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Bookseller Recommendations: February

Milkweed Staff
… February Bookstore / Roundup It’s almost eerie how much the books in this roundup overlap thematically, despite varying widely in genre. In some way, each of these books questions time, whether it be personal … singular” splashed across the jackets. This book is, indeed, all three of the aforementioned descriptors. …
Authors

Ready to Take Flight: A Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff
… Authors by Kerri ní Dochartaigh When someone writes a book about anything the first thing they are often asked is: HOW ? How did you find the time, the topic, the means to get it out of your insides and into the outside world for all to see? … ní Dochartaigh When someone writes a book about anything the first thing they are often asked is: HOW? How did you …

Patricia Kirkpatrick

… Patricia Kirkpatrick Patricia Kirkpatrick is the author of Blood Moon as well as Odessa , which was awarded the first … Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry and the 2013 Minnesota Book Award. She also has published Century’s Road , poetry … Patricia Kirkpatrick is the author of Blood Moon as well as  Odessa , which was …
Awards & Prizes

Ryann Stevenson Wins 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

Milkweed Staff
… We are thrilled to announce that Ryann Stevenson  is the winner of the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize . Her manuscript Human … of the present is captured brilliantly by this wary, lucid book. We live in an era when our humanness is worn down—by … We are thrilled to announce that Ryann Stevenson  is the winner of the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize . …

Bill McKibben

… author, environmentalist, and activist. In 1988 he wrote The End of Nature , the first book for a common audience about global warming. He is a … author, environmentalist, and activist. In 1988 he wrote  The End of Nature , the first book for a common audience …

Su Hwang

… Su Hwang Su Hwang is a poet, activist, stargazer, and the author of Bodega , which received the 2020 Minnesota Book Award in poetry and was named a finalist for the 2021 … Su Hwang is a poet, activist, stargazer, and the author of  Bodega , which received the 2020 Minnesota …
Bookstore / Roundup

Bookseller Recommendations: January

Milkweed Staff
… January Bookstore / Roundup Our January picks blur the line between real and unreal, guide us through grief, and push us to consider the moral implications of participating in established systems of power. Read these … and letting what will burn do precisely that. PS : This book comes doubly recommended, because fellow Milkweed …

Craig Cliff

… Craig Cliff Craig Cliff is the author of The Mannequin Makers , a novel, and A Man Melting , a … won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. Both were previously published in New Zealand. In 2012 … Craig Cliff is the author of The Mannequin Makers , a novel, and  A Man …
Bookstore / Roundup

Read This Next: June Subscription Pick

… Read This Next: June Subscription Pick Bookstore / Roundup The next Milkweed Books Subscription pick is here! It’s the first book of nonfiction we’re sending to our subscribers—when I ran … The next Milkweed Books Subscription pick is here! It's the first book of nonfiction we're sending to our subscribers—when I …
Authors / Interviews

Architecture, Texture, and Grace: A Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff
… with Ama Codjoe this week about her extraordinary first book, Bluest Nude , which is due out in September 2022. Mary … Speaker: Bluest Nude is a powerful, vulnerable collection of poems that explores the practice of seeing and being seen as well as the ways we …