Charlottesville, VA —

In Person: Sarah V. Schweig appearing at Virginia Festival of the Book

Join Sarah V. Schweig alongside Jen Jabaily-Blackburn and Corrie Williamson at Virginia Festival of the Book for the poetry panel “Words of Healing: Poets on Self-Care and Connection.” More information on the panel can be found here, and more information on the festival can be found here.

Authors / Submissions / Awards & Prizes

Bo Hee Moon Wins the Ninth Annual Jake Adam York Prize

Milkweed Staff — 03/17/2025
Photograph by Christopher Zebo

ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE 2024–25 JAKE ADAM YORK PRIZE

Milkweed Editions and Copper Nickel are thrilled to announce that judge Matthew Olzmann has chosen Bo Hee Moon’s book Birthstones in the Province of Mercy as the winner of the 2024–25 Jake Adam York Prize. Birthstones in the Province of Mercy will be published by Milkweed Editions in January, 2026, and Moon will receive $2,000. 

A South Korean adoptee, Bo Hee Moon is the author of one previous book of poems, Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs, which she published under another name with…

Bo Hee Moon

A South Korean adoptee, Bo Hee Moon is the author of one previous book of poems, Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs, which she published under another name with Tinderbox Editions in 2021.

Minneapolis, MN —

In person: Cameron Walker book launch

Join Milkweed Books as we welcome Cameron Walker to Minneapolis! Cameron’s work revolves around the human connection the world around them. Her newest short story collection, How to Capture Carbon, out with What Books Press, navigates climate change and loss with lyrical dreaminess. She has invited scientists and writers Kim Todd & Emily Sohn to speak with her around their work.

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

In a dozen radiant stories, award-winning author Cameron Walker brings readers to the water’s edge, where the known world collides with magic and with the mysterious depths of the human heart. Here, a…

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: A Celebration of the Connemara Trilogy by Tim Robinson

Join us for an evening inspired by the landscape and literature of Western Ireland as shared through writer and cartographer Tim Robinson’s epic Connemara Trilogy: Listening to the Wind, The Last Pool of Darkness, and A Little Gaelic Kingdom, featuring Luke Morgan and Dr. David Gardiner.