Are you gearing up for some food on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair? Here are some of the production materials for the anthology Fiction on a Stick, which we published in 2008. 

Amy and Dave Freeman lived in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota for an entire year. Their book, A Year in the Wilderness, is a rousing cry of witness activism and a stunning tribute to wild places. One year ago today, Dave awoke before dawn and crawled out of their tent. This is what he saw.

Carissa Hansen, the Project Archivist at the Upper Midwest Literary Archives (UMLA), has spent hours sifting through and organizing the years of history contained in Milkweed’s archives. As part of the Prairie Poets and Press project, Carissa writes about the Widwestern literary legends that live in these files, illuminating Milkweed's history and the vast legacy of Minnesota writers.

During our Kickstarter campaign, one of the promises we made was to support emerging writers—those with just a debut or second book to their name. Emerging writers often struggle to reach readers in the marketplace because it favors guaranteed sales from proven authors, so we pledged to read, stock, and celebrate their books in part by devoting an entire section of Milkweed Books to their work. Our front display (the first thing you see when you walk in the door!) is dedicated to these important...