Tree Spirits Grass Spirits
A collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito—part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy. The post Tree Spirits Grass Spirits...
View ArticleLaura’s Desires
Laura’s Desires is a diptych of two formally distinct long poems, each approaching various pop-cultural artifacts as a way to engage with longing, vulnerability, and the possibility of liberation. The...
View ArticlePoem Bitten by a Man
Collaged from journals and notebooks kept during a period of chronic illness, economic precarity, and heartbreak, Poem Bitten by a Man captures crisis by cutting up the record of a queer life lived in...
View ArticleOur Air
A debut poetry collection about Earth and to Earth that contemplates imposed systems—gender, capitalism, time, wage and exploitation—and how they are mapped onto us, the trees, and the planet. The post...
View ArticleLove Is Colder than the Lake
Searing in its energies and mysterious in its icy depths, Love is Colder than the Lake is a tour-de-force of the experimental French poet Liliane Giraudon’s power and range. The post Love Is Colder...
View ArticleDeath Styles
A record of daily bewilderments and accidental concessions to hope after a momentous loss. The post Death Styles appeared first on Nightboat Books.
View ArticleLonespeech
An elemental, uncanny collection of poems translated from one of Sweden’s most influential and beloved poets. The post Lonespeech appeared first on Nightboat Books.
View ArticleFirespitter
A long-awaited, comprehensive collection of renowned poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez’s poetry. The post Firespitter appeared first on Nightboat Books.
View ArticleBoiled Owls
A collection of poems that demystify drug addiction, alcoholism, depression, and anxiety whilst thinking through their relation to capitalism and its resistance, the family, and a writer’s compulsion...
View ArticleInstructions for the Lovers
A taught, tender collection of poems woven with sadness and loss dealing with aging, attachments, and the precarity of life. The post Instructions for the Lovers appeared first on Nightboat Books.
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