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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Taking inspiration from the music-infused spirit of spontaneity found within Steve Dalachinsky’s The Final Nite, join us for a night of open writing and listening at the UDP studio. uglyducklingpresse.org/event/open-s...

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

uglyducklingpresse.org/product/ant-... Our very own Camila Valle just translated Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas's Ant Days. Available for preorder from Ugly Duckling Presse ( @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social )

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Applications open! UDP’s Apprenticeship Program provides a part-time (12 hours/week), fair-pay, work-learning opportunity to aspiring literary professionals interested in hands-on training in all aspects of running a small press. Find more info at uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In NETS, first published in 2004, Jen Bervin strips Shakespeare’s sonnets bare, showing that “the history of poetry is with us, pre-inscribed in the white of the page.” Help us reprint this classic title! Link in bio to donate.

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Many of UDP’s beloved and best-selling titles are currently out of stock—and because of federal cuts, we haven’t been able to find the money in our budget to get them back into circulation. If you’re able, please consider donating to help reprint one or several of these titles. Link in bio!

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Futurepoem @futurepoem.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are excited to announce the selections from Futurepoem’s 2026 Open Reading Period, by Daniel Owen and Adrienne Raphel! Thanks to our guest editors Cole Swensen, Brandon Brown, and Cristina Pérez Díaz. @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social @clmporg.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social

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Hopscotch Translation @hopscotch-tr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New on HS: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS AND NEEDLESS WORRIES hopscotchtranslation.com/2026/05/26/s... Translator Stine An interviews South Korean poet Yoo Heekyung, whose fifth poetry collection, WINTER NIGHT RABBIT WORRIES is now available in English from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social . #translation

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Today's Feature: "Guava Season in Exxon Guyana’s Cash-Grant Line" written and translated from the Guayana Creole by Jeremy Jacob Peretz & Joan Cambridge-Mayfield from Jombii Jamborii published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/guava-s...

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Guava Season in Exxon Guyana's Cash-Grant Line

but the money's not for everyone much less those like you and I we who grovel

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

THE BOOK OF ADVICE by Ghazal Mosadeq (translated by the author, @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) combines English-language original writing with translations from Persian, forging “a compelling sense that everything is up for discussion.” buff.ly/tbhtxkZ

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Asterism Books | Online Bookstore and Wholesale for Independent Publishers

Online bookstore and trade distributor representing the best in independent publishing.

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today's Feature: "Poem in Which You Become an Imaginary Being" by Alexis Almeida from Caetano published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/poem-in...

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Poem in Which You Become an Imaginary Being

When I was young I thought I knew what a corpse smelled like.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's over, pals. I've found the greatest poetry of all time. What a stunner from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social

Poetry pamphlet by tatiana nascimento, Lunduzinho, translated by Natália Affonso, published by Ugly Duckling Presse. The cover is a yellow on white window frame, with the name and title letterpressed in blue.

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

On Sunday, January 18 from 7–9pm, we’re hosting an open studio for printing protest signs. We’ll have a few Provisional Presses set up, wood type available, and other supplies handy. Our Heidelberg will also be in use, printing a couple hundred signs to pass out at protests.

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

No one has ever been as thrilled by an annual report as we are with ours. Read it on our site as a pdf, or write us to get one in the mail. We did a lot in 2025, and this year we’re on track to publish and host and print even more. uglyducklingpresse.org/about/mission/ 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌 💌

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shira @shira-a.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

in the craziest time of year I am doing a virtual reading this tuesday dec 2 at 7pm! with type books in toronto! for THE HAND OF THE HAND @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social + THE ENDLESS WEEK @dorothyproject.bsky.social by Laura Vazquez! come by!! register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Type Books Presents ON TRANSLATING LAURA VAZQUEZ, a conversation among literary translators, Shira Abramovich & Alex Niemi in conversation with Claire Foster. Virtual launch for THE ENDLESS WEEK and THE HAND OF THE HAND, Tuesday Dec 2nd at 7pm ET on Zoom!

