Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions is an independent, non-profit publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Milkweed's goal is to make a positive impact on society through the transformative art of literature. Milkweed is sometimes called the largest independent, non-profit literary publisher in the United States. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's books. Milkweed was co-founded in 1979 by Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes. Buchwald ... More

Milkweed Editions is an independent, non-profit publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Milkweed's goal is to make a positive impact on society through the transformative art of literature. Milkweed is sometimes called the largest independent, non-profit literary publisher in the United States. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's books. Milkweed was co-founded in 1979 by Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes. Buchwald initially started Milkweed as a journal called The Milkweed Chronicle as a venue for local writers and artists in Minneapolis. By the mid-1980s the project evolved into Milkweed Editions and gradually grew into a nationally known independent publishing company. Milkweed combined forces with Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the Loft Literary Center to purchase an old warehouse in downtown Minneapolis to house each organization. They named the warehouse the Open Book. Ruminator, an independent bookstore, also called Open Book home until 2003...

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