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Nightboat Books is a small, nonprofit press that was founded in 2004. They have since published 280 works in a variety of categories, but they tend toward works that traditional publishers would find risky or unconventional. | Nightboat Books is a small, nonprofit press that was founded in 2004. They have since published 280 works in a variety of categories, but they tend toward works that traditional publishers would find risky or unconventional. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Nightboat_Books_(Fall_2024_and_inter_2025_Catalog).jpg|thumb|'''Nightboat Books (Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 Catalog)''']] | ||
=== History and Mission Statement === | === History and Mission Statement === | ||
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Nightboat Books strives to take risks and create audiences for unconventional materials. They host a publicly and unapologetically queer staff with a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, all of whom share a desire to publish works "rich with poignancy and intelligence." | Nightboat Books strives to take risks and create audiences for unconventional materials. They host a publicly and unapologetically queer staff with a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, all of whom share a desire to publish works "rich with poignancy and intelligence." | ||
=== Material === | |||
Nightboat Books has published 280 works since 2006. They publish memoirs, anthologies, poetry, essays, and some creative fiction novels. Some notable works are Kay Gabriel's ''Perverts'', a poetry collection set in the backdrop of the anti-trans panic, and ''Troubling the Line,'' a genderqueer anthology written by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson. They offer ebooks and paperback books for sale; the average paperback is between $16.95 to $19.95, and the average ebook is $12.95 to $14.95. | |||
Nightboat book covers often appear hand-drawn or designed. Photography | |||
=== Staff === | === Staff === | ||
* Kazim Ali is the founder and editor of Nightboat Books. He served as publisher from 2004-2007, and he is the author of sixteen books of poetry, fiction, essays, and cross-genre works. He also works as a translator from French, Farsi, and Spanish. | |||
* Lindsey Bolt is the editorial director | |||
[[File:Perverts Cover.png|thumb]] | |||
=== Name === | === Name === | ||
The name ''Nightboat'' is meant to signify passage through the unknown. It might be a reference to the boat of Charon, the ferryman of the undead in Greek mythology. The organization's official website says that "The name Nightboat signifies travel, passage, and possibility—of mind and body, and of language." | The name ''Nightboat'' is meant to signify passage through the unknown. It might be a reference to the boat of Charon, the ferryman of the undead in Greek mythology. The organization's official website says that "The name Nightboat signifies travel, passage, and possibility—of mind and body, and of language." | ||
=== Recent Events === | |||
in 2013 Nightboat Books published ''Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics'' by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson, which was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT anthologies. More recently, in 2025 one of Nightboat's authors and a contributor of The Brooklyn Rail, an arts and culture news site, Cole Swenson, participated in an event called ''Publishing in Transit: World Poetry''. Swenson was joined by Matvei Yankelevich, James Loop, Katie Long, and Alice Yang, all poets and publishers who contributed their opinions and insights on the topic. | |||
Revision as of 10:56, 15 October 2025
Nightboat Books is a small, nonprofit press that was founded in 2004. They have since published 280 works in a variety of categories, but they tend toward works that traditional publishers would find risky or unconventional.
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History and Mission Statement
Nightboat Books was formed in 2004 by Kazim Ali and Jennifer Chapis. Kazim Ali served as the press first publisher at the time, and Nightboat's first book published was The Lives of Spirits/Glasstown: Where Something Got Broken by Fanny Howe in 2006. In 2007 American poet Stephen Motika took over as the senior publisher, and in 2025 the company has a credited staff of fifteen editors and publishers. Nightboat Books has been based in Brooklyn, NY, since 2018, but they have previously had locations in Beacon, Cold Spring, New York, and Callicoon.
Nightboat Books strives to take risks and create audiences for unconventional materials. They host a publicly and unapologetically queer staff with a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, all of whom share a desire to publish works "rich with poignancy and intelligence."
Material
Nightboat Books has published 280 works since 2006. They publish memoirs, anthologies, poetry, essays, and some creative fiction novels. Some notable works are Kay Gabriel's Perverts, a poetry collection set in the backdrop of the anti-trans panic, and Troubling the Line, a genderqueer anthology written by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson. They offer ebooks and paperback books for sale; the average paperback is between $16.95 to $19.95, and the average ebook is $12.95 to $14.95.
Nightboat book covers often appear hand-drawn or designed. Photography
Staff
- Kazim Ali is the founder and editor of Nightboat Books. He served as publisher from 2004-2007, and he is the author of sixteen books of poetry, fiction, essays, and cross-genre works. He also works as a translator from French, Farsi, and Spanish.
- Lindsey Bolt is the editorial director
Name
The name Nightboat is meant to signify passage through the unknown. It might be a reference to the boat of Charon, the ferryman of the undead in Greek mythology. The organization's official website says that "The name Nightboat signifies travel, passage, and possibility—of mind and body, and of language."
Recent Events
in 2013 Nightboat Books published Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson, which was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT anthologies. More recently, in 2025 one of Nightboat's authors and a contributor of The Brooklyn Rail, an arts and culture news site, Cole Swenson, participated in an event called Publishing in Transit: World Poetry. Swenson was joined by Matvei Yankelevich, James Loop, Katie Long, and Alice Yang, all poets and publishers who contributed their opinions and insights on the topic.
