Milkweed Editions publishes 20-30 books per year of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and translation. We believe that literature has the potential to change the way we see the world, and that bringing new voices to essential conversations is the clearest path to ensuring a vibrant, diverse, and empowered future. To learn more about Milkweed Editions and the work we champion, read our story»
Bringing together one community with one book. Local author of Sins of Our Fathers, Shawn Lawrence Otto will discuss his novel, his process, and more. Light refreshments will be served during book signing. Books will be available for purchase. MahtoREADi is graciously supported by Mahtomedi Community Education and Washington County Library with funds received from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
This seminar, taught by author Shawn Otto, will investigate the historical, social, philosophical, political, and emotional reasons why evidence-based politics are in decline, and authoritarian politics on both the right and left are again on the rise, as well as some compelling solutions to bring us to our collective senses before it’s too late. LearningLife seminars embrace Socrates’s belief in inquiry and exchange. Seminars include both lecture and critical discussion. Tuition includes continental breakfast.
The Visiting Writers Series at the University of Kentucky is a part of the MFA in Creative Writing program, and adds to the vibrant literary culture of Lexington. Events are free and open to the public.
The Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay brings aspiring writers into close community with nationally known poets and writers. Manuscript and poetry workshopsare limited to 12 participants and generative workshops are limited to 15 to ensure an intimate setting. Registration closes on October 15, 2016. Faculty includes Richard Bausch, Pam Houston, Ada Limón, Paul Lisicky, Justin Torres, and Claire Vaye Watkins.
We are excited to take a risk at Milkweed Books on stocking great literary writing and engaging new audiences in inventive ways. Here’s a look at all we have in store, and how you can get involved.
One Friday afternoon this past May, I received an email from Martha Collins. She asked me to consider a manuscript by a young poet named Max Ritvo. Jean Valentine had selected his work for a chapbook competition, Martha explained, and Lucie Brock-Broido had selected some of the poems in the manuscript for publication in the Boston Review. Martha added only that there was some urgency, as an illness had thrust this young man into what would become the final stage of his life.
A couple months ago, we announced plans to open Milkweed Books—a new nonprofit, independent bookstore with big ambitions. At Milkweed Books, we’ll be selling our books alongside others published by our fellow independent and nonprofit presses, who, like us, are working to bring groundbreaking literary art to the marketplace.
