Stephen Motika (born 1977 in
Santa Monica, CA
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) is an
American poet
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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*George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942)
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,
editor
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, and
publisher
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.
Life and work
Motika is the publisher of
Nightboat Books
Nightboat Books is an American nonprofit literary press founded in 2004 and located in Brooklyn, New York. The press publishes poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and intergenre books.
History
The press was founded in 2004 by Kazim Ali and ...
, a literary non-profit publisher based in
Brooklyn, NY
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. He is the editor of
Leland Hickman
Leland Hickman (September 15, 1934 – May 12, 1991) was an American poet, editing, editor, actor, and literary magazine publisher. During his lifetime, Hickman was best known as the publisher and editor of the influential magazine ''Temblor'' wh ...
's ''Tiresias: The Collected Poems of Leland Hickman'' (2009), and the author of the chapbooks "Arrival and At Mono" (2007) and "In the Madrones" (2011), both published by Sona Books. His first book of poems, ''Western Practice'', was published by
Alice James Books
Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.
History and mission
"Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 19 ...
in April 2012.
Motika's work has appeared in t''he National Post of Canada'', ''
Another Chicago Magazine
''Another Chicago Magazine'' is an American magazine established by Left Field Press, in 1977. Contributors include David Sedaris, Charles Bukowski, Samantha Irby, Ander Monson, Shelley Jackson, Charles Harper Webb, Maxine Chernoff, Kim Addoni ...
'', and ''
The Common Review
''The Common Review'' was the literary magazine of the Great Books Foundation.
History and profile
''The Common Review'' was started as a quarterly publication in Fall 2001. The founder was the former Great Books Foundation president Peter Temes. ...
''.
''The Field'', his collaboration with visual artist Dianna Frid, was on view at
Gallery 400
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at the
University of Illinois, Chicago
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, in December 2003.
He worked at
Poets House
Poets House is a national literary center and poetry library based in New York City. It contains more than 70,000 volumes of poetry, and is free and open to the public. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, they temporarily suspended operations in Nov ...
in New York City from 2004 to 2018.
References
External links
Nightboat Books Publisher's homepage
features photos and information from Motika's collaboration with Dianna Frid.
1977 births
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American poets
American book publishers (people)
American male poets
Living people
Vassar College alumni
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