Zilka Joseph, author of Mayapple Press books "Sweet Malida," "In Our Beautiful Bones" and "Lands I Live In will appear at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation on Sunday May 5th at 3pm. Zilka will read from Sweet Malida and discuss her home community in Kolkata and its traditions. Books will be available for purchase. Indian refreshments will be served. The author will sign books is requested.…

Mayapple Press Author Event – April 21, 2023 – Ann Arbor MI
On April 21, 20023 the Booksweet bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan will host three Mayapple Press authors. Terry Blackhawk, Ellen Stone, and Gloria Nixon-John will all read from their recent works, including those published by Mayapple. Books will be for sale and the authors will be happy to sign and dedicate books if requested. Starting…

Listen to Zilka Joseph on The Power of Poetry
The Power of Poetry: an interview with Zilka Joseph – Culturico’s Podcast Culturico‘s poetry and literature editor Gerfried Ambrosch sat down with award-winning poet Zilka Joseph to discuss her latest book, a collection of poems entitled In Our Beautiful Bones, as well as her journey both as a writer and as an immigrant to the…

Zilka Joseph shares her favorite books of poetry and hybrid essays on DesiBooks’ Podcast
From DesiBooks’ Podcast: “#FiveDesiFaves: Zilka Joseph, author of “In Our Beautiful Bones”, shares her favorite books of poetry and hybrid essays” https://desibooks.co/fivedesifaves-zilka-joseph/ From the introduction to the podcast: Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we have Zilka Joseph, who has a new poetry collection out titled In Our Beautiful Bones. She’s sharing her five favorite desi…

Mayapple author Zilka Joseph announces book launch event and is featured  on “Living Room Online Literary Series”
Zilka Joseph, author of In Our Beautiful Bones, will have a virtual book launch event on Wednesday October 6th at 7pm Eastern Time. The event is sponsored by Literati Bookstore and the link to the event will be published on this page is here: https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-zilka-joseph-w-nawaaz-ahmed-nancy-naomi-carlson. Other featured readers will be Nawaaz Ahmed and NN Carlson.…

RBG RIP
Mayapple Press adds our voice to the chorus of those remembering and saluting this fierce fighter for equal rights and justice. While we say “RIP”, we suspect her work is not finished……

Ellen Stone reads from “What Is in the Blood”
On March 5th 2020 Ellen Stone launched her first poetry collection “What Is in the Blood” at the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor. Literati included Ellen in Episode 31 of their “Shelf Talking” podcast on April 10th Here is Ellen’s reading from “What Is in the Blood”. The reading lasts 12 minutes and 8 seconds…