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Sarah V. Schweig Wins the Eighth Annual Jake Adam York Prize

Milkweed Staff
… Sarah V. Schweig Wins the Eighth Annual Jake Adam York Prize Awards & Prizes   … Cynthia Cruz has chosen Sarah V. Schweig’s collection of poems, The Ocean in the Next Room, as the winner of the … and Schweig will receive $2,000. Sarah V. Schweig ’s first book, Take Nothing with You, was published by the University …
Fiction / Hybrid / Nonfiction / Poetry

Dionne Brand : Nomenclature — New and Collected Poems

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 10/01/2022
… Milkweed Editions Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the major living … of her poetry between 1982 and 2010, and includes a new book-length poem never before published, today we center her … Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the
Fiction

Lorrie Moore : Bark

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 04/23/2014
… Moore: “Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it … to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore.” Over the course of the past thirty years Lorrie Moore, has earned … Moore: “Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say …
Fiction / Hybrid

Veronica Gonzalez Peña : The Sad Passions

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 12/19/2013
… Veronica Gonzalez Peña : The Sad Passions Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Told by six women in one family, Veronica Gonzalez Peña’s  The Sad Passions  captures the alertness, beauty, and terror of childhood lived in proximity to madness. Set against the
Crafting with Ursula / Fiction / Nonfiction / SF/F

Crafting with Ursula : Julie Phillips on the Writing Mother

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 08/10/2022
… Crafting with Ursula : Julie Phillips on the Writing Mother Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … to talk about the writing mother, how Le Guin’s embrace of both writing and motherhood influenced her engagement with … Creativity, Motherhood and the Mind-Baby Problem.  This book looks at six writing mothers, from Audre Lorde to Doris …
Between the Covers Live / Hybrid

Tin House Live: Stephen Hayes

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 11/17/2025
… (not verified) on Mon, 11/17/2025 - 9:01am Between the Covers Live / Hybrid David Naimon, Milkweed Editions … Painter Stephen Hayes latest exhibition, “Elegy,” consists of twelve abstract paintings that engage with the genocide in … the Covers conversation with Omar El Akkad about his book One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. …
Fiction

Nathan Englander : What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 03/14/2012
… Fiction David Naimon, Milkweed Editions Englander burst on the literary scene in 1999 with  For The Relief of Unbearable Urges , a story collection that earned him theof his original translation of the Haggadah, the prayer book used during the Passover seder, edited by Jonathan …

Maria Baranda

… Maria Baranda Born in 1962, the Mexican poet María Baranda is a winner of major literary awards in Mexico, the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize and the Efrain … Born in 1962, the Mexican poet María Baranda is a winner of major literary awards in Mexico, the Aguascalientes …

Multiverse

… Multiverse A literary series dedicated to different ways of languaging Multiverse SIGN UP FOR EMAILS ABOUT MULTIVERSE The Multiverse series Poetry The Kissing of Kissing Hannah … Adam Wolfond 11/07/2022 In The Wanting Way , the second book in Multiverse—a literary series written and curated by …
Between the Covers Live / Poetry

Tin House Live : Negotiating the Love and Renouncing the Rest with Destiny O. Birdsong and Donika Kelly

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 09/20/2021
… Tin House Live : Negotiating the Love and Renouncing the Rest with Destiny O. Birdsong and … writing) into and about abuse and trauma, about families of origin and chosen families, and much more. Destiny O. … Award. The collection was also longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for a Publishing Triangle …