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Thomas Bennett holding Duck 1. A poem and illustration by Bennett are in the inaugural issue of the magazine.

Askold Melnyczuk reading a copy of Duck 1. A short story by Melnyczuk is forthcoming in Duck 2.

Jack Saebyok Jung holding our first book, Ex Machina by Joan Naviyuk Kane, and our most recent publication, Duck.

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

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

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

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 Duck 2 will feature 2 more unpublished Chen poems.

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

Chloe Garcia Roberts holding Mark 1 and 2

Get copies of Mark at staircasebooks.org