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