Moheb Soliman is an interdisciplinary poet from Egypt and the Midwest who’s presented work at literary, art, and public spaces in the US, Canada, and abroad with support from the Banff Centre, Joyce Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, and others. He has degrees from The New School for Social Research and University of Toronto and was Program Director for the Arab American lit and film organization Mizna before receiving a multi-year Tulsa Artist Fellowship and most recently a Milkweed Editions fellowship. His debut poetry collection HOMES (Coffee House Press, 2021), about nature, modernity, identity, belonging, and sublimity through the site…

Madi McLaughlin is the Advancement Manager. Prior to joining our Advancement team, Madi was Milkweed’s Engagement Coordinator, supporting data management and warehouse operations, events, and communications across the operations.

Prior to joining our team in January of 2023, she worked as a Street Outreach Navigator and Program Manager where she served our houseless neighbors in Minneapolis and St Paul. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she holds a BS in Organizational Communications with a Minor in Sustainability from the University of Portland.

She is an elevator conversationalist and a lover of art in all its forms — a poet, a potter…