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April 29, 2020

people in space by Aldrin Valdez

I’ve been making these small works on paper. A simple way to describe what they depict is: people in space. In each drawing/painting, a figure exists in an ambiguous setting—or perhaps: exists ambiguously. Are they isolated? Are they stationary? Alone? About to move? What are they doing? How do they feel?     I’m used to staying in and isolating to cope with illness – but this decision has new meanings now, new complexities. Someone I met online asks if these drawings/paintings are how I cope with COVID. I hadn’t been thinking about making in the language of coping per se. But this is…

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April 7, 2020

Time Shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize!

Congratulations to Etel Adnan & Sarah Riggs! Time is shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. From the announcement: "Judges Paula Meehan (Ireland), Kei Miller (Jamaica/UK), and Hoa Nguyen (Canada) each read 572 books of poetry, from 14 countries, including 37 translations. The two winners, on Tuesday, May 19, will each be awarded $65,000. The other finalists – 3 International, and 2 Canadian, will be awarded $10,000." From the Judges' Citation: “‘I say that I’m not afraid/of dying because I haven’t/ yet had the experience/ of death’ writes Etel Adnan in the opening poem to Time. What is astonishing here is how…

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April 3, 2020

An Update from Us

Dear Friends, We hope this finds you with warmth and care. We have a few updates we’d like to share. On Monday, March 30th, we collaborated with The Anchoress Syndicate on a live reading of The…

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April 1, 2020

Illuminations Schedule

We’re excited to announce Nightboat Illuminations: a new series of intimate readings, performances, portraits, correspondences and more from our authors! Here's the schedule for Week 1:                 Here's week 2: Here's week 3: Here's week 4: Here's week 5: Here's week 6: Here's week 7: Here's week 8: Don’t miss out! Make sure you’re following our Instagram here. We’ll be posting new content weekly!

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March 31, 2020

Tender Points: An Interview with Amy Berkowitz

Amy Berkowitz’s Tender Points reads as a lyrical essay, with fragments of personal anecdotes, philosophical thought, excerpts from online forums, and as a slow unfolding and investigation into two interconnected traumas. Berkowitz’s prose and its…

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March 31, 2020

Nightboat Illuminations: Our New Instagram Series!

We’re excited to announce Nightboat Illuminations: a new series of intimate readings, performances, portraits, correspondences and more from our authors! Don't miss out! Make sure you're following our Instagram here. We'll be posting new content weekly!

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March 27, 2020

Bhanu Kapil is a Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize!

Congratulations to Bhanu Kapil, who is one of the recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prize! Taken from the Windham Campbell website, they say: "Through transgressive, lyrical language Bhanu Kapil undoes multiple genres to excavate crucial questions of trauma, healing, immigration, and embodiment at the outskirts of performance and process." Bhanu Kapil on being one of the recipients of the prize: "The impact of receiving the Windham-Campbell Prize during a global pandemic is life-changing and life-supporting for myself and my family. I hope that I can use whatever relief or good that comes from having won such an honor to be of…

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March 27, 2020

Brian Teare wins the Four Quartets Prize!

Congratulations to Brian Teare! Selected by Cyrus Cassells, Forrest Gander, and Maureen McLane, the poem 'Toxics Release Inventory (Essay on Man)' from Doomstead Days is the winner of the Four Quartets Prize! The prize is…

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March 27, 2020

Taking a Look Back On Our Interns, Fall 2019!

Our interns make the Nightboat world go ’round! Each Fall, Spring, and Summer we host interns who are interested in learning about the independent publishing world in a hands-on, intellectually stimulating environment deeply enmeshed in the writing scene here in our beloved New York City. We love building community and cherish the opportunity to meet so many promising, talented, and passionate folks, who go on to become a part of the Nightboat family. We hate to see them go but we jump at any chance we get to celebrate them. Here, we’re celebrating our fabulous Fall 2019 interns, Jaye and…

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