Rebecca Spiegel
Rebecca Spiegel teaches writing in Philadelphia, where she lives with her family. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Without Her is her first book.
Chris La Tray
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the North, and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. La Tray is the Montana Poet Laureate for 2023–2025 and a former bookseller at Fact & Fiction. He writes the weekly newsletter “An Irritable Métis” and lives near Frenchtown, Montana.
Ann Arbor, MI —
In person: Caroline Harper New appearing at Literati Bookstore
Join Caroline Harper New at Literati Bookstore for a reading and discussion about her collection A History of Half-Birds.
Homer, AK —
In person: Priyanka Kumar appearing at the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference
Join Priyanka Kumar at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, where writers from Alaska and beyond come together to create community and learn how to be better writers.
Summer Lake, OR —
In person: Priyanka Kumar appearing at PLAYA Summer Workshops
Join at PLAYA for this 4-night writing retreat exploring the Poetry of Birding led by best-selling author Priyanka Kumar. Through guided birding excursions to observe migratory birds in the Summer Lake Wildlife Area, bring your observations back to meditative discussions in our workshop circle. Here, participants will integrate birds and poetry, beginning with Seamus Heaney’s “St. Kevin and the Blackbird,” and travel back through the ages to the lone hut of the master of Chinese nature poetry. Create nature poems of your own inspired by local field trips observing spring migration in Summer…
West Tisbury, MA —
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In person: Scott Chaskey appearing at The Agricultural Society of Martha's Vineyard
Join Scott Chaskey for a talk on his book Soil and Spirit, where he will share wisdom from his decades of building community through agriculture on Long Island—including starting the first CSA in New York state!
West Tisbury, MA —
In person: Scott Chaskey appearing at West Tisbury Library
On Wednesday, January 24, at 4:30pm, at the West Tisbury Library, author Scott Chaskey will read from his newly released book, Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life.
Books will be available for purchase and signing by Bunch of Grapes Bookstore. This event is presented by the MV Agricultural Society, Slough Farm, and the West Tisbury Library. Free and open to the public.
Authors
The Quickening creates community at the ends of the earth
On the first day of the new year, we received an exciting and somewhat extraordinary message confirming that one of our books, The Quickening by Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Rush, is now available in the Little Free Library at the South Pole! For us, the announcement is cause for celebration, as well as gratitude and reflection. We are humbled by the ways in which The Quickening has made waves in the world. And what book could be a better fit for the South Pole’s collection than this one, whose apt subtitle is Creation and Community at the Ends of…
Authors
The inspiring reemergence of Debra Magpie Earling
Books often come to us at Milkweed Editions in unusual ways, and Bitterroot Salish author Debra Magpie Earling’s work is no exception. The Missoula, Montana-based writer was highly referred to our Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager by Chris Dombrowski, a fellow Missoulian author who had already published a book with us. Slager was intrigued to learn that Earling had broken ground in the literary world with the publication of her highly-successful debut novel, Perma Red, back in 2002, only for the imprint to shutter its doors four years later, sending the novel out of print. He became even…
Authors
One poet's impact, written in the stars
As an independent publisher, we look at more than just a book’s potential when a manuscript proposal comes our way. We also consider the promise of the artist behind the art, prioritizing transformative potential over profitability. Today, we’re proud to be the creative home of dozens of change-making artists—from international award winners to MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellows, and even a Poet Laureate of the United States. Ada Limón has achieved all of the above and more. We’re proud to point to her impact in the world today as an example of the effects of our commitment to build relationships with…