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… Milkweed Editions publishes 20-30 books per year of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and translation. We believe that literature has the potential to change the way we see the world, and that … Max Ritvo Poetry Prize is the most lucrative first-book prize in the U.S. Presented in partnership with the Alan …
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Elaine Castillo : How to Read Now

— 09/18/2022
… Castillo, arguing that we are all overeducated in a set of fundamentally terrible reading techniques, ones that … impoverish us as readers and thinkers, ones that diminish the availability of meaning and meaningfulness in our lives. … Ledgerwood talks with writers she loves about modern life book culture and all the ways sharing stories illuminates our …
News / Awards & Prizes

Jos Charles wins 2017 National Poetry Series

… thrilled to announce that Jos Charles has been named one of five winners of the National Poetry Series for 2017. feeld  was selected by … their protean registers, would still captivate us. This book masters the interchangeable. An ache of mouth, of … that Jos Charles has been named one of five winners of the National Poetry Series for 2017.  feeld  was selected by …
Authors

Excerpts: Dear Memory, For Joshua, Peyakow, & Saga Boy

… China to Taiwan. I would like to know what was said in the planning meeting. I would like to know who was in that … I would like to know if you carried a bag. If you had a book in your bag. I would like to know where you got your … complained to me about your brother’s wife. Complained of being sick and how no one would help her. Do you know how …
Authors / News / Awards & Prizes

Michael Kleber-Diggs Wins 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

Milkweed Staff
… We are thrilled to announce that Michael Kleber-Diggs  is the winner of the 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize . His manuscript Worldly … MAX RITVO ’S LEGACY “All poets are heroes. Your book is your hero story. Take your reader on an adventure.” … We are thrilled to announce that  Michael Kleber-Diggs  is the winner of the 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize . …
Nonfiction

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson : Theory of Water

— 05/01/2025
… Leanne Betasamosake Simpson : Theory of Water Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, … Leanne Betasamosake Simpson takes us not only outside the academy, and away from our screens, but outside and into … this year, you may remember me mentioning to him the book of today’s guest, and how it is a touchstone book for me …

Adam Clay

… Adam Clay Adam Clay is the author of five collections of poems: Circle Back, To Make Room for … AUTHOR WEBSITE Question Stranger  is your third published book of poetry. How have you seen your writing evolve? What … Adam Clay is the author of five collections of poems: Circle Back, To Make …