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Est. 2022

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Joined July 2022
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Simultaneously, another Ivan, a blustery building superintendent who has been browbeating the inventor, finds himself on the Tsar’s throne. A cowardly and petty opportunist, he soon shows his own hunger for power.
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Melkon Charchoglyan’s translation is the first to appear in English in over 40 years. Pre-order at staircasebooks.org (Domestic orders) and asterismbooks.com/publisher/… (International orders)
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Out November 1! Ivan Vasilievich A play by Mikhail Bulgakov Translated by Melkon Charchoglyan
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When a time-travel experiment goes awry in 1930s Moscow, Ivan the Terrible, the grand and tyrannical 16th-century Russian Tsar, bursts in on the time-machine’s inventor....
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David Means holding a copy of Duck 1. Means has 3 poems forthcoming in Duck 2.
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Thank you to Ploughshares for running a Duck ad in their latest issue and thank you to DeWitt Henry for recommending Life Drawing and Other Stories by Louis Harnett O’Meara, forthcoming from Staircase Books later this year @louishomeara
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Kit Schluter holding a copy of Duck 1. Schluter designed Duck’s logo and he has a couple of poems forthcoming in Duck 2. @dedreytnien
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Benjamin Bellet will read his poems alongside other 2026 Mass Book Awards longlist honorees on September 16, 2026, at 7 p.m.
Join Grub Street and the Mass Center for the Book for a special reading featuring the 2026 Mass Book Awards longlist honorees. grubstreet.org/event/mass-bo…
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Daniel Tobin holding Duck 1. Poems by Tobin are forthcoming in Duck 2.
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Srikanth Reddy holding Duck 1.
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Thomas Bennett holding Duck 1. A poem and illustration by Bennett are in the inaugural issue of the magazine.
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Askold Melnyczuk reading a copy of Duck 1. A short story by Melnyczuk is forthcoming in Duck 2.
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Jack Saebyok Jung holding our first book, Ex Machina by Joan Naviyuk Kane, and our most recent publication, Duck. @daybreakjung @duckisamagazine
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Catherine Lacey holding Duck 1.
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We’re grateful for the shoutout in her Substack “Untitled Thought Project.” Consider subscribing today! catherinelacey.substack.com/
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Benjamin Bellet, Nina MacLaughlin and Anthony Walton December 15, 2025
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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: staircasebooks.org/Norway-Po…
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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.
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Thank you to Poetry Daily for featuring “Acts of Resistance to New England Slavery by Africans Themselves in New England” by Danielle Legros Georges on May 9th, 2026. The poem was featured in the eponymous collection (Staircase Books, 2025).
Today's Feature: "Acts of Resistance to New England Slavery by Africans Themselves in New England" by Danielle Legros Georges from Acts of Resistance to New England Slavery by Africans Themselves in New England published by @staircase_books Read here: poems.com/poem/acts-of-resis…
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