Join us on Friday, September 17, at 7pm ET for a *virtual* reading by Villainy author Andrea Abi-Karam, NM Esc, Sahar Khraibani, Andrea Lawlor, Eileen Myles, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef. Their second book, Abi-Karam's Villainy answers the call to action for poetry itself to become the radical accomplice it was destined to be, at heart aiming to destroy […]
Please join us on Thursday, September 23, at 7:30pm ET for a *virtual* conversation with Villainy author Andrea Abi-Karam and Randa Jarrar! Abi-Karam's second book, Villainy harnesses street protest as a poetic formation, both embodying direct action and exhibiting the desires that bring queers into public space. RSVP here: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-andrea-abi-karam-discusses-villainy-randa-jarrar
Please join us on September 29 at 8:00pm ET! In conjunction with the recent publication of CURB, Nightboat author Divya Victor joins Serena Rose Chopra, Kama La Mackerel, Aditi Machado, and Prageeta Sharma for a *virtual* evening of readings and conversation tracing breadths of South Asian diasporic experience. Across a range of inquiries, five poets consider the textual scaffoldings of […]
We hope you can join us Thursday, October 7th at 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET for a virtual reading featuring Allison Cobb with Clayton Aldern, presented by Town Hall Seattle and Grist! RSVP here: https://townhallseattle.org/event/allison-cobb-with-clayton-aldern/
Please join us on Saturday, October 16, @ 7:30pm ET for a backyard reading with Hazem Fahmy, Zaina Arafat, Sahar Khraibani, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, and Nightboat author Andrea Abi-Karam. As a creative response to the ongoing political turmoil we keep finding ourselves in, this assemblage of NYC based SWANA writers will convene to deal with […]
Please join us on Sunday, October 17, @ 2pm ET to celebrate the publication of O.B.B. a.k.a. The Original Brown Boy, by Paolo Javier, and the debut of Lynne Sachs’ short video, Swerve, which adapts poems from the book. The reading will take place at the Moore Homestead Playground in Elmhurst, Queens—a neighborhood park and location of […]
Nightboat Book Launch! A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet’s Novel, edited by Laynie Browne, featuring readings from contributors Traci Brimhall, Lee Ann Brown, Norman Fischer, Sonnet L’Abbé, Cedar Sigo, Brian Teare, and Tyrone Williams. Editor Laynie Browne will host! RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpf-ypqTojGNArXePq3HVWGidoAQRtdf39
We hope you can join us on Monday, November 22 at 8pm ET for our fall reading, featuring Andrea Abi-Karam, Paolo Javier, Oscar Oswald, Kit Schluter, Olivia Tapiero, and Joey Yearous-Algozin! RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfuyuqDspE9dMYhd7-3-IbygF-XZBwRFy
Join us for our Holiday Pop-Up and Book Sale on Saturday, December 11th, from 12pm-5pm at our office in Greenpoint! Pick up an exciting new or a beloved backlist title you haven't had a chance to acquire! *Discounts on all new books, 25% off or higher *$1, $2, and $5 specials on hurts and remainders […]
Please join us Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 7:00 PM ET for an event with Julianna Chow and Gillian Osborne hosted by The American Antiquarian Society! Sharing readings from their recently published books, scholars and creative writers Juliana Chow and Gillian Osborne will discuss the languages used in 19th-century American natural history to account for […]
