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Jessica Fisher

… Jessica Fisher Jessica Fisher is the author of Daywork . She is also the author of Frail-Craft, which won the 2006 Yale Younger … Jessica Fisher is the author of Daywork . She is also the author of Frail-Craft, which won …
Events

In Celebration of Horses: A Conversation with Jake Skeets and Mary Austin Speaker

Brianna Reed
… In Celebration of Horses : A Conversation with Jake Skeets and Mary Austin … celebration of his latest poetry collection, Horses , at the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s Queering Indigeneity … and Bethany Whitehead. Along the way, his Minnesota book launch included exploring Minneapolis’ Indigenous …
Authors

My Son’s Painting: A Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff
… Cover Image Story Authors This painting’s petals remind me of another drawing my son did, at six. At the kitchen table, in early November sun, we were painting a blue bowl full of squash, and the night sky, and red peppers strung beside a colander. My … petals remind me of another drawing my son did, at six. At the kitchen table, in early November sun, we were painting a …
Fiction / SF/F

Ben Marcus : The Flame Alphabet

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 03/01/2012
… Ben Marcus : The Flame Alphabet Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Fiction / SF/F David Naimon, Milkweed Editions What if the words your children spoke to you actually made you sick? … newfound power over their parents? This is the setting of Ben Marcus’ new dystopian novel  The Flame Alphabet . Ben …
Fiction / Hybrid / Nonfiction

Kyle Minor : Praying Drunk

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 04/09/2014
… / Hybrid / Nonfiction David Naimon, Milkweed Editions The characters in Praying Drunk speak in tongues, torture … disparate lives are woven together within a series of nested repetitions, enacting the struggle to remain … most talented younger writers in America. “I finished this book with my heart pounding and grateful, my coffee cold and …
Nonfiction

Melissa Febos : Abandon Me

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 03/15/2017
… Me is, in many ways, a story about how a woman’s body & the body of literature hold memory. In other ways, Abandon Me is a … I don’t know that I’ve ever felt more thankful to read a book. Abandon Me found me when I most needed it.” —Kiese … Me is, in many ways, a story about how a woman’s body & the body of literature hold memory. In other ways, Abandon Me …

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… Support November 14 — December 31 Season of Giving 2019 DONATE JOIN US! 200 200 Thank you for reaching … you value beauty and critical thinking. Or you look to the writers we’re publishing to help you navigate complexity, … here! The reality is that the list price of each Milkweed book represents roughly half of what it costs to create it, …
Authors

Voicing grief: the language of elegy

… Voicing grief: the language of elegy Authors By Melissa Kwasny One of the first things I … some kind of consolation or acceptance. My seventh book of poetry, The Cloud Path , is elegiac. The poems speak … By Melissa Kwasny One of the first things I learned as a hospice volunteer is to think …