A Milkweed Chronicle: The Formative Years of a Literary Nonprofit Press by Emili

Description: A Milkweed Chronicle by Emilie Buchwald Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The formative years of Milkweed Editions a story told by its cofounder. In the 1970s and 80s, as major New York publishing houses were consolidating and growing ever larger, small nonprofit presses and journals emerged.With a variety of missions, literary, social, political, these small publishers shared a desire to prioritize quality over quantity. One was Milkweed Chronicle, the literary and visual arts journal launched in 1980 by writer Emilie Buchwald and artist R.W. Scholes in Minneapolis that would become Milkweed EditionsA Milkweed Chronicleis the first-person account by cofounder Emilie Buchwald of how the journal morphed into an award-winning nonprofit literary press. It is the story of writers who established Milkweeds reputation for excellence in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction-and especially, by the mid-1990s, in books about the natural world. And it is also the story of the editors and staff who established and first achieved Milkweeds mission of publishing transformative literature. Author Biography Emilie Buchwald, PhD, was the founding copublisher and editor of Milkweed Chronicle and Milkweed Editions. She is the founding publisher, now copublisher, and editor of The Gryphon Press, childrens picture books celebrating the human-animal bond. Books she has edited have received more than two hundred awards and recognitions.Buchwalds book of poems, The Moments Only Moment, is an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award winner. She was editor of the Poetry Society of Americas Wallace Stevens Centenary Celebration publication and the coeditor of three poetry anthologies.She is the author of two childrens novels, Floramel and Esteban (William Allen White Childrens Book Master List) and Gildaen (Best Childrens Book of the Year, Ages 9–12, Chicago Tribune Book Festival Award), and of two childrens picture books under the name Daisy Bix: At the Dog Park with Sam and Lucy and Buddy Unchained (Henry Bergh Award, Best Childrens Picture Book of the Year, and HSUS KIND Award, Best Childrens Picture Book of the Year).Buchwald is a recipient of the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, the Kay Sexton Award, the A.P. Anderson Award, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Minnesota, and the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.Emilie and her husband, Henry, live in Minneapolis. Details ISBN 163955047X ISBN-13 9781639550470 Title A Milkweed Chronicle Author Emilie Buchwald Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 150 Publisher Milkweed Editions GE_Item_ID:161442400; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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