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Authors / Poetry & Migration

5 Reasons to Teach This Book: The Century

Bailey Hutchinson – 10/08/2020

Welcome, friends, to the latest installment of 5 Reasons to Teach This Book! In this interview series, we examine what we can learn from Milkweed’s titles by discussing our books with educators, authors, and booksellers. This month, we’re featuring Éireann Lorsung’s recently-released collection, The Century.

These poems navigate cross-continental histories as best they can with the flawed vehicle we have collectively inherited: language. “I need a language more open / than the language of forms, more / spacious than the language poetry /...

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Authors / Interviews / Watch & Listen

Deep Cuts: Screen Smiles and World of Wonders

Bailey Hutchinson – 09/28/2020

Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts! In this series, we dive in with some of our authors and discuss the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and production of their books. We’re doing things a smidge differently this month—in a moment, I’ll hand the mic over fully to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, who will take us on an audiovisual tour of some favorite featured friends from her new essay collection, World of Wonders.  

But let me gush for just a sec: I admire World of Wonders so much. By moving through the world with an eye...

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News

Meet our 2020 Fellows

Milkweed Staff – 09/24/2020

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

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Bookstore / Roundup

Bookseller Recommendations: September

Milkweed Staff – 09/08/2020

Real people recommend good books we think you'll like, too!

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Authors / Interviews

How Seeds Hold Stories: A Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff – 09/02/2020

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

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Authors

Excerpt: Kazim Ali's Northern Light

Milkweed Staff – 08/31/2020

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

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Authors

Impulse of the American "We": A Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff – 08/13/2020

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

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Bookstore / Roundup

Bookseller Recommendations: August

Milkweed Staff – 08/05/2020

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

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Authors

5 Reasons to Teach This Book: All the Wild Hungers

Bailey Hutchinson – 08/04/2020

Welcome, friends, to the latest installment of 5 Reasons to Teach This Book! In this interview series, we examine what we can learn from Milkweed’s titles by discussing our books with educators, authors, and booksellers. This month, we’re featuring Karen Babine's 2020 Minnesota Book Award winning book, All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer.

In this interview, Karen and I discuss both the craft and critique of personal nonfiction. What on the page...

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Bookstore / Roundup

Bookseller Recommendations: July

Milkweed Staff – 07/06/2020

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

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