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May 2021
A Virtual Gathering for CURB on Thursday, May 6th at 8PM Eastern
We hope you can join Nightboat Books on May 6th at 8pm ET for a gathering around CURB by Divya Victor! Readers and performers include editors, elders, family, friends and Divya's poetry community who helped bring CURB to life. RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpceGhpz0rGdMn3I9pvgl3AnxTMK4oSCg0
Find out more »Join us 5/13 for the launch of PLASTIC by Allison Cobb, with CAConrad & Sawako Nakayasu!
We hope you can join us on Thursday, May 13th at 6:30pm EDT for our launch of Plastic: An Autobiography by Allison Cobb, who will be joined by CAConrad and Sawako Nakayasu! RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrduGgrjgoE9azDRbgE3Xy-e25_oNI4nF1
Find out more »A Celebration for Erica Hunt’s Jump the Clock
Please join us on Wednesday, May 19 @ 7pm EST at St. Mark's Church! In celebration of her monumental new selection, Jump the Clock, Erica Hunt will be reading with Charles Bernstein, Tonya M. Foster, Sawako Nakayasu, and Simone White. Find more info on The Poetry Project's event page here. Book: https://nightboat.org/book/jump-the-clock/
Find out more »5/22 Rosie Stockton joined by Hannah Black – Skylight Books!
We hope you can join us Saturday, May 22nd @ 2pm PT/5pm ET! Skylight Books is hosting a *virtual* reading featuring Rosie Stockton (author of Permanent Volta) in conversation with Hannah Black! RSVP here.
Find out more »Join us for the Launch of Judy Grahn’s Eruptions of Inanna – Sinister Wisdom 121
Join lesbian icon Judy Grahn on Tuesday, May 25 @ 7pm EST for a *virtual* release of her new book Eruptions of Inanna. Through eight dramatic stories, the book explores the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna’s power and relevance for contemporary queer feminist audiences, reimagining central western myths and illuminating how revisiting origin stories is a vital world-making activity. The wonderful evening will feature Judy in conversation with poet and scholar Angela Hume, and culminate in a Sinister Wisdom dance number! More…
Find out more »We Animate This Life: A Celebration of Muriel Leung’s Imagine Us, The Swarm – Books Are Magic
Join us on Thursday, May 27 @ 7pm EST! Books Are Magic is hosting a *virtual* reading in celebration of Muriel Leung's Imagine Us, The Swarm, featuring Aurora Masum-Javed, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Wo Chan & Swati Khurana! Through lyric essays, poems, snark, and memes, this series of performances will highlight a vibrant legacy of Asian and Asian American creative resistance. Register here. Book: https://nightboat.org/book/imagine-us-the-swarm/
Find out more »June 2021
Book Party for Art in Time by Cole Swensen!
“Because…every time I walked out into the view, I, for a split second, participated in that endlessness…” Cole Swensen Art in Time Laura Mullen, Jennifer K. Dick and Eléna Rivera invite you to participate in a celebration of Cole Swensen’s new work Art in Time. Please join us at this June 5th book party, where various brief interventions will salute the beauty of this new work--and Cole Swensen will read from her fabulous collection as a finale! Bring a beverage of your choice and…
Find out more »6/7 Rosie Stockton at the Poetry Project
Join us on Monday, June 7 @ 8pm EST for a *virtual* reading with Rosie Stockton (author of Permanent Volta) and poet Jonah Mixon-Webster. RSVP here. Book: https://nightboat.org/book/permanent-volta/
Find out more »Spring 2021 Poetry Reading with Rosamond S. King, Muriel Leung, Rosie Stockton, Cole Swensen, Divya Victor
Join Nightboat on June 14, 7PM EDT for a reading in celebration of our Spring 2021 poetry titles! Featuring readings from Rosamond S. King, Muriel Leung, Rosie Stockton, Cole Swensen, and Divya Victor. RSVP here.
Find out more »06/22 – QPlayaz | QPride : @Salon 2021
Please join us on Tuesday, June 22, for @Salon's *virtual* Pride showcase and performance event celebrating the joy and power of contemporary innovative genderqueer writers and artists. The evening launches the call for Obsidian's genderqueer, genrequeer "Playground" issue curated by interdisciplinary artist and Nightboat author Ronaldo V. Wilson, and will feature an interactive poetry reading and mixed-genre queer conversation with Vidhu Aggarwal, Lucas de Lima, Dawn Lundy Martin, and Angela Peñaredondo! RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qplayaz-qpride-salon-2021-tickets-156024380121?keep_tld=1
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