Jan Wagner
Jan Wagner is a German poet, essayist, and translator. His collections of poems include Guerickes Sperling, Achtzehn Pasteten, Australien, and Regentonnenvariationen, for which he was awarded the Prize of the Leipzig Bookfair.
Bookstore / Roundup
Read This Next: Emerging Writers (July)
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 books, but that’s not the only place you can find them. Shelf talkers noting “Debut Author!” punctuate…
David Keplinger
David Keplinger is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Another City, which was awarded the 2019 UNT Rilke Prize, and Ice, which won the 2024 Ellen Anderson Award from the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Minneapolis, MN
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Harmony Holiday and Broadside Release
Milkweed Books presents a celebration of the release of a double-broadside printed by Sam Gould of Beyond Repair, in honor of the Great Twin Cities Poetry Read. Featuring poetry and performance from Harmony Holiday and her experimental collection Hollywood Forever (Fence 2017), as well as Minneapolis-based artists D. Allen and Erin Sharkey.
Minneapolis, MN
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Book Launch: Alison McGhee's Never Coming Back
Milkweed Books presents Alison McGhee, Minnesota Book Award winning local author, with a launch event in celebration of her fifth novel, Never Coming Back. McGhee’s latest is a moving novel which explores the relationship between a mother and daughter on the brink of reconnection, even as they must both come to terms with the mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Alison Mcghee is an award-winning novelist, whose previous books for children and adults have been featured by the Today Show, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Minneapolis, MN
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Eileen Myles: Afterglow (A Dog Memoir)
Join us at The Loft Literary Center for a special evening as Eileen Myles presents their new memoir, Afterglow. Book sales provided by Milkweed Books. Afterglow joins a grand literary tradition of writers paying homage to a beloved dog, but Myles’ entry in the canon subverts both genre and tradition and stands apart as resolutely its own thing. Combining screenplay, monologue, science fiction, and lucid memory, the text is animated with photos, diagrams, drawings, and poems. Afterglow illuminates the surreal and familiar aspects of what it means to dedicate your existence to a dog.
Eileen…
Editors / Authors / Interviews
A Conversation with Dalia Rosenfeld
Dalia Rosenfeld, author of the debut story collection The Worlds We Think We Know, joined Milkweed editor Joey McGarvey in a discussion about place, humor, and literary influences. From the meaning of symbolism to the catalysts for character creation, Rosenfeld recounts how her book came into being.
News / Awards & Prizes
Announcing the Inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Milkweed Editions, in partnership with Riva Ariella Ritvo-Slifka and the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, is pleased to announce the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. The winning poet will receive publication by Milkweed Editions in April 2018 and $10,000, making the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize the most lucrative first-book prize.
