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April 27, 2023

A Conversation With Chia-Lun Chang, Author Of Prescribee, And Editor Gia Gonzales!

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down virtually with Chia-Lun Chang to revisit some of our editorial conversations about the unnerving funhouse of American culture, Taiwanese history, and racialized identity that is Chia-Lun’s debut poetry collection Prescribee (released last fall with Nightboat). I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to chat with Chia-Lun about genre, exophonic writing, and identity over the course of several months, and I’m really excited to be able to share these conversations with the Nightboat blog. Take a look at our interview below, and don’t forget to pick up your copy of Prescribee here! *** Gia: In…

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Interviews |
April 25, 2023

An Interview with Emily Lee Luan on her debut, 回 / Return!

To celebrate the publication of 回 / Return, Nightboat intern Em/Emily Lu Gao spoke with Emily Lee Luan on crafting, processing, and finishing her collection. Read more below! ____________________ Emily Lu Gao: There is a lot of discourse in your book about history, familial and mythical. A title can do so much work for a book. Migration and immigration are such prominent theme in your collection too. Given the title, what do you feel you are returning from? Emily Lee Luan: I’m so interested in the distinction inherent in your question, between returning from and returning to. I think of the title…

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March 2, 2023

Announcing Nightboat’s 2022 Poetry Prize Winners!

This year we received over nine hundred submissions to our annual poetry prize. We are excited to announce that the Nightboat Editors have chosen two manuscripts for publication in 2024! The winners of the 2022 Nightboat Poetry Prize are: components of a child’s destiny & there’s a party in the canopy & i make an oil painting of a bribe by Funto Omojola apparitions (nines) by Nat Raha Congratulations to our winners! Read more about each of the prize-winning manuscripts, and find a list of our finalists below.   components of a child’s destiny & there’s a party in the canopy & i make an oil…

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Opportunities |
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…

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February 22, 2023

Nightboat returns to AWP in 2023!

We’re delighted to announce that we will be returning to AWP this March! We hope you will join us at these offsite events or visit our booth #1026 to get your book signed during one of our signings! *** Nightboat All Night at The Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre Thursday, March 9th at Readings 9-11pm, Party 11 -> Readings by: Allison Cobb Andrea Abi-Karam Dior J. Stephens Douglas A. Martin Emily Lee Luan Gillian Conoley Gillian Osborne imogen xtian smith Janice Lobo Sapigao Joyelle McSweeney Kay Gabriel Kevin Holden Lindsay Turner Muriel Leung Ronaldo V. Wilson Rosie Stockton Samiya Bashir Tiff Dressen Wo Chan   Celebrate Nightboat at Arundel Books Cocktail Party & *Brief* Readings Friday, March 10th 5:30-7pm Readings by: Allison Cobb Andrea Abi-Karam Dior J. Stephens Douglas A. Martin Gillian Conoley Jzl Jmz Joyelle McSweeney Rosie Stockton Vincent Katz Wo…

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November 18, 2022

Rosie Stockton interviews Martine Syms & Rocket Caleshu, co-authors of The African Desperate!

To celebrate the recent publication of The African Desperate, fellow Nightboat author Rosie Stockton (Permanent Volta) speaks to Martine Syms and Rocket Caleshu about their process collaborating, the differences between the screenplay and the film, the art world, and more. Take a look below! ____________________ Rosie Stockton: First of all, congratulations on writing and producing an incredible movie, in addition to the publication of the screenplay as a stunning book. Can you talk about the decision to publish the screenplay – particularly with a queer poetry press!–and speak to what it holds as a text object that might differ from the…

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