I've been sharing this from my buddies over at @antidotezine.bsky.social but I've also got it up on my new site now so hop over and find a good read for your crew to chew on together. therebuild.ghost.io/a-summer-rea...

Longfellow Rising Summer Celebration is happening now! Free food from Habanero Taco and Himalayan, plus music from Sarah Greer, poetry (including from @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social!). And cold drinks, VR Longfellow history, etc etc! Until 2 pm outside Moon Palace Books!

Minneapolis! Join @jwashing.bsky.social for launch of his new book HOW TO CLOSE A CAMP: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, in conversation with Kira Kelley and Fatima Insolucion Saturday, July 25th at 4:00 pm RSVP to attend:

Had a good talk with @justinellis.bsky.social about his new book, The Cruelty of Nice Folks, and racial politics in Minneapolis. He'll be reading at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social tonight.

ReEntry Lab Reading July 7 with MFA alum Nen G Ramirez! @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social

As a bookseller, I have to say that preorders are the best way to find out that a book is coming out. Even if March feels so impossibly far away and maybe even cold. It's still so exciting!

Did a book event at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social and saw many lovely people. IN RELATED NEWS there are now signed copies of my book and my books with @profgabriele.com there and you can order them and they will mail them to you AND YOU PROBABLY SHOULD!?? moonpalacebooks.com/item/I12x_a-...

Your local bookstore can order it! Their website might even have a wishlist feature like mine @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social

Also, this book is important! We need more people writing about what they know and sharing it others!

Thursday, June 25th at 7pm!

Beautiful Longfellow Community Dinner last night at Moon Palace Books- we had delicious meals from local food trucks on site and got to spend some down time with neighbors. Awesome way to kick-off the official start to Summer! ☀️

Joe Davis (he/him) is an award-winning spoken word artist and bestselling author who uses poetry to power possibility. He is the founding director of Finding Your Freedom Practice, a wellness ecosystem  teaching body-centered practices through spoken word, writing, music, theater, film, … 1/7

La cena comunitaria de esta noche tendrá lugar en el patio situado entre Moon Palace Books y el edificio que alberga Pangea World Theater, Hub y Solcana Fitness. (3024 Minnehaha)

Which is to say: LOCATION CHANGE (cambio de ubicación) Tonight's Community Dinner will be in the courtyard between Moon Palace Books and the Pangea World Theater /Hub /Solcana Fitness building. (3024 Minnehaha)

Desdamona (she/her) is an internationally known Spoken Word & Hip Hop artist who has traveled the US & abroad delivering her seamless mixture of Spoken Word, Hip Hop lyricism and melody to the stage for a dynamic & engaging performance. When she's not on stage… 1/8

Tony Burgess (he/him) was a long-standing member of MPWW during 25-plus consecutive years of incarceration, and is a plumber by trade with a BA in Communication Studies and minors in Sociology and Business Management. … 1/6

Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. @naomikritzer.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social at 6pm! www.moonpalacebooks.com/events/54352...

Locals! I will be at Moon Palace books TONIGHT at 6 p.m. along with John Chu. We're going to do short readings, have a conversation, and sign stuff. Can't wait to see some of you there! www.moonpalacebooks.com/events/54352...

So excited for this!💜

Comida a cargo de los camiones de comida El Taco Torro, Rollin Nolen's BBQ y Lil Dipper helado. Donaciones para cubrir los gastos pueden realizarse aquí: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... Lo recaudado por Lil Dipper se destinará a apoyar a una familia inmigrante que se ve obligada a abandonar el país.

Cultivemos la solidaridad y el sentido de comunidad que sentimos con tanta fuerza durante la "Operation Metro Surge," minetras avanzamos hacia un futuro de cuidado comunitario y antifascismo Patrocinado por Moon Palace Books y Longfellow Rising (financiada por donaciones)

CENA COMUNITARIA LUNES 22 DE JUNIO 5:00pm - 7:00pm EL NUEVO CAMPO (2709 E. Lake Street) ¡BARBACOA, TACOS Y HELADO! (opciones de carne de res, pollo, vegetarianas, veganas y sin gluten disponibles) COMPARTE UNA COMIDA CON TUS VECINOS; PAGA LO QUE QUIERAS

You're invited!

folaṣade (they/she) (b. 1992) is a blackqueer neuro/quirky poet, curator, and organizer concerned with the immediate survival and ongoing liberation of people of the global majority. intuitively guided by her ancestors, folaṣade nurtures a reverence for indigeneity and the erotic… 1/8

🧵 … Hey all … I’m in search of story sources who’d want to interview for an upcoming feature about trans folks who’ve moved from red states to blue ones, especially since the last presidential election. Signal boosts appreciated.

