Minneapolis, MN —

Milkweed Editions, The On Being Project, and Northrop Present: Ada Limón & Krista Tippett

This event has been relocated to Ted Mann Concert Hall. Ticket holders will be contacted with more information. We appreciate your patience and flexibility.

In partnership with Institute for Advanced Study.

Join U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and On Being’s Krista Tippett for an evening of conversation. Together, Limón and Tippett will engage in dialogue rich with the music of poetry and its singular ability to reconnect, heal, and transform. This event will be recorded for future broadcast on On Being. In-person and virtual on-demand tickets are available.

Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm, Doors at 6:00 pm
Available on-demand January 27-February 10

Philadelphia, PA —

In Person: Kathy Fagan appearing at Tattoed Mom Bookstore featuring Raena Shirali, Emma Brown Sanders, Kim Gek Lin Short, Cindy Arrieu-King and Alina Pleskova

JoinKathy Fagan as she celebrates local poet Raena Shirali’s launch of summonings with a night of poetry and art at Tattooed Mom, presented by Black Lawrence Press!

summonings investigates the ongoing practice of witch (“daayan”) hunting in India. These poems explore how antiquated and existing norms surrounding female mysticism in India and America inform each culture’s treatment of women, concepts that will be in conversation with the rest of the work from this incredible lineup of compelling Philadelphia poets.

In addition to readings from this collection and the work of Emma Brown…

Lauren Langston Klein

Lauren Langston Klein is the managing editor for Milkweed Editions. Prior to joining the team, she worked as the editorial director for an independent press and as a senior editor for HarperCollins. Before discovering that her passion for editing is fueled by working with authors, she served as the managing editor for a print and digital magazine. She holds a BS in journalism from the University of Florida.

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Miami, FL —

Virtual: No'u Revilla and Rick Barot appearing as part of The Miami Book Fair

The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry annually through participating publishers. In addition, the National Poetry Series has partnered with Miami Book Fair to award the Paz Prize in Poetry, which ensures bilingual publication for a book of poems written in Spanish.

This conversation features No’u Revilla on Ask the Brindled: Poems, in conversation with the judge who selected
her manuscript, Rick Barot, The Galleons: Poems. In this debut collection, No’u Revilla crafts a…

Awards & Prizes

Courtney Bush Wins 2022 National Poetry Series

Milkweed Staff — 09/28/2022

 

We are thrilled to announce that Courtney Bush has been named one of five winners of the 2022 National Poetry Series. Her manuscript I Love Information was selected by poet Brian Teare and will be published here at Milkweed Editions in August 2023. In addition to publication, Bush will receive $10,000.

Courtney Bush is a poet and filmmaker from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She is the author of the chapbook Isn’t This Nice? (blush_lit, 2019), and the full-length poetry collection Every Book Is About The Same Thing (Newest York Arts Press, 2022). Her films, made with collaborators Jake Goicoechea and Will Carington, have been…

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