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Stephen Motika (born 1977 in Santa Monica, CA) is an American poet, editor, and publisher.
Stephen Motika | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, editor and publisher |
| Known for | Publisher of Nightboat Books |
| Website | nightboat |
Life and work edit
Motika is the publisher of Nightboat Books, a literary non-profit publisher based in Brooklyn, NY. He is the editor of Leland Hickman'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 in April 2012.[citation needed]
Motika's work has appeared in the National Post of Canada, Another Chicago Magazine, and The Common Review.[1]
The Field, his collaboration with visual artist Dianna Frid, was on view at Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in December 2003.[1] He worked at Poets House in New York City from 2004 to 2018.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "The Multifarious Array: Stephen Motika, Sue Nacey & Peter Spagnuolo". March 28, 2008.
- ^ "The Poetry Center | College of Liberal & Creative Arts". poetry.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
External links edit
- Nightboat Books. Publisher's homepage
- The Field features photos and information from Motika's collaboration with Dianna Frid.
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