JJJJJerome Ellis
JJJJJerome Ellis is a disabled animal, artist, and person who stutters. JJJJJerome was born in 1989 to Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants.
Authors / Submissions
K. Iver Wins the 2022 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
Milkweed Editions is thrilled to announce that K. Iver has won the 2022 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry. For their poetry collection Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco, selected by Tyehimba Jess, Iver will receive $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions in January 2023.
K. Iver is a nonbinary trans poet born in Mississippi. Their work has appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Adroit, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. They are the 2021-2022 Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellow for the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the recipient of the 2022 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant. They have a Ph.D. in Poetry…
K. Iver
K. Iver is a nonbinary trans poet born in Mississippi. Their work has appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Adroit, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere.
New York, NY —
A reading with Fábio Zuker and Jordan Salama at Word Up Community Bookshop
Join us for a reading with Fábio Zuker for his translated book of essays The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon: Dispatches from the Brazilian Rainforest, translated by Ezra Fitz. Zuker immerses himself in the Indigenous communities experiencing the destructive effects of deforestation, predatory farming companies, and water pollution—sharing their stories of resilience and resistance as they fight to save their homeland. Zuker will be in conversation with Jordan Salama, author of Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena.
Washington, DC —
Ken Kalfus: 2AM in Little America
Join Solid State Books for an in-store event featuring Ken Kalfus discussing his book 2AM in Little America! This is an in-person event with limited capacity, register here.
Minneapolis, MN —
The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents Human Resources by Ryann Stevenson
Join Milkweed Editions, the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and The Ruby to celebrate Human Resources, the debut collection of poems by Ryann Stevenson and the 2021 winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. Stevenson will be joined in conversation by poet Richie Hofmann. Register here!