Milkweed Editions
Just as the common milkweed plant is the site of metamorphosis for monarch butterflies, Milkweed Editions seeks to be a site of metamorphosis in the literary ecosystem. We take risks on debut and experimental writers, we invest significant time and care in the editorial process, and we enable dynamic engagement between authors and readers. We operate as a nonprofit to pursue these ends without overbearing financial pressure. And yet, though profits aren’t our primary focus, helping our authors succeed certainly is. Just so, since our founding in 1980, we’ve published over 350 books of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and now have over four million copies in circulation. We believe that literature has the potential to change the way we see the world, and that bringing new voices to essential conversations is the clearest path to ensuring a vibrant, diverse, and empowered future. Milkweed Editions is an independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Our mission is to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, our work is made possible by the generosity of sustaining funders and readers. Join our community of sustaining members today: milkweed.org/membership.www.milkweed.org
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Sep 25, 2026
Saree MakdisiHOST
That's, that's also a great line.
Saree MakdisiHOST
So the book is out from Milkweed Editions.
Saree MakdisiHOST
We encourage obviously everybody to, to buy it and read it and, and absorb the images as well as the, the incredible text.
Saree MakdisiHOST
Um, it's also, we should say, already been longlisted for the National Book Award, which is an amazing achievement for Fady.
David J. BaumanHOST
Doesn't it? Yeah.
David J. BaumanHOST
Because this, I mean, this was from The Carrying, her book by Milkweed Editions in 2018.
David J. BaumanHOST
And I think in 2017,
Dawn LeasGUEST
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David J. BaumanHOST
You've been listening to In Three Poems.
David J. BaumanHOST
We've been reading with and talking with Dawn Lees about her book, The Sin of Being Okay, published by Kinsman Quarterly in 2025.
David J. BaumanHOST
We also read Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limon, published in her book, The Carrying, by Milkweed Editions in 2018, and our thanks to Ada Limon and Milkweed Editions for allowing us to read it on the podcast.
David J. BaumanHOST
Thanks also to the love of my life, Brian P. Kelly, for composing and performing our theme music.
Erin SharkeyHOST
Into a Darker Wilderness is a production of Wild Darkness Productions, LLC.
Erin SharkeyHOST
The show is based on the book, A Darker Wilderness, Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars, published by Milkweed Editions, who sponsors this podcast.
Erin SharkeyHOST
Your hosts are Aaron Sharkey, that's me, and Michael Kleber-Diggs.
Erin SharkeyHOST
Our superstar producer is Davey Gray.
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The book is Exhibit G Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza by the National Book Award finalist Fadi Judah.
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It is being published by Milkweed Editions on September 22nd.
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And it was reviewed for this list by Hakeem Beshara.
speaker_5HOST
And how does the reviewer describe the structure of this one?
David NaimonHOST
Beyond Talia and my presence in the book, you'll notice other past guests of the show, such as Eleni Sikilianos, Sophia Samatar, and Mary Kim Arnold.
David NaimonHOST
There are Milkweed Editions authors Beth Pietot and Rajiv Mohabir, and other writers many of you will recognize by name, whether Kazim Ali, Amy Bender, Juliana Spahr, or Craig Santos Perez.
David NaimonHOST
So I encourage you after today's conversation to check out the anthology, Creature Needs.
David NaimonHOST
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