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, […]

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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 […]