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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 …

Rafael de Grenade

… Rafael de Grenade Rafael de Grenade is the author of Stilwater: Finding Wild Mercy in the Outback . She grew up in the foothills of the Santa Maria … Rafael de Grenade is the author of  Stilwater: Finding Wild Mercy in the Outback . She grew …
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
Fiction / SF/F

From the Archives : Ted Chiang : Exhalation

David Naimon, Milkweed Editions — 04/01/2026
… From the Archives : Ted Chiang : Exhalation Submitted by Anonymous … to share this classic episode from the archives with one of the great short storytellers of our time, Ted Chiang. This … Oregon. Blake Crouch speaking of Exhalation , the book we discuss today, says “Ted Chiang has no contemporary …
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 …