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Books on the natural world

… Books on the natural world Nonfiction World of Wonders Aimee Nezhukumatathil 04/15/2024 Beloved author … Quickening Elizabeth Rush 08/12/2024 An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from … Books on the natural world …
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A Whale in the Amazon Forest: a Cover Image Story

Milkweed Staff
… 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 …
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Excerpt: The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo

Louise Glück
… Excerpt: The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo Authors EDITOR ’S NOTE Max Ritvo was a prodigiously gifted poet; toward the end of his life, he was also volcanically productive. Nothing he … urgent, so daring, so supple, so desperately alive. This book has no dedication. Had he lived, I feel certain Max …
Authors / Interviews / Watch & Listen

More than an audiobook: The River You Touch

… More than an audiobook: The River You Touch Authors / Interviews / Watch & Listen By … ten rivers in five states, camped wild country, met a lot of nice people, visited loved and far-flung friends and … play in Missoula a couple of times, and gave me his first book of poems. As with all great friendships, we started …
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Surrender to the current; on writing to survive grief, finding comfort in one’s hybridity, and resisting the urge to write like Rimbaud

Milkweed Staff
… Surrender to the current; on writing to survive grief, finding comfort in … Most / News / Interviews Chris Dombrowski is the author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water . He is … in Minneapolis, MN in the midst of touring for his new book, which has just been named a finalist for the Montana …
Editors

Introducing our Editors-at-Large and the Multiverse series

Daniel Slager
… Introducing our Editors-at-Large and the Multiverse series Editors We are excited to welcome three … Editors-at-Large to Milkweed Editions, and along with one of these editors, a new literary series. A LETTER FROM OUR … of poems: The Earth in the Attic;   Alight;   Textu;  a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is based on …
Awards & Prizes

Kathryn Smith Wins the Fourth Annual Jake Adam York Prize

Milkweed Staff
… Kathryn Smith Wins the Fourth Annual Jake Adam York Prize Awards & Prizes … that judge francine j. harris has chosen Kathryn Smith ’s book Self-Portrait with Cephalopod as the winner of the 2019–20 Jake Adam York Prize . Self-Portrait with … Kathryn Smith ’s book Self-Portrait with Cephalopod as the winner of the 2019–20 Jake Adam York Prize . …
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Excerpt: Introduction to Tim Robinson’s Listening to the Wind

Daniel Slager
… Excerpt: Introduction to Tim Robinson’s Listening to the Wind Authors Introduction to Tim Robinson’s Listening to the Wind , a Seedbank series title. On the west coast of Ireland, in the northwestern corner of County Galway, lies … and his wife moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986, his first book, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage , was published to …