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

JOMBII JAMBORII ( @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social ) by Joan Cambridge-Mayfield and Jeremy Jacob Peretz (tr. from Guyanese Creole by the authors), has “a sense of freedom that runs throughout it”: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/jomb...

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Jombii Jamborii – Ugly Duckling Presse

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Lucy Lee Jones @lucy-jones-books.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

SMALLTOWNNOVELLA by Ronald Schernikau was published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social in November (my English translation of a cult German coming out story). Read a review here: thebaffler.com/latest/innoc...

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Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"This ground we walk on sopped dreams up so we could hear the leopard talk through the crush of roughnecks in the moon pool." excerpt from "The Disinherited" by Terrence Arjoon @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social clereviewofbooks.com/terrence-arj...

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from "The Disinherited" - Cleveland Review of Books

In this delightful place, whose exquisitely carved windows look out over the caliche, I lost my European hair.

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I have loved Ronald M. Schernikau's SMALLTOWNNOVELLA since I read it in German and was happy to see it published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social. My afterword was excerpted in @thebaffler.com. thebaffler.com/latest/innoc...

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Everything we'll publish in 2026. Subscribe to UDP at the Full Presse, Supporting, or Translation tiers and receive hand-packed boxes of all year long. uglyducklingpresse.org/subscribe/

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Reading Lantana or, the indissoluble exhalation by bruno darío, translated from the Spanish by Kit Schluter. This bilingual edition is from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social. uglyducklingpresse.org/product/lant...

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shira @shira-a.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

you too can buy this book to support our work + @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, who, on a shoestring budget, put out tons of experimental poetry + translation EVERY SEASON 💙 🇺🇸 via UDP: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-... 🇨🇦 + 🌐 via @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

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The Hand of the Hand | Asterism Books

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 05/11/2025

Originally published in 1980, Ronald M. Schernikau’s “smalltownnovella” is finally available in English via @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, translated by Lucy Jones. In this excerpt from the afterword, Ben Miller writes on craft, politics, and lowercase text.

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Innocence and Its Opposite | Ben Miller

Ronald M. Schernikau knew that literary creation and political engagement are intimately related—and in unpredictable ways.

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 07/11/2025

In his work, Ronald M. Schernikau paired strong political commitments with a rigorous engagement with craft. Ben Miller writes on his queer Bildungsroman, “smalltownnovella,” out this month in an English translation from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social.

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Innocence and Its Opposite | Ben Miller

Ronald M. Schernikau knew that literary creation and political engagement are intimately related—and in unpredictable ways.

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shira @shira-a.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

so honored to be shortlisted with lénaïg cariou/limited connection collective for our translation of laura vazquez' the hand of the hand, out from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social!! thank you @officialqwf.bsky.social and congrats to all the finalists!

Cole Foundation Prize for Translation

Shira Abramovich and Lénaïg Cariou, The Hand of the Hand (Ugly Duckling Presse)
Translation of La Main de la main by Laura Vazquez (Cheyne Éditeur)
Natalia Hero, Valid (House of Anansi Press)
Translation of Valide by Chris Bergeron (Les Éditions XYZ)
Lazer Lederhendler, The Hollow Beast (Biblioasis)
Translation of La bête creuse by Christophe Bernard (Le Quartanier Éditeur)
Aimee Wall, Sadie X (Book*hug Press)
Translation of Sadie X by Clara Dupuis-Morency (Éditions Héliotrope)

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This November, we're honored to publish a previously-untranslated novella, debut poetry collections, a poetic inquiry into Black movement, two new chapbooks in our Señal series, and more. Preorder them now: uglyducklingpresse.org/books/

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Mónica de la Torre’s THE HAPPY END / ALL WELCOME (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is featured on our #HispanicHeritageMonth list! In this poetry collection set in a job fair, “the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees.” uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...

