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… Deep Cuts—Rick Barot's The Galleons Authors / Interviews / Poetry & Migration Happy … calling Deep Cuts ! In this series I have the privilege of diving in with the author of a compelling Milkweed title … that goes into the composition and production of their book. This month, I interviewed the inimitable Rick Barot …

… The Blank Page: A Cover Image Story Authors by … blue Pontiac Vibe station wagon parked in a park for most of the day every weekday. That poem was inspired by a Black … confront the blank page.   Worldly Things is my first book. Associated with its publication, I am learning how …

… Deep Cuts—Allison Adair's The Clearing Authors / Interviews Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts . In this series, we’ll be diving in with some … many sensory collisions. BH :  Motherhood permeates this book. I often find when I write something into a poem …

… The Milkweed Story, Part 1: Support Writers Authors / Editors … Freeman were at “home” in their tent, camped in the middle of the Boundary Waters, a 1.1 million acre tract of roadless, … Amy and Dave are now the authors of a beautiful, important book: A Year in the Wilderness: Bearing Witness in the …

… Notes from the Field: Hold On Everybody News / Roundup This March we’re in a flurry of excited preparation for the six (six!) books publishing in … paperback edition of Elizabeth Rush’s Rising— named a best book of 2018 by the Guardian —also arrived from the printer …

… View: Waking Worlds , a museum exhibition featuring World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, illustrated by Fumi Nakamura News / Events   On the evening of January 27th, 2023, a few members of the … event host Andy DuCett. What inspired the animal-centric book that was to become a Barnes & Noble book of the year, …

… Announcing the Inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize News / Awards & Prizes   … Max Ritvo Poetry Prize . Designed to honor the legacy of one of the most original and accomplished poets to emerge … making the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize the most lucrative first-book prize. We aim to establish a transparent, ethical prize …

… Milkweed’s Literary Legacy: Notes from the Archivist Editors Editor’s Note: Eighty feet underground, in a storehouse carved from the side of the Mississippi riverbank, lie the Upper Midwest Literary … Carissa Hansen and Kate Hujda Just down the road from Open Book lives a little piece of Milkweed Editions. Actually, …

… A Whale in the Amazon Forest: a Cover Image Story Authors by: … lakes, and forests can slow or even halt the passage of time as it’s traditionally conceived: an arrow shot across … rivers and forests.” I decided to quote an excerpt from my book, The Life and Death of a Minke Whale and Other Stories …