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Matthew Zapruder

Matthew Zapruder is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Story of a Poem, Father’s Day, and Why Poetry. He is editor-at-large at Wave Books, where he edits contemporary poetry, prose, and translations. From 2016–2017, he held the annually rotating position of editor of the Poem column for the New York Times Magazine, and was the editor of the anthology The Best American Poetry 2022. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Saint Mary’s College of California, and lives in the Bay Area of Northern California.

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Milkweed Editions and Little Free Library launch new partnership

Milkweed Staff — 12/19/2024

A locally grown collaboration with national impact: Indigenous Library Steward-sustaining Partnership

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Chris La Tray placing his book Becoming Little Shell into the new Indigenous Little Free Library at Red Lake Nation College in Minneapolis.

Milkweed Editions and Little Free Library are excited…