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February 22, 2023

Call for Submissions: Permanent Record

Nightboat Books is excited to invite submissions for an anthology edited by Naima Yael Tokunow. Permanent Record, an experimental collection of poetry and poetics, will hold work that engages with the a/Archive. We are thinking of the a/Archive in two forms: the Archive, as the commodification of shared cultural recording (i.e. The Canon, The State, the Written Record, forms of documentation, and other “Legitimate” ways of knowing), and the archive, as a counter-practice, the portals to the future, histories, and lineages that stem from our current moment. This anthology will be published by Nightboat Books in the Fall 2024/Winter 2025. Currently,…

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January 24, 2023

At the Intersection: Aaron Shurin talks with Brian Teare about Unbound: A Book of AIDS

Today we celebrate the publication of Unbound: A Book of AIDS with an interview between two queer Nightboat authors, Brian Teare and Aaron Shurin. The two engage in an evocative conversation that runs the gamut from queer ecstasy and poetic aesthetics to the ramifications of AIDS and the enchantment of language. As Shurin says, a poet can "awaken the facts so that the reader might participate as one of the community in peril and in grace." This compelling conversation between Teare and Shurin does exactly that. Brian Teare: I’ve always loved how deeply intertwined the physical artifice of drag is…

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November 18, 2022

Interview with Jeffrey Zuckerman, the translator of Hervé Guibert’s My Manservant and Me!

To celebrate the recent publication of My Manservant and Me by Hervé Guibert, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, poet & past Nightboat Intern Ryan Cook speaks with Jeffrey about translation, big universal brands like Nike and McDonalds, and Guibert's body of work. Take a look below! ______________________________ Ryan Cook: I wanted to start by asking what your relationship to Hervé Guibert’s work is? When did you first learn about him, and how has his writing affected your life on a personal level? Jeffrey Zuckerman: So, I first discovered Guibert when I was just out of college—I was working as an editorial assistant at…

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October 21, 2022

Interview with imogen xtian smith, author of stemmy things!

Girl-thems rejoice! The publication day for imogen xtian smith’s stemmy things has arrived. To celebrate, poet & past Nightboat Intern Ryan Cook speaks with imogen about communal spaces, SOPHIE, being “hot for long ass poems”, and more. Take a look below! _________________________ Ryan: First off, I wanted to thank you so much for creating this book and answering some questions about it. As a trans person myself, I really found that the language and themes resonated with me. I particularly loved the colloquialisms, puns, and jargon that weave themselves within the poems in this collection. “Wild geese with transexuals & acid”…

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October 4, 2022

Interview with Eduardo Kac, author of Porneia!

Happy publication day to Eduardo Kac’s Porneia! To celebrate, Nightboat's Director & Publisher Stephen Motika speaks to Eduardo about the Porn Art Movement, Brazilian history, his teenage years at Ipanema Beach, the history of…

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September 8, 2022

Nightboat’s Curation of the Segue Reading Series this Fall!

We are delighted to announce that Nightboat Books is collaborating with Segue Foundation and curating The Segue Reading Series at Artists Space this Fall! Every Saturday in October and November (excluding the weekend of Thanksgiving), we are thrilled to be hosting readings from a dynamic cohort of writers. Each event is in-person, located at Artists Space: 11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY 10013. Each reading will also be live-streamed on Zoom and archived. Doors open at 4:30pm, and the readings begins promptly at 5pm. The admission is $5, and all proceeds go directly to the readers.   Here is the calendar: October 1 Allison Cobb…

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