Nightboat Books
Founded | 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 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] Nathanaël, Joanne Kyger, Cole Swensen,[12] Melissa Buzzeo, Daniel Borzutzky, Bhanu Kapil, Jill Magi, Wayne Koestenbaum,[13] Etel Adnan,[14] and Fanny Howe.[15][16] Brian Blanchfield's book A Several World, published by Nightboat Books, 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 Nightboat Books 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]
References[]
- ^ http://www.nightboat.org/catalog
- ^ "Kazim Ali". 30 May 2020.
- ^ "About Nightboat Books".
- ^ "Stephen Motika".
- ^ http://www.nightboat.org/content/about-prize
- ^ http://www.cbsd.com>
- ^ https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/Fall_2014_Grant_List_by_State_FINAL.pdf
- ^ "NYSCA : New York State Council on the Arts".
- ^ https://www.clmp.org/faceout/
- ^ "Order FAQ".
- ^ "Life in a Box is a Pretty Life – Constant Critic".
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Landscapes on a Train by Cole Swensen. Nightboat (UPNE, dist.), $17.95 trade paper (88p) ISBN 978-1-937658-41-0".
- ^ "Review: Wayne Koestenbaum's 'Pink Trance Notebooks'".
- ^ "NY Arts Magazine - Home".
- ^ "Bookslut | the Lives of a Spirit/Glasstown: Where Something Got Broken by Fanny Howe".
- ^ "Fanny Howe by Kim Jensen - BOMB Magazine".
- ^ "James Laughlin Award | Academy of American Poets".
- ^ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014_poetry_longlist_pr.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ "National Book Award longlists announced".
- ^ "Small-Press Poets Recognized by the National Book Awards". 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award goes to Angie Estes". 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "In Conversation with TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson: The Troubled Line | Lambda Literary". 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Publishing companies established in 2003
- Non-profit organizations based in Brooklyn
- Poetry publishers
- Book publishing companies of the United States