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Richard Wagamese

… Richard Wagamese Richard Wagamese (1955-2017) was one of Canada’s foremost writers, and one of the leading indigenous writers in North America. He was the author of several acclaimed memoirs and more than a dozen … was one of Canada’s foremost writers, and one of the leading indigenous writers in North America. He was the …

Brian Tierney

… Brian Tierney Brian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float , which was selected by Randall Mann as the winner of the 20-2021 Jake Adam York Prize. His poetry … Brian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float , which was selected by Randall Mann as …

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Joyelle McSweeney : Death Styles

— 05/18/2024

… her latest poetry collection Death Styles. She talks about the juxtaposing of “death” and “style” and the seam to the underworld that … aesthetics and poetics as exemplified by her landmark book of eco-criticism The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, … her latest poetry collection Death Styles. She talks about the juxtaposing of “death” and “style” and the seam to the …

Pedal to D.C.

… Pedal to D.C. Video URL Book Tour to Save the Boundary Waters Pedal to D.C. PLAY … book tour by bicycle to spread the word with thousands of readers. With our public lands under renewed threat, …

Jennifer Willoughby

… Jennifer Willoughby Jennifer Willoughby is the recipient of the 2015 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry for her debut … Jennifer Willoughby is the recipient of the 2015 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry for her debut …

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Many Maxes: Performance as Legacy and an Invitation for You

Milkweed Staff

… an Invitation for You Authors Essay by Elizabeth Metzger The night we met in Dorothea Lasky’s workshop at Columbia, Max Ritvo and I shared a taxi across the park where we were both living. I had recognized Max’s … I remember having trouble reconciling my impressions of him as an ebullient, whimsical life force breaking into …

Max Ritvo

Leila Wilson

… Leila Wilson Leila Wilson is the author of The Hundred Grasses . Her poems have appeared in Poetry , A … Leila Wilson is the author of The Hundred Grasses . Her poems have appeared in Poetry …

Authors / What Matters Most

On K Iver’s Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco—an elegy, an ode, an opening

… elegy, an ode, an opening Authors / What Matters Most “In the beginning, yes, a garden. As lush as you’re imagining.” … tender and heart-wrenching debut; what follows is a coming of age story of creation and demise, a love story upended by suicide. The collection’s fleeting first images of doting parents (a …

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Erin Sharkey

… worker, and film producer based in Minneapolis. She is the cofounder, with Junauda Petrus, of an experimental arts collective called Free Black Dirt and is the producer of film projects including Sweetness of Wild , … worker, and film producer based in Minneapolis. She is the cofounder, with Junauda Petrus, of an experimental arts …