Ugly Duckling Presse
@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
nonprofit publisher of experimental poetry, translation, performance, and the absurd // keeping poetry ugly for over 20 years
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Everything we'll publish in 2026.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Everything we'll publish in 2026.
Subscribe to UDP at the Full Presse, Supporting, or Translation tiers and receive hand-packed boxes of all year long.
uglyducklingpresse.org/subscribe/
Subscribe to UDP at the Full Presse, Supporting, or Translation tiers and receive hand-packed boxes of all year long.
uglyducklingpresse.org/subscribe/
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Reading Lantana or, the indissoluble exhalation by bruno darío, translated from the Spanish by Kit Schluter. This bilingual edition is from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social. uglyducklingpresse.org/product/lant...
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reading Lantana or, the indissoluble exhalation by bruno darío, translated from the Spanish by Kit Schluter. This bilingual edition is from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social. uglyducklingpresse.org/product/lant...
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you too can buy this book to support our work + @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, who, on a shoestring budget, put out tons of experimental poetry + translation EVERY SEASON 💙
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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
you too can buy this book to support our work + @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, who, on a shoestring budget, put out tons of experimental poetry + translation EVERY SEASON 💙
🇺🇸 via UDP:
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🇨🇦 + 🌐 via @asterismbooks.bsky.social:
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Originally published in 1980, Ronald M. Schernikau’s “smalltownnovella” is finally available in English via @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, translated by Lucy Jones. In this excerpt from the afterword, Ben Miller writes on craft, politics, and lowercase text.
Innocence and Its Opposite | Ben Miller
Ronald M. Schernikau knew that literary creation and political engagement are intimately related—and in unpredictable ways.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Originally published in 1980, Ronald M. Schernikau’s “smalltownnovella” is finally available in English via @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, translated by Lucy Jones. In this excerpt from the afterword, Ben Miller writes on craft, politics, and lowercase text.
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In his work, Ronald M. Schernikau paired strong political commitments with a rigorous engagement with craft. Ben Miller writes on his queer Bildungsroman, “smalltownnovella,” out this month in an English translation from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social.
Innocence and Its Opposite | Ben Miller
Ronald M. Schernikau knew that literary creation and political engagement are intimately related—and in unpredictable ways.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In his work, Ronald M. Schernikau paired strong political commitments with a rigorous engagement with craft. Ben Miller writes on his queer Bildungsroman, “smalltownnovella,” out this month in an English translation from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social.
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so honored to be shortlisted with lénaïg cariou/limited connection collective for our translation of laura vazquez' the hand of the hand, out from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social!!
thank you @officialqwf.bsky.social and congrats to all the finalists!
thank you @officialqwf.bsky.social and congrats to all the finalists!
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
so honored to be shortlisted with lénaïg cariou/limited connection collective for our translation of laura vazquez' the hand of the hand, out from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social!!
thank you @officialqwf.bsky.social and congrats to all the finalists!
thank you @officialqwf.bsky.social and congrats to all the finalists!
This November, we're honored to publish a previously-untranslated novella, debut poetry collections, a poetic inquiry into Black movement, two new chapbooks in our Señal series, and more. Preorder them now: uglyducklingpresse.org/books/
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This November, we're honored to publish a previously-untranslated novella, debut poetry collections, a poetic inquiry into Black movement, two new chapbooks in our Señal series, and more. Preorder them now: uglyducklingpresse.org/books/
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Mónica de la Torre’s THE HAPPY END / ALL WELCOME (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is featured on our #HispanicHeritageMonth list!
In this poetry collection set in a job fair, “the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees.” uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
In this poetry collection set in a job fair, “the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees.” uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mónica de la Torre’s THE HAPPY END / ALL WELCOME (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is featured on our #HispanicHeritageMonth list!
In this poetry collection set in a job fair, “the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees.” uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
In this poetry collection set in a job fair, “the largest theater company in the world is recruiting all kinds of employees.” uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
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THE MARATHON POET (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
The Marathon Poet - Ugly Duckling Presse
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September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THE MARATHON POET (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
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In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.”
Read a multi-genre collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth:
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Read a multi-genre collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth:
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October 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.”
Read a multi-genre collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth:
uglyducklingpresse.org/product/my-l...
Read a multi-genre collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth:
uglyducklingpresse.org/product/my-l...
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Tatsumi Hijikata’s COSTUME EN FACE “takes on a kinetic life of its own, about as close to dancing as words on a page can get.” —Siobhan Burke
These notebook notations from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social are translated by Sawako Nakayasu! #TranslationMonth uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
These notebook notations from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social are translated by Sawako Nakayasu! #TranslationMonth uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
Ugly Duckling Presse: Costume en Face: A Primer of Darkness for Young Boys and Girls
Peacocks already in place when curtains rise 4 iterations
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September 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tatsumi Hijikata’s COSTUME EN FACE “takes on a kinetic life of its own, about as close to dancing as words on a page can get.” —Siobhan Burke
These notebook notations from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social are translated by Sawako Nakayasu! #TranslationMonth uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
These notebook notations from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social are translated by Sawako Nakayasu! #TranslationMonth uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
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”Börjel’s brilliance here is to extend this sense of personal tragedy to the collective and, most importantly, back again.”
