Rain Taxi

    Rain Taxi champions aesthetically adventurous literature

Recently we learned that our NEA funding, and that of many arts organizations across the country, has been terminated because it does not fit the vision of the current administration. We’re not going to be cowed — and as we roll up our sleeves to figure out the future, we invite all our readers to show their support today by making a donation of any size.

For over twenty-nine years, Rain Taxi has remained a port in a storm, fulfilling its mission to champion writers, readers, and good books. We continue to produce our award-winning quarterly, Rain Taxi Review of Books, as well as numerous other programs, despite the challenging landscape for arts nonprofits.

This past year was especially challenging for Rain Taxi as our Executive Director battled health issues due to Long Covid. However, we proudly produced our annual Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Passport and Twin Cities Book Festival, bringing together many thousands to celebrate the joy of books.

2025 will be Rain Taxi’s 30th year of continued existence, and we're seeking donations to help this special year get off on the good foot. Your generosity can make this happen—while $25 or more makes you a Rain Taxi member, even just a $10 gift in this campaign will help us reach our goal and unlock a matching gift of an additional $1000. 

We just published a new chapbook, The Mariner's Mirror, poems by acclaimed translator Damion Searls. We also published A Minnesota Book(ish) Miscellany, compiled by local nonfiction writer Chris Barsanti. Filled with bits and bobs of trivia, quotations, landmarks, and more, it's a love letter to the rich Minnesota literary world. Please consider sending some love back to us through a donation today!

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• Rain Taxi Review of Books, our award-winning print quarterly of reviews and interviews, distributed by mail to members and also free of charge at select independent bookstores and literary organizations across the country;
• Raintaxi.org, our constantly updated website, which contains even more reviews, interviews, and essays than we can fit in print, as well as videos, articles, and resources for educators;
• Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival, an annual gala that brings writers of renown to Minnesota and showcases publishers, writers, and community organizations; 
• Rain Taxi Literary Events, a roughly monthly series providing widespread access to a huge range of literary art through both in-person events and virtual broadcasting;
• Rain Taxi’s TwinCitiesLiteraryCalendar.com, a free online directory of readings and book events taking place throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area;
•  and chapbooks and broadsides of poetry and prose!

"The Twin Cities Book Festival is an intimate opportunity to connect with the spectrum of book people, from booksellers to book promoters, from educators who use the books in their classrooms to families who read the books at bedtime. It's a wonderful space to engage with the literature of the Twin Cities and across the nation.”   

— Kao Kalia Yang

Give $25 or more and become a Rain Taxi member!

Donations of $25 or more make you a Rain Taxi member, and members get Rain Taxi Review of Books delivered four times a year — it’s like getting a Book Festival in your mailbox! 

Please help us reach our goal by giving what you can. Thank you for contributing to the future of book culture!