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The Happy End / All Welcome - Ugly Duckling Presse

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

THE MARATHON POET (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list! Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...

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The Marathon Poet - Ugly Duckling Presse

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.” Read a multi-genre collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/my-l...

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My Love is Water - Ugly Duckling Presse

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Tatsumi Hijikata’s COSTUME EN FACE “takes on a kinetic life of its own, about as close to dancing as words on a page can get.” —Siobhan Burke These notebook notations from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social are translated by Sawako Nakayasu! #TranslationMonth uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...

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Ugly Duckling Presse: Costume en Face: A Primer of Darkness for Young Boys and Girls

Peacocks already in place when curtains rise 4 iterations

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

UDP has a new website! Thank you so much to @partnerandpartners for the most thoughtful, analog-feeling redesign. Our old site was over 11 years old, and this new iteration is accessible, beautiful, and true to our letterpress tendencies.

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Getting reading for Printed Matter’s NYABF next week! Find us at booth T53 🪁 @printedmatter.bsky.social

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Today's Featured Poem: "[may rain]" by Masaoka Shiki & translated from Japanese by Abby Ryder-Huth from The Glass Clouding published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social Read here: spare.poems.com/poem/may-rai...

Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Black Box Named Like to Me by Diana Garza Islas will be the topic of the September's Lit & Luz Book Club. Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Lit & Luz festival on November 14th. Book Club sign-up: www.litluz.org/bookclub Festival: www.litluz.org

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Find us this Saturday at our favorite book fair ☁🌀 1 PM–9 PM, 316 Ten Eyck St @bombmag.bsky.social

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Today’s Featured Poem: “Pillow” by Salette Tavares, translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Sobral Campos & Kristofer Petersen-Overton from LEX ICON published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/pillow/

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Just a couple days left in our summer sale...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.” Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth! uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...

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Ugly Duckling Presse: My Love is Water

My Love is Water

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Our annual summer sale is here—say goodbye to July with a 30% discount on books (to buy). Use code SUMMER2530 at checkout 🏵

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Applications for the 2025–26 Apprenticeship Program will be open from August 1–10, 2025. Learn more: uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Here's your extremely useful and easy to follow guide to summer reading. Link in bio ... :)

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We have a newsletter coming tomorrow with info about our apprenticeship program, a summer sale, and beautiful reviews of our spring season. Sign up here: uglyducklingpresse.org/mailing-list/

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

FEAST OF THE ASS by Jahan Khajavi draws “extensively on Iranian poetic traditions and the history of their reception in English translation.” Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social‬ for #PrideMonth: uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...

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Ugly Duckling Presse: Feast of the Ass

Though not composed expressly for your entertainment, come lounge here all those longing to enjoy these poems! For bearing banners or to work they are not meant— so lurk not if you’re looking to…

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Circumference @circumferencemag.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

They return at night with the same maxim: I spoke with the myths, but the myths wouldn’t have me. ▣ From bruno darío’s LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated by @Kit Schluter ▣ Out this month from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social ! circumferencemag.com/lantana/

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Displeasures and Felicities

An excerpt from bruno darío's LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated from Spanish by Kit Schluter

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Ugly Duckling Presse @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you're in Berlin, find us at Miss Read this weekend! We'll be tabling, and editor Rebekah Smith will be presenting on Mirtha Dermisache and UDP's 2024 title The Month of the Flies, by Dermisache and Sergio Chejfec. missread.com/event/reread...

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“Phantom Limbs” by Lee Min-ha (tr. Jein Han, @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social ) “reckons with the experience of living in a body” in language “sometimes elliptical and sometimes direct.” shop.uglyducklingpresse.org/products/pha...

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Phantom Limbs by Lee Min-ha

First published in Korean in 2005, Phantom Limbs is Lee Min-ha’s debut book of poetry. Critically lauded for its visceral imagery and world-building through word-play, this collection of surreal and f...

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