Poets Samiya Bashir and Funto Omojola will read from their work, then join in conversation, on the occasion of Nightboat Books publishing If I Gather Here and Shout, a "deft, musical debut poetry collection about the disabling effects of illness, rupture, and inheritance—informed both by Yoruba divinatory systems and violent Western medical understandings of the […]
Join Nightboat & Friends at the second iteration of the Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. November 29-30, 2024—beginning at 17:00 Palestinian time. YouTube Link From the organizers: "A coalition of independent presses, poets, writers, and translators will hold a 24-hour Global Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity […]
Join us on Thursday, December 5 for the joint launch of If I Gather Here and Shoutby Funto Omojola and PALM WINE by YATTA. This evening will include an improvisational performance by both artists, followed by a conversation with writer and radio host Riel Bellow. RVSP REQUIRED
Join Nightboat this weekend, Dec. 7-8, at Pioneer Works for the fifth edition of Press Play — "a weekend-long fair of books, records, art, ephemera, talks, and workshops. Come for new ways of reading, listening, creating, and complaining about culture." Say hello at Booth #19!
Don't miss the launch for Bianca Rae Messinger's pleasureis amiracle at Word Is Change February 6th at 7pm with readings by Nora Collen Fulton, Mo Zenia, and Shiv Kotecha.
Don't miss the Brooklyn Launch of Material Witness by Aditi Machado! Saturday, March 1st at 8pm at Molasses Books With readings by Jimin Seo and Imani Elizabeth Jackson
“If an utterance is a curve,” Mónica de la Torre writes in “Parable,” the second poem from her new collection Pause the Document, “all of its points are at an equal but growing distance from its focus.” Written amidst the upheavals of the pandemic, the poems in Pause the Document play with language and its […]
Don't miss the Texas launch of Unsex Me Here by Aurora Mattia Alienated Majesty Books in Austin Featuring a reading, Q&A moderated by local writer & bookseller Bradley Trumpfheller, and music by Seth Sherman. Refreshments will be provided.
Join Nightboat in celebrating 20 years with a showcase at Poetic Research Bureau / 2220 Arts in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 26th, 7-10pm at Poetic Research Bureau / 2220 Arts 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057 Readings by: Aurora Mattia Brian Blanchfield Brian Teare Camille Roy Christopher Soto Dior J. Stephens Emily Lee Luan […]
Join Nightboat in celebrating our frontlist authors during AWP at Stories Books & Cafe in Los Angeles Thursday, March 27th, 6-8:30pm 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Readings by: Aditi Machado Aurora Mattia Bianca Rae Messinger Dawn Lundy Martin Eleni Stecopoulos Funto Omojola Julian Carter Jzl Jmz Laura Moriarty Marcus Clayton Mónica de la […]
