For the staff of Milkweed Editions, the only thing our mothers love as much as their children are the books we publish. Since Mother’s Day is this weekend and we’re offering a discount of 30 percent on all of our … Continue reading →

Last year, Matthew Dickman, poetry editor at Tin House, made a modest pitch for the reckless sharing of poetry. This week kicks off National Poetry Month and Milkweed Editions (along with friends at Tin House, Coffee House Press, Archipelago Books, … Continue reading →

High in the Sierra Nevada stands a bristlecone pine holding fast to gray rocks. It has witnessed millennia of climactic shifts and recorded them within its rings. This, the world’s most ancient tree, has survived by constantly adapting to changes … Continue reading →

While Patricia Kirkpatrick’s Odessa was awarded the inaugural Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, we were similarly impressed by all of the submissions, especially those of the contest’s four additional finalists: Sean Hill, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Chad Parmenter, and Sarah … Continue reading →

In 1940, just after the Nazis invaded Denmark, the chemist George de Hevesy grabbed the Nobel Prizes of James Franck and Max von Laue and tossed them into jars filled with aqua regia, dissolving the medals into solution. It was … Continue reading →