Book publisher. Black Ocean brings together a spectrum of influences and combines them with a radical social perspective on the nature of art and humanity.

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Black Ocean (@BlackOceanOrg) will be closing to submissions soon for July 2025 Open Reading (fee-based). duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/… #CallforSubmissions
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Today’s Featured Poem: “[On a green summer night,]” by Sayumi Kamakura, translated from the Japanese by James Shea. From Applause for a Cloud published by @BlackOceanOrg Read here: poems.com/poem/on-a-green-su…
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James Shea, Spencer Lee-Lenfield, Janaka Stucky & Tessa Bolsover June 25, 2025
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Today’s Featured Poem: “Poem” by Bill Knott from The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans published by @BlackOceanOrg Read here: poems.com/poem/poem-2/
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Black Ocean (@BlackOceanOrg) is open to submissions for July 2025 Open Reading (fee-based). duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/… #CallforSubmissions
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| Literary Feature | Sniffing Candles & Building a Bench // An Interview with Writer & Translator Hedgie Choi neonpajamas.com/blog/hedgie-…
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#유에서유 #오은 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 말들이 말들을 만나 새로운 말들이 되는 오은의 세번째 시집 『유에서 유』가 @BlackOceanOrg에서 영문판으로 출간됩니다. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📌 아마존 구매 정보: bit.ly/42PrvmA
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Tessa Bolsover, Spencer Lee-Lenfield and James Shea are reading at the shop on Wednesday, June 25th, 2025. @janaka_stucky is giving the introductions. Please join us in person or virtually. Sign up via our website.
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This book is an “experimental and socially engaged collection of poems that examines questions of colorism within an economically driven world.” Isaac Pickell’s IT’S NOT OVER ONCE YOU FIGURE IT OUT (@BlackOceanOrg) for your #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth: bookshop.org/a/500/978193956…
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It was a pleasure to review Lee Sumyeong’s Just Like, translated by Colin Leemarshall, published by @BlackOceanOrg in @ExactingClam recently. 💞🖤 When I posted about this originally, I didn’t realise the review’s online too! You can read in full here: exactingclam.com/issues/no-1…!
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My review of Just like, an astonishing collection of poems by Korean poet Lee Sumyeong, tr.Colin LeeMarshall & published @BlackOceanOrg, is in Spring issue @ExactingClam. Huge thx to eds Jesi Bender & Guillermo Stitch. Great to be part of the clam fam. exactingclam.com/issues/no-1…
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In THE WORD PRETTY, Elisa Gabbert “brings together her unique humor and observational intelligence to create a roving and curious series of lyrical essays.” A collection from @BlackOceanOrg and our #WomensHistoryMonth reading list: blackocean.org/catalog1/the-…
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Back in print after nearly 60 years! We're thrilled to offer Bill Knott’s THE NAOMI POEMS with a new introduction by Richard Hell. Order here and be inspired: buff.ly/4jktaXA
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Back in print after nearly 60 years! We're thrilled to offer Bill Knott’s THE NAOMI POEMS with a new introduction by Richard Hell. Order here and be inspired: buff.ly/4jktaXA
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