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05/30/2026

Catherine Lacey holding Duck 1. We’re grateful for the shoutout in her Substack “Untitled Thought Project.” Consider subscribing today! https://catherinelacey.substack.com/

05/22/2026

Benjamin Bellet, Nina MacLaughlin and Anthony Walton
December 15, 2025

05/15/2026

Damion Searls holding his book of translations Norway Poems And Three from England by Kurt Schwitters (Staircase Books)

October 19, 2025

Buy the book here: https://staircasebooks.org/Norway-Poems-And-Three-From-England-16

05/13/2026

Yongyu Chen holding a copy of Duck 1 which features 2 of their poems, including the final poem from their debut collection “Perennial Counterpart” (Nightboat Books, 2026). Duck 2 will feature 2 more unpublished Chen poems.

05/05/2026

Excited to see Cadet by Benjamin Bellet on the Massachusetts Center for the Book 2026 Poetry Longlist! Thank you, Massachusetts Center for the Book.

Mass Center for the Book is excited to announce longlisted titles across five categories, these 12 books have been nominated in POETRY:
"An Optimism" by Cameron Awkward-Rich (Persea)
"Preverbal" by Carroll Beauvais (Lit Fox Books)
"Cadet" by Benjamin Bellet (Staircase Books)
"In the Good Years" by Laura Cresté (Four Way Books)
"The Last Beast We Revel In" by Noah Davis (CavanKerry Press)
"Willow Hammer" by Patrick Donnelly (Four Way Books)
"Jailbreak of Sparrows" by Martín Espada (Knopf)
"Perfect Disappearances" by Paul Hostovsky (Kelsay Books)
"Groceries" by Nora Claire Miller (Fonograf Editions)
"One Trail of Longing, Another of String" by Carla Panciera (Bordighera Press)
"Goat, Goddess, Moon" by Catherine Strisik (Holy Cow! Press)
"To Wildness" by Julia Thacker (The Waywiser Press)

More info at https://www.massbook.org/mass-book-awards

04/30/2026

Chloe Garcia Roberts holding Mark 1 and 2

Get copies of Mark at staircasebooks.org

04/17/2026

Benjamin Bellet, Vincent Katz, Adam Judah Krasnoff and Louis Harnett O'Meara are reading on April 25th at Unnamable Books (615 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn). Free and open to the public. Curated by Staircase Books.

04/15/2026

Gabrielle Bates reading Duck 1

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04/03/2026

Randall Mann holding Duck 1. His poems “Machine” and “Blue” are in Duck 1. Order your copy at staircasebooks.org 🦆