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Helen Whybrow

… is an Editor-at-Large for Milkweed Editions. She was the publisher of an imprint of W. W. Norton for many years … Helen has worked with dozens of well-known writers over the years, including Barry Lopez, Lauret Savoy, Robin … is an Editor-at-Large for Milkweed Editions. She was the publisher of an imprint of W. W. Norton for many years …

Gary Paul Nabhan

… lives in Patagonia, Arizona, where he continues to work at the intersection of ecology and community. … lives in Patagonia, Arizona, where he continues to work at the intersection of ecology and community. …

Books for YA readers

… Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it. Learn more about Diary of a Young Naturalist Nonfiction A Year in the Wilderness Amy & Dave Freeman 08/13/2018 This is the …

Seedbank

… of world literature Seedbank Just as repositories around the world gather seeds to ensure biodiversity in the future, Seedbank gathers works of literature from around the world that foster conversation and reflection on the …

Books in translation

… Books in translation Fiction The Last Quarter of the Moon Chi Zijian 01/12/2026 In this sweeping epic, full of love and loss, a woman from one of the last remote reindeer-herding tribes of northeastern China …

Frequently taught poetry

… Frequently taught poetry Poetry The Hurting Kind Ada Limón 09/22/2025 Longlisted for for the Griffin Poetry Prize Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize An astonishing …

Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month

… Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Poetry The Hurting Kind Ada Limón 09/22/2025 Longlisted for for the Griffin Poetry Prize Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize An astonishing …

Earth Day

… Here Ada Limón 04/07/2025 A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads Selection A 2024 NPR “Books We Love” Selection Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a …

Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

… 2016, we worked with Ariella Ritvo Slifka to establish the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. Funded by the Alan B. Slifka Foundation and designed to honor Max’s … and reward outstanding emerging poets for years to come—the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize has awarded $10,000 and …

Creating a Space for Literature to Thrive

… it’s easy to forget how lucky we are to come to work in the Open Book building every day. Milkweed was founded in … we bounced from one just-okay office to another. Then, in the late nineties, a group of ambitious arts leaders came together on the east side of downtown Minneapolis—now a bustling area of …