Poetry
bio: Stephen Motika
Stephen Motika is the Director & Publisher of Nightboat Books. He was for many years on the staff of Poets House in New York City. The author of the poetry collection Western […]
bio: Susan Gevirtz
Susan Gevirtz’s books of poetry include Hotel abc (2016), Aerodrome Orion & Starry Messenger (2010), Thrall (2007), Hourglass Transcripts (2001), Black Box Cutaway (1999), PROSTHESIS : : CAESAREA (1994, reissued by Little Red Leaves, 2009); Taken Place (1993), and Linen minus (1992). A critical study of the work of […]
bio: Alli Warren
Alli Warren is the author of I Love It Though (Nightboat), which was nominated for the California Book Award. Other recent publications include Little Hill (The Elephants), Moveable C (Push Press), Don’t Go Home With Your Heart […]
bio: Samiya Bashir
Samiya Bashir is a poet, artist, writer, performer, educator, and advocate. She is the author of four poetry collections, including I Hope This Helps (Nightboat, 2025) and Field Theories (Nightboat, […]
bio: Jared Stanley
JARED STANLEY was born in Arizona, grew up in California, and now lives in Nevada. He is the author of three books of poetry: Ears, The Weeds, and Book Made of Forest. A recipient […]
bio: Stacy Szymaszek
Stacy Szymaszek is a poet, and arts administrator/organizer, and teacher. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where in 1999 she started working for Woodland Pattern Book Center. In 2005, she […]
bio: George Albon
George Albon is the author of the poetry collections Empire Life, Brief Capital of Disturbances, Step, and Momentary Songs. His prose chapbook, Aspiration, was published in 2013. His work has appeared in Hambone, New American Writing, O Anthology 4, Avec Sampler 1, and the anthologies The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative […]
bio: Gracie Leavitt
Gracie Leavitt is the author of Livingry and Monkeys, Minor Planet, Average Star as well as the chapbooks Gap Gardening (These Signals) and Catena (DoubleCross Press). Previous theatrical projects include her original play PITCH, which debuted at La Mama E.T.C. […]
bio: Marwa Helal
Marwa Helal is the author of Ante body (Nightboat Books, 2022), Invasive species (Nightboat Books, 2019) and the chapbook I AM MADE TO LEAVE I AM MADE TO RETURN (No, […]
bio: Hazel White
Hazel White is also the author of Peril as Architectural Enrichment. Her public work includes presentations at SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Headlands Center for the Arts, […]
bio: Etel Adnan
Etel Adnan was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1925. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, U.C. Berkeley, and at Harvard, and taught at Dominican College in San Rafael, California, from […]
bio: Christina Vega-Westhoff
CHRISTINA VEGA-WESTHOFF is a poet, translator, aerialist, and teaching artist. She lives in Buffalo, New York.