We know how to do this, Minnesota. We’ve been loud, brave, and together before. We got this

Nen G Ramirez (they/he) is a nonbinary Chicanx writer from Adrian, Michigan. They are the author of All Women Are Born Wailing (Black Lawrence Press, 2023), which was awarded the 2022 Acentos Book Prize. Ramirez received their MFA in poetry… 1/6

For awhile I had been meaning to buy a copy of @jonathanslaght.com's "Tigers Between Empires" but kept putting it off. Glad I did, because now thanks to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in Minneapolis, I have a special signed hardback edition. Thanks Jonathan! us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

@graywolfpress.bsky.social x @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social Book Launch: chaun webster's "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" - deeply researched & brilliant. Talk with Erin Sharkey and Rahsaan Mahadeo. Books: @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social; broadsides / chaun webster & @minnesotaj.bsky.social.

Event update - I'll be chatting about The Public Scholar with local writer (and Pulitzer Prize winner) James Shiffer at Moon Palace books, June 26. moonpalacebooks.com/events/55699...

Reading now: Sun City by Tove Jansson with #NYRBwomen26 and Bloodchild by Octavia Butler for Visionary Book Club at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social #booksky

Happy Book Drop Day to @naomikritzer.bsky.social and her superlative new book, Obstetrix! I urge everyone to buy a copy now (from an independent bookstore, if possible). Minneapolis peeps, she has signed copies at Dreamhaven and @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

OBSTETRIX IS OUT TODAY!!! If you're looking for a signed copy ASAP, I went over yesterday to Uncle Hugo's and Moon Palace and signed stock.

OOOOOOOOO @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social just texted to say @naomikritzer.bsky.social's new book is in so guess what I will be reading at Silent Book Club tonight!

Like all of Naomi's work, OBSTETRIX plays scrupulously fair and allows what happens to hit with their full emotional weight. Also, I will be at one of the events! June 18 6pm at Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis!

We’ve got the loon! Stop by and say hi❤️

While it's not on the scale of the St. Paul Snelling/University Loon, this inflatable one by @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social today is pretty cool! Lots of people out and about on Minnehaha Ave and East Lake today.

Side view of giant loon

I started off my day by flapping the wings of a giant protest loon made of trash that will eventually decompose back to the earth. Does it look fun? It is so much fun! Come experience the giant loon at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social

Hey! I'm leading a book group on Octavia Butler's short story collection Blood Child on 6/21 at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social It'll be fun, and you should come!

Fuck it. We'll do it ourselves! Ok, I'll say a little bit more about this...

We are thrilled to host Danny Caine tonight (Thursday) discussing book bans and his book How to Defend Books and Why with Andrew Karre at 7pm!

Please join us on Tuesday, July 7th, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Nen G Ramirez, folaṣade, Tony Burgess, Desdamona, and Joe Davis. For more info, see reentrylab.org/better-things/

I'm doing a book event @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social on June 25 to talk about The Public Scholar, writing for media, and some of the broader questions about being a writer in public, on social media, trade presses, and more. Please share! moonpalacebooks.com/events/55699...

This reminds me of the medic tent outside of @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social during the uprising in 2020. The cops slashed open all the water bottles! They wrecked the bandages! The way they celebrated while destroying medical supplies because they pushed us back shooting pepper balls at us.

You all are amazing! 💜💜💜

...free to read online via that link, but I'd also recommend getting a FREE physical copy: beautiful, full-color, magazine-style history. In the entryway at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, and you should also be able to grab a copy at @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social and @rlmartstudio.bsky.social's shop.

I know many here in MPLS have already read it, but because people cycle in and out of local political struggle, an evergreen recommendation: MPD150's "enough is enough" people's history of MPD. Our current corruption and disfunction is not new, and a historical lens can inform what we fight for...

Less than two weeks until OBSTETRIX comes out, and I have tour info on places I will be visiting!