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Bapsi Sidhwa

… Bapsi Sidhwa Bapsi Sidhwa has been widely celebrated as the finest novelist produced by her country—the New York Times called her “Pakistan’s finest English-language novelist.” She is the author of several novels, including Cracking India , The Crow Eaters …

Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry

… Poetry Milkweed Editions Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry The Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry supports outstanding poets … 2023 Judge: Maggie Smith Maggie Smith is the author of the national bestsellers Goldenrod and Keep Moving: Notes … Flight is an attentive but effulgent but joyously aching book.” —Jos Charles, 2021 Judge When Return Flight asks …

Call for Candidates—Administrative Manager

… Candidates—Administrative Manager Milkweed Editions, one of the nation’s leading independent book publishers, seeks an Administrative Manager. … Milkweed Editions, one of the nation’s leading independent book publishers, seeks an Administrative Manager. …

Miriam Karmel

… journalist and freelance writer, Miriam Karmel is the author of Being Esther . Her work has been published in AARP The Magazine , Minnesota Women’s Press , Bellevue Literary … journalist and freelance writer, Miriam Karmel is the author of Being Esther . Her work has been published in …

Authors / Events

The Long Game: Balancing Medicine and Ceremony in the Western World

Brianna Reed

… The Long Game: Balancing Medicine and Ceremony in the Western … Chris and Heather radiate into the very embodiment of the phrase. As they drift past tenant rooms and gathering … exploring ways to write every day, and touches on his book, Becoming Little Shell. When the resident delves into …

Sheila Fischman

… novels from French to English, including Larry Tremblay’s The Orange Grove and other works by Anne Hébert, Gaétan … for her translations and for her life’s work, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation, the … Award (twice). In 2000, she was invested into the Order of Canada and, in 2008, into the Ordre national du Québec. …

Milkweed presents Sangamithra Iyer

Minneapolis, MN —

09/02/2026

… , MN 55415 United States This event is free & open to the public. Let us know you are coming here. (612) 215-2540 … ABOUT THE ARTISTS Sangamithra Iyer is the winner of the Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction for her first book, GOVERNING BODIES : A MEMOIR , A CONFLUENCE , A …

Our Story

… Play Video Donate Now Milkweed’s Purpose Just as the common milkweed plant is the site of metamorphosis for monarch butterflies, Milkweed Editions … Is Different “With Milkweed I thought, ‘this is where my book belongs,’ because of their commitment to taking care of …

Events

On Art Song and Metamorphosis: Milkweed Hosts Album Launch for Bill Holm’s Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death

Brianna Reed

… Hosts Album Launch for Bill Holm’s Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death Events On May 6th, Milkweed Editions hosted a … Manfred and Barton Sutter . Together, they conjured Open Book into a concert hall to demonstrate the mastery of … release party for late poet Bill Holm’s Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death. The album—a musical rendition of the late …

Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry winners

… My Beloved’s Red Bronco , selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry, is an aching tribute to the power and precarity of queer love. Learn more about Short Film Starring My …