We won a MN Book Award. Come celebrate with us!

Spout Press invites you to celebrate Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces, the winner of the 2025 Minnesota Book Award for Best Anthology. On August 27th at the Hook & Ladder Lounge, we will hear readings from contributors Kao Kalia Yang, Alison McGhee, Casey Jarrin and more, as well as performances by local musical guests Kith and Kin, Squinny, and Whispered the Rabbit. We’ll have copies for sale at the event as well as special Spout merch. We expect to sell out, so get tickets soon!     

And for those of you in the Duluth area, we’re coming your way too! We’ll be at Wussow’s Concert Cafe August 7th. Register here for free tickets to see co-editors Michelle Filkins and Margret Aldrich alongside Duluth-resident Julie Gard, Leslie Adrienne Miller, and Jennifer Hopkins in conversation about the book. The café will be open during the event with food and drink available to buy, and copies of Locker Room Talk will available for purchase.

If you can’t join us at either event you can get your copy of Locker Room Talk online via Asterism Books or through your local bookstore. Ask them to special order it!

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