Black Ocean

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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." 🔥 📖 👏

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

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 👏 🔥

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

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! 🙌

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,…

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:

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

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

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

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.