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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Save the date! 🌙 Moon Country, our Korean poetry series, reads at Poets House in NYC on Wed, Oct 21 at 6:30 pm, with Hedgie Choi, Spencer Lee-Lenfield, Shin Hae-uk, Mattho Mandersloot, and Janaka Stucky. Register here: buff.ly/YzTUSG5

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Save the date! 🌙 Moon Country, our Korean poetry series, reads at Harvard's Lamont Library (Room 330) in Cambridge, MA on Mon, Oct 19 at 6:00 pm, with Spencer Lee-Lenfield, Shin Hae-uk, Mattho Mandersloot & Janaka Stucky. Details here: buff.ly/eZ52xuP

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Next week! Seattle, join us at Elliott Bay Book Company on September 6th at 7 PM for the launch of Zachary Schomburg's WOOL MOON, along with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams, Josh Fomon, Nathan Hoks, and Anastacia-Renee in honor of our 20th Anniversary. RSVP here: buff.ly/FQCAQkn

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Next week! Portland, join us at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop on September 5th at 6:30 PM for the launch of Zachary Schomburg's WOOL MOON, along with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams, Lisa Ciccarello, Josh Fomon, Nathan Hoks, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson. RSVP here: buff.ly/Ev3pcV6

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Seattle, join us at Elliott Bay Book Company on September 6th at 7 PM for the launch of Zachary Schomburg's WOOL MOON, along with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams, Josh Fomon, Nathan Hoks, and Anastacia-Renee in honor of Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary. RSVP here: buff.ly/FQCAQkn

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Portland, join us at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop on September 5th at 6:30 PM for the launch of Zachary Schomburg's WOOL MOON, along with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams, Lisa Ciccarello, Josh Fomon, Nathan Hoks, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson in honor of our 20th anniversary. RSVP here: buff.ly/Ev3pcV6

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

San Francisco, join us at Green Apple Books on the Park on September 3rd at 7PM for the launch of WOOL MOON by Zachary Schomburg, along with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams, Kristen George Bagdanov, and Nathan Hoks in honor of Black Ocean's 20th anniversary. RSVP here: buff.ly/qBYLD0e

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, get ready because Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary celebration is coming your way September 3, 5, and 6. Join us for the launch of Zachary Schomburg's new book, WOOL MOON, along with readings by some of our favorite poets!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We are honored to share a new collection written by award-winning poet Choi Jeongrye. LIGHTMESH, translated by Sue Hyon Bae and Mattho Mandersloot Choi’s poems ask what it means to go on living among uncertainty, pain, absurdity, beauty, and love with extraordinary grace. Order now: buff.ly/3w0l5l9

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Saturday! Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration comes to Philly. Join us for a fabulous lineup of readers at Molly's Books & Records on May 16! Don't miss this chance to be a part of the party!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Next week! Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration comes to New York and Philly in May. Join us for an incredible lineup of readers at Poets House on May 14th and Molly's Books & Records on May 16! Don't miss this chance to be a part of the party!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration comes to New York and Philly in May. Join us for an incredible lineup of readers at Poets House on May 14th and Molly's Books & Records on May 16! Don't miss this chance to be a part of the party!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Tomorrow! Join us for Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration at the NOLA Poetry Festival on April 18th, featuring Joe Hall, Nathan Hoks, and Carrie Olivia Adams in conversation with Dylan Krieger.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Next week! Join us for Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration at the NOLA Poetry Festival on April 18th, featuring Joe Hall, Nathan Hoks, and Carrie Olivia Adams in conversation with Dylan Krieger.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

NOLA, we're coming for you! Join us for Black Ocean's 20th Anniversary Celebration at the NOLA Poetry Festival on April 18th, featuring Joe Hall, Nathan Hoks, and Carrie Olivia Adams in conversation with Dylan Krieger.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Tonight! If you're at #AWP26 we hope to see you at our offsite reading event! 5:30 to 8:30 at Le Mondo, 406 North Howard Street, Baltimore. Don't miss it!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Don't miss our #AWP26 author signings this Friday & Saturday, celebrating Black Ocean's 20th anniversary in publishing. We'll have both back and front list authors at our table, so come get an autograph from your favorite authors!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Tomorrow night! If you're at #AWP26 we hope to see you at our offsite reading event! 5:30 to 8:30 at Le Mondo, 406 North Howard Street, Baltimore. Don't miss it!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Heading to #AWP26? Find us at the bookfair at Booth 636. We'll have over 30 titles, including our fresh off the press titles from Joe Hall and Nathan Hoks! See you there!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Next week! Notre Dame, Josh Foman, author of OUR HUMAN SHORES, is coming your way for a reading with Paul Cunningham on February 18th. Details here: buff.ly/tPJKntG

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Next week! Des Moines, look out for Josh Foman, author of OUR HUMAN SHORES, at Plain Talk Books on February 14th with BJ Soloy and Julien Rouse. Find out more here: buff.ly/6PVnf6V

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Next week! Don't miss Ed Bok Lee, translator of HAIL, CHE!, in conversation at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis on February 10th. Find out more here: buff.ly/fnGWhlS

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Notre Dame, Josh Foman, author of OUR HUMAN SHORES, is coming your way for a reading with Paul Cunningham on February 18th. Details here: buff.ly/tPJKntG

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Des Moines, look out for Josh Foman, author of OUR HUMAN SHORES, at Plain Talk Books on February 14th with BJ Soloy and Julien Rouse. Find out more here: buff.ly/6PVnf6V

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Don't miss Ed Bok Lee, translator of HAIL, CHE!, in conversation at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis on February 10th. Find out more here: buff.ly/fnGWhlS

