Nightboat Books

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Nightboat Books
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Founders Kazim Ali and Jennifer Chapis
Successor Stephen Motika
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Brooklyn, New York
Distribution Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
Publication types Books
Official website www.nightboat.org

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]

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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'spublication, 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

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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.
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  20. ↑ Schmidt, Christopher (October 3, 2014). "Small-Press Poets Recognized by the National Book Awards". JSTOR Daily.
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