“Milkweed Editions carries the real narratives of Indigenous people out into the Western world, which has historically refused to accept these stories…For this reason and more, I think Milkweed is the brave new face of contemporary storytelling, and I’m so grateful to be part of it. Especially today, we need justice.”
“I’ve always loved the books that Milkweed publishes, and as a writer, it was a dream house for me. Milkweed began stewarding my work back in 2012, and they told me when they agreed to work with me that they didn’t just believe that it would become a beautiful book; they also believed that I was the type of writer whose career they wanted to help along the way.”
When Priyanka Kumar began writing her debut memoir, Conversations with Birds, she had a profound realization. Since the dawn of the Information Age, modern Americans have struggled to find fulfillment in their lives more than ever before—but to Kumar, the solution to this problem was surprisingly simple, and could be found in a single word. “We’re at a crossroads in the world,” Kumar says. “Our lives have become fragmented in so many ways by all these devices that we’re basically living inside of now. But there’s something in us that’s very human and wants to break open, that remembers…
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, to explore scientific knowledge, indigenous wisdom, and the teachings of plants on April 20th at Grewal Hall in downtown Lansing.
Join via Zoom on Wednesday, December 6 at 2 pm CT for a multilingual conversation and reading with Zoque poet Mikeas Sánchez, and translators Wendy Call and Shook, the creative team behind How to be a Good Savage and Other Poems. Hosted by Awardee Arthur Malcolm Dixon.
LALTulsa is a reading and conversation series with the translators and authors who bring Latin American literature to life in English, hosted by Arthur Malcolm Dixon, Tulsa Artist Fellow and Managing Editor of Latin American Literature Today.
“A stutter is an heirloom—something precious, that should be cherished.”
JJJJJerome Ellis inherited his stutter from his mother, who also stutters. They don’t speak often of their shared inheritance but she is supportive of his work. He sees his stutter as an heirloom and his teacher—both in language and in music. He has learned to gracefully accept and even anticipate how it informs his artistic processes of speaking and performing. In his new book, Aster of Ceremonies, he creates a world that blooms backward, reimagining what it means for Black and disabled people to have taken, and to continue…
Join author Kerri ní Dochartaigh in prioritizing your creativity for ten days in spring 2025 at the seaside village of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland.
This retreat is led by Ryan Dennis of The Milkhouse Rural Writers Collective; co-organized with NatureCulture/Writing the Land.
