minneapolis has signed copies in store for pickup or order online with convenient shipping! www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/f10yIDk...

Turns out I won't be able to make it to this, unfortunately, but it's still a fantastic lineup of poets sharing work Sunday (11/23/25) at 3pm at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for @writersfordemocraticactionmn.org. Thanks to @darklake.bsky.social for the invite and your work on this.

The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota… 5/6

through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. 6/6 https://reentrylab.org/better-things/

Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social and are available on-site. This is a free event. Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. 4/6

🎤 Please join us on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic readers: Tyra Payer, Jen Bowen, Fong L., Sun Yung Shin, and Bao Phi, followed by an open mic. Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation. 3/6

…and most recently, in McSweeney's Volume 78. He was on the editorial team of We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word, published by Haymarket Books. He is a Vietnamese American, a Minnesotan, and a father. (2/6)

Bao Phi (he/him) is a spoken word artist, poet, writer, and children's book author. His work can be found in two books of poetry both published by Coffee House Press, four children's books, all published by Capstone, and in anthologies such as Octavia's Brood, A Good Time for the Truth,… 1/6

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. 7/7

The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. You can learn more at reentrylab.org. 6/7

Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event. Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. 5/7

…at Moon Palace Books (@moonpalacebooks.bsky.social), for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic readers: Tyra Payer, Jen Bowen, Fong L., Sun Yung Shin, and Bao Phi, followed by an open mic. Both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation. 4/7

… With Su Hwang she is a co-director of Poetry Asylum. Sun Yung is a frequent speaker who presents her work nationally and internationally; she lives in South Minneapolis with her family—more at sunyungshin.com. 🎤 Please join us on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 7:00pm… 3/7

…co-authored with Mélina Mangal and illustrated by Leslie Barlow (Lerner Publishing). Her newest book of prose is Heart Eater: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging, and How We Find Ourselves in Language, forthcoming in May 2026 from Black Lawrence Press. … 2/7