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From acclaimed poet and scholar Rajiv Mohabir, a brilliantly crafted retelling of the ancient Ramayan that valorizes the epic poem’s queer heart.
Rajiv Mohabir first learned of the Ramayan from his grandmother while sitting on his parents’ brown-tiled…
“Luminous… Wisp transforms ordinary objects, animals, landscapes, and historical figures into portals of reflection.”—Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic
A dual-language collection examining impermanence as the source of beauty from one of the…
In an ancient Moroccan apiary, a young boy’s inheritance of bees is endangered by climate change, family secrets, and the silence surrounding grief.
High in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, surrounded by valleys once rich with lavender and thyme…
“What a profound gift, this book. What a gift, to feel so among.”—Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!
Selected by Patricia Smith for the Jake Adam York Prize, an unflinching, profoundly gorgeous debut collection about beauty, pain, and the resilience of…
Tactile and synesthetic, Pink Theory! is a migratory exploration of image, poetic form, and philosophy that declares, “We cannot make the world alone.”
“We begin with the alphabet. Then we go anywhere,” writes Éireann Lorsung in her vibrant fifth…
A stunning debut memoir examining the end of a marriage and the path to self-discovery—and the wisdom of birds that guides the way.
After the heartbreaking and surprisingly swift end of her marriage, Elizabeth Grey surveys the remnants of a life no…
Following the collection that launched Milkweed’s acclaimed Multiverse series, Hannah Emerson’s Reality Reality Reality is a wholly original, electrifying work.
In Hannah Emerson’s incomparable second collection, reality is material. Reality can be…
From acclaimed poet and novelist Melissa Ginsburg, an observant, unflinching collection examining the interconnected systems between the domestic and natural worlds.
“Again and again // you ocean the marsh, lock the hurricane in the bathtub,” Melissa…
A collection of voices from varying perspectives—editors, agents, designers, and more—investigating the state of literary publishing today and what the future has in store for it.
The first edition of Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century na…
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Forrest Gander comes a poignant exploration of intimate human and ecological bonds.
In a small intentional community in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, two sisters—Maya and Mira—grow up sharing explorations…
From award-winning poet, playwright, and cultural critic Tess Taylor, a series of contemporary odes about rooting, attention, and tenderness in a broken world.
How do we steady ourselves? How do we focus attention in the face of climate change…
Winner of the Poetry London Prize for “Hollywood Africans”
Finalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize
Finalist for the Forward Prize for “Codex©”
Finalist for the Jhalak Prize
Longlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize
A Financial Times Best Summer Book of Poetry
“Li…
Inspired by true accounts of recent floods in Vermont, a novel about the secrets that surface when a catastrophic storm takes a rural community by surprise.
“Water coming down from everywhere there’s an up—sky, hills, trees, roofs. Waterfalls where…
From poet and performance artist Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves comes the newest addition to Milkweed’s Multiverse series, a genre-bending un-schooling of a lifelong student healing from the early wounds of oppressive teaching cultures.
Welcome to the…
“Shrewd, sage, and so darkly funny.” —Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had
An unsuspecting couple is treated to a luxury vacation by their deceased neighbor. After begrudgingly agreeing to volunteer at a nursing home, a middle school…
In poetic essays, Jessica White reveals how deafness sharpens her perception and deeply attunes her to her landscape, community, and self.
“Where a biography recounts a human life, an ecobiography shows how that life has been shaped by its ecosystem,”…
A New York Times Notable
Featured on NPR’S “Fresh Air”
A Los Angeles Times “Most Anticipated”
“Startlement is a book of rare treasures. With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón’s poetry reveals new ways of paying attention. This powerful…
Winner of the Forward Prize
Winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize
“A book with large ambitions that are met with great imaginative capacity.”—Paul Muldoon
In the centuries since Shakespeare’s Othello first hit the stage, the eponymous character has been…
