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Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

… 2016, we worked with Ariella Ritvo Slifka to establish the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. Funded by the Alan B. Slifka … and publication by Milkweed Editions to the authors of six debut collections of poems. Last fall, after selecting … debut by a wonderfully accomplished artist, a voice and a book that merit our attention. We also encourage you to …
Podcast
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Fiction

Alexis Wright : Praiseworthy

— 04/01/2024
… on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 7:54am Fiction Today’s guest is one of the most important and celebrated writers in Australia today, … and  the demanding present-tense of the internet. But the book is also one of aboriginal invention, adaptation, and … Today’s guest is one of the most important and celebrated writers in Australia today, …
Tamas Dobozy

Tamas Dobozy

… Tamas Dobozy Tamas Dobozy is the author of Siege 13.  He has published over fifty works of short … such journals as Granta , AGNI , Fiction , and One Story. The story “The Restoration of the Villa Where Tíbor Kálmán … Tamas Dobozy is the author of Siege 13.  He has published over fifty works of …

Ava Nathaniel Winter

… Ava Nathaniel Winter Ava Nathaniel Winter   is the author of Transgenesis , selected by Sean Hill for the 2023 National Poetry Series, and the poetry chapbook Safe … Ava Nathaniel Winter   is the author of Transgenesis , selected by Sean Hill for the 2023 National …
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Poetry

Claire Schwartz : Civil Service

— 09/01/2022
… Claire Schwartz’ poetry collection Civil Service  looks at the ways ordinary, everyday actions uphold and sustain state … can and does serve extraordinary atrocities. The world of this collection, populated by civil positions—The … supplemental material, from Alice Oswald reading from the Book of Job to Jen Bervin reading from the letters and prose …
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Fiction / Hybrid / Poetry

Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir

— 02/25/2024
… Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir.  The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIV’s fifty-nine “Black codes,” the rules of conduct … audio archive Canisia reads from Dionne Brand’s upcoming book Salvage: Readings from the Wreck , from Christina …

Elizabeth Rush

… Elizabeth Rush Elizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope … Elizabeth Rush is the author of  The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating …

Christopher Brean Murray

… Christopher Brean Murray Christopher Brean Murray is the author of Black Observatory , winner of the 2022 Jake Adam York Prize. He has received awards from … Christopher Brean Murray is the author of Black Observatory , winner of the 2022 Jake Adam York …

Amber Caron

… Amber Caron Amber Caron is the author of the story collection  Call Up the Waters  and the recipient … Amber Caron is the author of the story collection  Call Up the Waters  and the recipient …
Awards & Prizes

Constant Laval Williams Wins the Tenth Annual Jake Adam York Prize

Milkweed Staff
… Constant Laval Williams Wins the Tenth Annual Jake Adam York Prize Awards & Prizes ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE 2025–26 JAKE ADAM YORK PRIZE ! Copper Nickel and … judge Patricia Smith has chosen Constant Laval Williams ’ book Elegy with Beautiful Child as the winner of the 2025–26 …