My review of Ida Börjel’s MA
@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social for Tripwire22
My review of Ida Börjel’s MA
@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social for Tripwire22
A review of MA by Ida Börjel
reviewed by Matthew Rana in Tripwire 22 Ugly Duckling Presse, 2023 MA, by Swedish poet Ida Börjel, is a long abecedarian poem patterned after Inger Christensen’s Alphabet (1981). In twenty-nine sec…
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September 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
”Börjel’s brilliance here is to extend this sense of personal tragedy to the collective and, most importantly, back again.”
My review of Ida Börjel’s MA
@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social for Tripwire22
My review of Ida Börjel’s MA
@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social for Tripwire22
UDP has a new website! Thank you so much to @partnerandpartners for the most thoughtful, analog-feeling redesign. Our old site was over 11 years old, and this new iteration is accessible, beautiful, and true to our letterpress tendencies.
September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
UDP has a new website! Thank you so much to @partnerandpartners for the most thoughtful, analog-feeling redesign. Our old site was over 11 years old, and this new iteration is accessible, beautiful, and true to our letterpress tendencies.
Getting reading for Printed Matter’s NYABF next week! Find us at booth T53 🪁
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September 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Getting reading for Printed Matter’s NYABF next week! Find us at booth T53 🪁
@printedmatter.bsky.social
@printedmatter.bsky.social
coming soon.... :)
September 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
coming soon.... :)
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Today's Featured Poem:
"[may rain]" by Masaoka Shiki & translated from Japanese by Abby Ryder-Huth from The Glass Clouding published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
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"[may rain]" by Masaoka Shiki & translated from Japanese by Abby Ryder-Huth from The Glass Clouding published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
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[may rain]
and the hills of
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September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"[may rain]" by Masaoka Shiki & translated from Japanese by Abby Ryder-Huth from The Glass Clouding published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
spare.poems.com/poem/may-rai...
"[may rain]" by Masaoka Shiki & translated from Japanese by Abby Ryder-Huth from The Glass Clouding published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
spare.poems.com/poem/may-rai...
Black Box Named Like to Me by Diana Garza Islas will be the topic of the September's Lit & Luz Book Club.
Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Lit & Luz festival on November 14th.
Book Club sign-up: www.litluz.org/bookclub
Festival: www.litluz.org
Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Lit & Luz festival on November 14th.
Book Club sign-up: www.litluz.org/bookclub
Festival: www.litluz.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Black Box Named Like to Me by Diana Garza Islas will be the topic of the September's Lit & Luz Book Club.
Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Lit & Luz festival on November 14th.
Book Club sign-up: www.litluz.org/bookclub
Festival: www.litluz.org
Her work will also be featured in the upcoming Lit & Luz festival on November 14th.
Book Club sign-up: www.litluz.org/bookclub
Festival: www.litluz.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Pillow” by Salette Tavares, translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Sobral Campos & Kristofer Petersen-Overton from LEX ICON published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/pillow/
“Pillow” by Salette Tavares, translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Sobral Campos & Kristofer Petersen-Overton from LEX ICON published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/pillow/
poems.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Pillow” by Salette Tavares, translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Sobral Campos & Kristofer Petersen-Overton from LEX ICON published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/pillow/
“Pillow” by Salette Tavares, translated from the Portuguese by Isabel Sobral Campos & Kristofer Petersen-Overton from LEX ICON published by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/pillow/
Just a couple days left in our summer sale...
July 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just a couple days left in our summer sale...
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In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.”
Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth!
uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth!
uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
Ugly Duckling Presse: My Love is Water
My Love is Water
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July 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In MY LOVE IS WATER, Rob Macaisa Colgate “writes in rigorous and experimental verse to upend our understandings of desire, race, disability, and care.”
Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth!
uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
Read a poetry collection from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth!
uglyducklingpresse.org/publications...
Our annual summer sale is here—say goodbye to July with a 30% discount on books (to buy).
Use code SUMMER2530 at checkout 🏵
Use code SUMMER2530 at checkout 🏵
July 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our annual summer sale is here—say goodbye to July with a 30% discount on books (to buy).
Use code SUMMER2530 at checkout 🏵
Use code SUMMER2530 at checkout 🏵
Applications for the 2025–26 Apprenticeship Program will be open from August 1–10, 2025.
Learn more: uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...
Learn more: uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...
July 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Applications for the 2025–26 Apprenticeship Program will be open from August 1–10, 2025.
Learn more: uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...
Learn more: uglyducklingpresse.org/about/opport...
Here's your extremely useful and easy to follow guide to summer reading.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here's your extremely useful and easy to follow guide to summer reading.
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