Will Brewer’s first book of poems, I Know Your Kind, was a winner of the National Poetry Series. His debut novel, The Red Arrow, was published by Knopf in 2022 and received the Silver Medal for First Fiction from the California Book Awards.
As part of “Because We Come From Everything: Poetry & Migration,” the first formalized programming of the Poetry Coalition, Milkweed Editions, Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, and Birds, LLC have partnered to curate a selection of poems on the theme of migration. Installment #2: Mai Der Vang’s “Transmigration,” from Afterland.
Mai Der Vang is the author of Afterland (Graywolf Press, 2017). She is an editorial member of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle and coeditor of How Do I Begin: A Hmong American Literary Anthology. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Washington Post.
Milkweed Editions is deeply saddened to report that Richard Wagamese passed away in his home on Friday, March 10, 2017. He was 61. Wagamese was the author of more than 15 books ranging across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including the novels Medicine Walk, Dream Wheels, and Indian Horse. Much of his work drew from his own struggle with family dysfunction that he attributed to the isolating government- and church-run schools, attended by his parents and extended family members. Wagamese called himself a second-generation survivor of these experiences.
As part of “Because We Come From Everything: Poetry & Migration,” the first formalized programming of the Poetry Coalition, Milkweed Editions, Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, and Birds, LLC have partnered to curate a selection of poems on the theme of migration. The first: “Ego-Tripping as Self-Defense Mechanism for Refugee Kids Who Got Their Names Clowned On” by Bao Phi.
Bao Phi has been a performance poet since 1991 and has performed as a featured artist all over the United States. He is the author of Sông I Sing (Coffee House Press, 2011) and Thousand Star Hotel (Coffee House Press, 2017). His first children’s book, to be illustrated by Thi Bui, will be published by Capstone Press in the fall of 2017. He is currently Program Director at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
We’re proud to be part of the independent publishing community, promoting titles that breed independent minds, break the mold, and dare to be different. In support of our fellow independents, we’ve teamed up with a few presses to draw attention to big books from smaller publishers across the country. This month, we’re celebrating International Women’s Day. What books are you reading to celebrate? Join the conversation and use the hashtags #ireadindie and #InternationalWomensDay.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Milkweed Editions at Open Book!
Join us for an evening honoring poets, their vital place in our culture, and their unique capacity to imagine, enliven, connect, and delight.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017
At 5:30 p.m., join poets and poetry fans for a party in the Milkweed Editions office suite featuring poetry-themed drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Ticketed reception: $25 General Admission | $10 Student Ticket | FREE for Poets.
At 7:00 p.m., the party continues with a reading in the Target Performance Hall featuring the finalists for this year’s $10,000 Lindquist & Vennum…
A celebration of artist and scholar Gabrielle Civil’s new performance memoir, Swallow the Fish (Civil Coping Mechanisms).
Civil will perform her piece “economy,” featured in Swallow the Fish, in which she creates original work on a typewriter for shoppers in real time. Books will be available for purchase and signing, and for each person who buys a copy at Milkweed Books, Civil will write and sign a personalized typed poem or love letter. Materials provided for visitors to pen their own poems, too.
Gabrielle Civil is a black feminist performance artist, originally from Detroit, MI. She has…
