Milkweed Editions

Growing up in the care of the old man he was entrusted to at birth, Franklin Starlight has never really known his biological father, Eldon. The fleeting moments he shared with the alcoholic man have...

"A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by." --Globe and MailWhen Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has...

A haunting collection that inhabits a disquieting future where fear is the governing body, "the organ and the tissue / and the cell, the membrane and the organelle." "Once there were oarfish,...

A visionary anthology of climate fiction from Grist. For many of us, the thought of our planet centuries in the future signals a volatile dystopia: our world devastated by climate change, our people...

The tragic tale of a Montana family ripped apart by scandal and murder: "a significant and elegant addition to the fiction of the American West" (Washington Post).In the summer of 1948,...

A vulnerable and honest collection of poems exploring lineage, love, and the pandemic, from one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation."You are told to believe in one paradise / and then there...

"Awestruck, open, and generous." --NICK FLYNNInformed by ?ireann Lorsung's own far-reaching interests--sewing, printmaking, writing--Music for Landing Planes By honors the makers, methods, and...

In 2010, experienced wilderness travelers Amy and Dave Freeman married and set out on an unusual honeymoon: a 12,000 mile, human-powered journey across North America--Author: Amy Freeman, Dave...

This powerful, absorbing first book has the sound and feel of a younger generation. --HENRI COLEAuthor: Grady ChambersPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: June 08, 2021Number of Pages: 112...

When Thoreau ventured into the Maine woods in 1846, he was one of a handful who did so simply to see what was there. Now, hundreds of thousands of people pursue "the wildest country" either for...

Northern Light: Power, Land, And The Memory Of WaterAuthor: Kazim AliPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: Mar 08, 2022Number of Pages: 200 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Eric Pankey writes poems that give us back, if not the world, our relation to it. --DAN BEACHY-QUICKAuthor: Eric PankeyPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: October 8, 2019Number of Pages:...

Andy Fleck doesn't have much of a family. His dad has been in jail since Andy was ten and his mother gave him up to the state as "too hard to handle."A kid with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Andy...

Isabelle Lee has a problem, and it's not just Ape Face, her sister, or group therapy for an eating disorder, or even that her father died and her mother is depressed and in denial. It's that Ashley,...

In 1940s western Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Louise White Elk is determined to forge her own path despite the plans of three persistent men--Author: Debra Magpie EarlingPublisher:...

Following his debut memoir, Mamaskatch, which masterfully portrayed a Cree coming-of-age in rural Canada, Darrel J. McLeod continues the poignant story of his adulthood in Peyakow--Author: Darrel...

Philomath was selected for the 2020 National Poetry Series by Sally Keith--Author: Devon Walker-FigureroaPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: 14-Sep-21Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage:...

"An act of communion." --YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA"If you would learn the earth as it really is," N. Scott Momaday writes, "learn it through its sacred places." With this quote as her guiding light, Melissa...

In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday...

The poems of this fourth collection from Wayne Miller exist in the wake of catastrophe. It is a world populated by rogue gunmen on shooting sprees, a world where the only inheritance a father has to...

"Romantic-environmental poetry of a high order." --HUFFINGTON POSTThis tour de force marks a breakthrough in Melissa Kwasny's poetic investigation of a collective consciousness.Drawing inspiration...

Real Phonies And Genuine FakesAuthor: Nicky BeerPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: Mar 08, 2022Number of Pages: 88 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 157131539XISBN-13:...

Return Flight (Ballard Spahr Prize)Author: Jennifer HuangPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: Jan 18, 2022Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A bold, engaged new anthology spotlighting the work of contemporary Dutch poets influenced by international cultural exchange and linguistic invention.Author: Rob SchoutenPublisher: Milkweed...

Rise And Float : PoemsAuthor: Brian TierneyPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: Feb 08, 2022Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1571315195ISBN-13:...

Rising: Dispatches From The New American ShoreAuthor: Elizabeth RushPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublication Date: Mar 12, 2019Number of Pages: 328 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

"An authentically great American novel" that follows a young man's descent into darkness after a tragic loss, and his struggle to find renewal (Booklist, starred review).Raised in an idyllic Iowa...

In Roofwalker, Native American writer Susan Power explores the complexities of contemporary Native American life. Featuring both fiction and nonfiction -- "stories" and "histories" -- the book shows...

A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing--and a spellbinding brew of folklore, movies, music, and ritual. "Draw me encircled // in something //...

When Runt's mother dies, he's sent to live with his older sister Helen, whom he hasn't seen in years, not since she ran away. Avoiding the dreary trailer he now shares with Helen and her creepy...