Blog Posts by Milkweed Staff

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We are so excited to introduce you to our two Fellows, Kachina Yeager and Tijqua Daiker, who both joined our team this year. Milkweed Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager, who helped establish our Fellowship program, reflects on these two new team members:

”In these challenging times, we are particularly pleased to welcome these Fellows to our team, and to work alongside them in publishing transformative books, from acquisition to release. I am confident they will enlarge our perspective as a publisher, and it is our great hope that they will contribute to the expansion of our field in…

An interview with author Diane Wilson about her forthcoming novel, The Seed Keeper.

An excerpt from Kazim Ali’s book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water, forthcoming March 2021.

Author Wayne Miller reflects on the artistic process of creating the cover of his collection, We the Jury.

Real people suggest good books we think you might like, too.

Real people suggest good books we think you might like, too.

Author torrin a. greathouse reflects on the artistic process of creating the cover of her collection, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound.

A letter from our monthly newsletter, The Milkweed Chronicle.

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Every Monday, author Beth Dooley and her son Kip have a standing zoom call. On their call, they cook a meal together, without a recipe, using only whatever staples they have on hand. They also talk—a lot!—about limits (real and metaphorical), substitutions, and what it means to ‘make do’ without feeling deprived. In Beth’s words, “it’s not really about being optimistic; it’s about living within our means and allowing what we DO have to spark creativity.” They’ve dubbed their…