Nightboat Books is an American nonprofit literary press founded in 2004 and located in Brooklyn, New York. The press publishes poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and intergenre books.[1]

History

The press was founded in 2004 by Kazim Ali[2] and Jennifer Chapis.[3] In 2007, Stephen Motika became publisher.[4] Nightboat Books publishes manuscripts accepted through general submission and annually awards a $1,000 prize and publication for a book of poems.[5]

Nightboat Books are distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution.[6] The press has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts,[7] the New York State Council on the Arts,[8] the Jerome Foundation,[9] the Fund for Poetry, and the Topanga Fund.[10]

Notable authors published by Nightboat Books include Dawn Lundy Martin,[11] Joanne Kyger, Cole Swensen,[12] Daniel Borzutzky, Wayne Koestenbaum,[13] Etel Adnan,[14] and Fanny Howe.[15][16] Brian Blanchfield's book A Several World was the 2014 recipient of the James Laughlin Award[17] and was long-listed for the 2014 National Book Award.[18][19][20] Brandon Som's publication, The Tribute Horse, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for a debut book of poetry[21] and was selected as a finalist for the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for poetry.[22] In 2013, Nightboat published Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, the first comprehensive poetry collection by trans and genderqueer authors,[23] which went on to be a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Anthologies.[24]

Notable books

References

  1. ^ "Browse Catalog | Nightboat Books". www.nightboat.org. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012.
  2. ^ "Kazim Ali". May 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "About Nightboat Books". Nightboat Books.
  4. ^ "Stephen Motika". Nightboat Books.
  5. ^ "About the Prize | Nightboat Books". www.nightboat.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.
  7. ^ National Endowment for the Arts – 2014 Fall Grant Announcement, November 24, 2014.
  8. ^ "Nightboat Books, Inc". NYSCA : New York State Council on the Arts.
  9. ^ "CLMP | the Face Out Program". www.clmp.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  10. ^ "Order FAQ". Nightboat Books.
  11. ^ Lee, Sueyeun Juliette (November 2, 2014). "Life in a Box is a Pretty Life". Constant Critic.
  12. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Landscapes on a Train by Cole Swensen. Nightboat (UPNE, dist.), $17.95 trade paper (88p) ISBN 978-1-937658-41-0". Publishers Weekly. October 19, 2015.
  13. ^ Olidort, Shoshana (December 3, 2015). "Review: Wayne Koestenbaum's 'Pink Trance Notebooks'". Chicago Tribune.
  14. ^ "Galerie Lelong: Etel Adnan, April 2, 2015 – May 8, 2015". NY Arts Magazine. March 29, 2015.
  15. ^ "Bookslut | the Lives of a Spirit/Glasstown: Where Something Got Broken by Fanny Howe".
  16. ^ "Fanny Howe by Kim Jensen". BOMB Magazine. January 1, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  17. ^ "James Laughlin Award | Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
  18. ^ "2014 National Book Awards Longlist For Poetry" (PDF). September 16, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  19. ^ Kawler, Kelly (September 17, 2014). "National Book Award longlists announced". USA Today.
  20. ^ Schmidt, Christopher (October 3, 2014). "Small-Press Poets Recognized by the National Book Awards". JSTOR Daily.
  21. ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (February 25, 2015). "Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award goes to Angie Estes". Los Angeles Times.
  22. ^ "2015 Literary Award Winners & Finalists | PEN Center USA". Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  23. ^ "In Conversation with TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson: The Troubled Line". Lambda Literary. May 17, 2013.
  24. ^ "Lambda Literary". Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
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