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Congratulations to Colin Leemarshall, translator of JUST LIKE, the 2025 recipient of the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize! "Leemarshall's translation is fearless, reconstructing Lee Sumyeong’s syntactical components into an English that is as challenging as it is rewarding." 🔥 📖 👏

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Los Angeles City College, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, hosted a “Poetry Class with Oh Eun,” celebrating the English translation of his collection From Being to Being. Watch a video of the event's highlights: buff.ly/z95nMi5

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Many congratulations to 2025 Colin Leemarshall, translator of *Just Like* by Lee Sumyeong, shortlisted for the National Translation Award in Poetry! Check out the book and others in the Moon Country series here: buff.ly/mxFZzww 👏 🔥

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We are thrilled and honored to have not one but TWO Moon Country books on the short-list for the 2025 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize from ALTA! Many congratulations to translators Spencer Lee-Lenfield (BIOLOGICITY) AND Colin Leemarshall (JUST LIKE)! 🔥 bit.ly/3VcIkTT

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Many congratulations to Colin Leemarshall, translator of JUST LIKE by Lee Sumyeong, which has been longlisted for the 2025 National Translation Award in Poetry by the American Literary Translators Association! 🙌

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Tomorrow! Don't miss Black Ocean's own Nathan Hoks + some very special Chicago poets at this pre-Printers Row Showcase. Friday, September 5th at the Whistler. 6-8:30.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Next week! Don't miss Black Ocean's own Nathan Hoks + some very special Chicago poets at this pre-Printers Row Showcase. Friday, September 5th at the Whistler. 6-8:30.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Don't miss Black Ocean's own Nathan Hoks + some very special Chicago poets at this pre-Printers Row Showcase. Friday, September 5th at the Whistler. 6-8:30.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

It's time for the annual Sealey Challenge to read 31 books of poetry during August. To help you achieve this goal, we’re offering a pretty extreme sale: 31 books for $169 + free shipping. Check out the all new list here: bit.ly/4fbQ5T3

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Join our list! Last day to submit your manuscript as part of our current open reading period for full-length poetry manuscripts. Full details here: buff.ly/8p7zTHN

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

It's almost time for the annual Sealey Challenge to read 31 books of poetry during August. To help you achieve this goal, we’re offering a pretty extreme sale: 31 books for $169 + free shipping. Check out the all new list here: bit.ly/4fbQ5T3

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Tomorrow! Don't miss Black Ocean's own Tessa Bolsover, Spencer Lee-Lenfield, and James Shea with an introduction by Janaka Stucky in person at Grolier Poetry Book Shop or via Zoom on June 25 at 7 PM ET. Sign up here: buff.ly/JHsaA9C

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Next week! Don't miss Black Ocean's own Tessa Bolsover, Spencer Lee-Lenfield, and James Shea with an introduction by Janaka Stucky in person at Grolier Poetry Book Shop or via Zoom on June 25 at 7 PM ET. Sign up here: buff.ly/JHsaA9C

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Don't miss Black Ocean's own Tessa Bolsover, Spencer Lee-Lenfield, and James Shea with an introduction by Janaka Stucky in person at Grolier Poetry Book Shop or via Zoom on June 25 at 7 PM ET. Sign up here: buff.ly/JHsaA9C

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

When isn’t a good time #ReadTheWorld with @LitTranslate? Join us in celebrating the 5th anniversary of #ReadTheWorld, the virtual book fair that honors translators and their publishers. Explore our diverse poetry collection from languages like Korean, Spanish, and Japanese here: buff.ly/OKEd0L6

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Celebrate our 5th anniversary of #ReadTheWorld with @LitTranslate! Join our online book fair honoring translators and publishers until May 27th. Explore poetry from Korean, Spanish, and Japanese at: buff.ly/OKEd0L6 #BookLovers

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our friends over at Woodland Pattern bookstore are offering an incredible small press bundle subscription. And, if you subscribe by June 15th, you'll receive Tessa Bolsover's new book from Black Ocean, CRANE. Find out more:

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Small-Press Bundle: Three New Titles Every Month

Join Woodland Pattern's subscription program and help us make large, sustaining purchases from poetry publishers! Each month, you will receive THREE small-press poetry titles, curated by our staff,…

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Join us in celebrating the 5th anniversary of #ReadTheWorld with @LitTranslate! This virtual book fair honors translators and their publishers until 5/27. Explore our diverse poetry collection from languages like Korean, Spanish, and Japanese here: buff.ly/OKEd0L6 #BookLovers

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We’re excited to join @LitTranslate for the 5th year of #ReadTheWorld, an online bookfair celebrating translators and their publishers through 5/27! You can find our extensive lists of poetry in translation from Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, and more here: buff.ly/OKEd0L6

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

April 30th marks the anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and to meet this moment is a powerful collection of poems that bridge divides between nations and generations from award-winning author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Read more about THE COLOR OF PEACE and buy it here: buff.ly/svNKVvP

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Calling all Portland-based Bill Knott fans. Don't miss this celebration of the re-issue of Bill Knott's THE NAOMI POEMS from Black Ocean on April 10 at Blackfish Gallery.

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Discover THE COLOR OF PEACE, the debut English poetry collection by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, acclaimed author of The Mountains Sing. Her poems offer a profound reflection on healing and hope across cultures and eras. Purchase it now: www.blackocean.org/catalog1/col...

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Tonight! We're bringing you another amazing event with this #AWP25 off-site reading featuring our authors and poets from some of our favorite publishers. The Kulta from 6-10 PM!

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Black Ocean @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Attending #AWP25? Don't miss our author signings today with Nate Hoks, Jordan Windholz, Ben Meyerson, and James Shea! Get a fancy autograph on your favorite new books!

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