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Milkweed Editions Milkweed Editions is an independent literary press publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

We would like to extend an enormous thank you to our sponsors who made the Book Lovers Ball possible!If you were not abl...
10/15/2026

We would like to extend an enormous thank you to our sponsors who made the Book Lovers Ball possible!

If you were not able to attend but would like to donate, please visit: https://milkweed.org/ways-to-give

Happy publication day to the paperback of SINKHOLE!Hailed as “a literary triumph” by Terry Tempest Williams, SINKHOLE is...
10/13/2026

Happy publication day to the paperback of SINKHOLE!

Hailed as “a literary triumph” by Terry Tempest Williams, SINKHOLE is a haunting and sublimely elegant memoir that reckons with the aftermath of su***de.

Tracing her family history rooted in the coal mines of southeastern Kansas, Juliet Patterson mediates on loss, inheritance, and what it means to break a cycle. Now out in paperback, SINKHOLE is a powerful reflection on personal, political, and environmental histories ever relevant for our times.

Now out in paperback from milkweed.org!

Learn more here: https://milkweed.org/book/sinkhole?v=903

Sonja Swift comes to Milkweed Books to read from her new book, RED SKY IN THE MORNING: OF WATER, WHALES, AND WARNINGS. S...
10/07/2026

Sonja Swift comes to Milkweed Books to read from her new book, RED SKY IN THE MORNING: OF WATER, WHALES, AND WARNINGS. She will be joined by local artist and cultural organizer, Shanai Matteson.⁠
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RSVP here: https://milkweed.org/event/sonja-swift-book-launch

This event is free and open to the public.

Happy publication day to the paperback of THE WAY AROUND by Nicholas Triolo!Winner of the 2026 Reading the West Award in...
10/06/2026

Happy publication day to the paperback of THE WAY AROUND by Nicholas Triolo!

Winner of the 2026 Reading the West Award in Memoir & Biography, THE WAY AROUND takes us on a walking adventure around the world. Unable to shake his initial encounter with circumambulation in Kathmandu, Triolo embarks on three extended walks in Tibet, California, and Montana and tells his story in this transcendent memoir.

Learn more at the link below!

https://milkweed.org/book/the-way-around

Congratulations to Fady Joudah, named finalist for the 2026 National Book Award in Poetry! The nominated title, EXHIBIT ...
10/06/2026

Congratulations to Fady Joudah, named finalist for the 2026 National Book Award in Poetry!

The nominated title, EXHIBIT G, is a collection of poems, essays, and photographs that offers a Palestinian representation of not only staggering grief, but the unwavering resilience and prevailing life force of a people and place enduring genocide. Dubbed “poetry of the highest order" by Omar El Akkad.

National Book Award finalists will be celebrated at the award ceremony and benefit dinner on November 18, which will be free and live streamed.

Visit the link below to learn more about EXHIBIT G!

https://milkweed.org/book/exhibit-g

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Book Lovers Ball, our annual gala that raises funds to support our mission t...
10/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Book Lovers Ball, our annual gala that raises funds to support our mission to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature while building an engaged community around it. Many friends of Milkweed joined our board and staff for meaningful conversations, delicious food, custom cocktails, and a lively auction featuring generous items donated by Milkweed authors.

Gary Paul Nabhan, author of WATER IN THE DESERT, moved attendees to prioritize gratitude and actively seek out opportunities for allyship in daily life.

Thank you to our dedicated readers, loyal supporters, and corporate sponsors who made this event possible. If you were not able to attend but would like to donate, please visit: https://milkweed.org/ways-to-give

10/01/2026

Elizabeth Metzger reads “Mid-Thirties Square Dance” from THE GOING IS FOREVER, from Milkweed Editions.

A collection of “oracular, crystalline, and utterly original”(Maggie Millner) poems, THE GOING IS FOREVER braids a dissolving marriage, a son’s medical crisis, and the death of a father. The speaker reconceives loss as transformation and longing as ongoing love, exploring the multiplicity of the self in proximity to others.

Learn more at milkweed.org!

Last week, we were thrilled to host Victoria Blanco, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Luis Alberto Urrea in conversation around hop...
10/01/2026

Last week, we were thrilled to host Victoria Blanco, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Luis Alberto Urrea in conversation around hope and resistance at the US-Mexico border.

A Mexican-American writer and teacher in Minneapolis, Victoria Blaco is the author of OUT OF THE SIERRA: A STORY OF RARÁMURI RESISTANCE from Coffee House Press. A Milkweed author, Gary Paul Nabhan is the author of WATER IN THE DESERT: A PILGRIMAGE. In town from Patagonia, Arizona, Gary continues to work at the intersection of ecology and community. Luis Alberto Urrea, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and best-selling author of 18 books, was born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother and is most recognized as a border writer, though he says, “I am more interested in bridges, not borders.”

To learn more about WATER IN THE DESERT, which is available from Milkweed Editions, visit the link below!

Photos courtesy of Bruce Silcox.

https://milkweed.org/book/water-in-the-desert

Milkweed Books & Counterpoint Press present Kimberly Blaeser and her new short story collection, RED ANTS.⁠⁠RED ANTS is ...
09/30/2026

Milkweed Books & Counterpoint Press present Kimberly Blaeser and her new short story collection, RED ANTS.⁠
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RED ANTS is a bold and genre-defying prose debut by a prizewinning poet that incorporates social, historical, and supernatural elements to create a collection that is both contemporary and timeless, communal and deeply intimate.⁠
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This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here: https://milkweed.org/event/kimberly-blaeser-book-launch

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