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Art is a Nation’s Most Precious Heritage: A Letter from our Publisher

Daniel Slager
… a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.” —President Lyndon B. Johnson , upon … works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there …

Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Audiobooks

… Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Audiobooks Designed to honor the legacy of one of the most original and accomplished poets to debut in recent … Designed to honor the legacy of one of the most original and accomplished poets to …

Margaret Renkl

… Margaret Renkl Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows, Late Migrations, and Graceland, at Last … Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows, Late Migrations, and Graceland, at …
Interviews

The Last Quarter of the Moon: Translator Q&A with Bruce Humes

Milkweed Staff
The Last Quarter of the Moon: Translator Q&A with Bruce Humes Interviews In this … Milkweed Staff: What was the first translated book you read? Bruce Humes: Perhaps Twenty Thousand Leagues … Humes about his favorite reads and bookstores, as well as the importance of reading literature in translation. Bruce …

Wendy Call

… Wendy Call Wendy Call is co-editor of Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide and Best Literary Translations , author of the award-winning No Word for Welcome , and translator of two … of poetry by Mexican-Zapotec poet Irma Pineda: In the Belly of Night and Other Poems and Nostalgia Doesn’t Flow …

Marie-Claire Bancquart

… Bancquart Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932–2019) is the author of Every Minute Is First and more than thirty other … of poetry and several novels. In her lifetime she was the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Prix … Marie-Claire Bancquart (1932–2019) is the author of Every Minute Is First and more than thirty …

Ngo Tu Lap

… Ngo Tu Lap Ngo Tu Lap has published three collections of poems in Vietnam, as well as five works of fiction, five … Black Stars , co-translated by Martha Collins , is the first collection of his work in English and received the PEN Poetry in Translation Award. He is currently the Dean …
Authors / Interviews / Awards & Prizes

Poetry: A Global Enterprise

… Interviews / Awards & Prizes Weijia Pan’s debut collection of poems, Motherlands, was selected by the late Louise Glück as the winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize in 2024. Among other things, the book is a transnational exploration of personal, familial, …

Ama Codjoe

… Ama Codjoe Ama Codjoe is the author of Bluest Nude . She is also the author of Blood of the Air , winner of the Drinking Gourd … Ama Codjoe is the author of Bluest Nude . She is also the author of Blood of the Air , …

Justin Boening

… Justin Boening Justin Boening is the author of Not on the Last Day, but on the Very Last , a winner of the 2015 … Justin Boening is the author of  Not on the Last Day, but on the Very Last , a winner of