53rd State Press

Pulitzer Prize finalist @eisadavis's collection Angela's Mixtape + The History of Light is now available for pre-sale. Dazzling for their political clarity + formal virtuosity, these 2 plays will teach you how to love, think, write, change, + love again: 53rdstatepress.org/Davis-Ang…

Editor @katekremer's #uncollectedtrashcollection is @TheTankNYC on July 20 + 21 as part of DarkFest/TrashFest. Feat. @TheNiceBryce, Claire Fort, + @emilykatelong, the play draws on the refuse of earlier writing projects. HOT GARBAGE! Come out! Tix: thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/un…

Join us for @BOMBmagazine’s Small Press Flea! 53rd State + @3HolePress be there, alongside many other lovelies!

Thanks to our relationship w/ @BooksTCG (which means our books are distributed through @ConsortiumBooks), we are one of the very few small presses NOT impacted by the sudden closure of SPD. Please consider supporting the small presses you love--this is a dire moment for many!!!

Everybody get your tix to @syersie's & @AlainaJFerris's The Lydian Gale Parr, dir. by Meghan Finn, produced by @TheTankNYC & opening @targetmargin on Apr 5! I want you to know: there are 10 singers/musicians, 4 dancers, and A SPATIAL INSTRUMENT thetanknyc.org/the-lydian-ga…

Don't miss @eisadavis performing THIS FRIDAY 3/22 @JoesPub--it's a CONCERTBOOKPARTY to celebrate the release of Angela's Mixtape + The History of Light and it's gonna be amazing! publictheater.org/production…

So tickled to see that Angela's Mixtape + The History of Light is a staff pick @dramabookshop! <3

53rd State Press is now officially a 501c3! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support experimental performance publishing: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu…

Y'all, take a moment to support an incredible engine of new work that is CONTINUING to serve experimental artists at a moment when other larger outfits are fleeing the scene. @exponentialfest is doing amazing work with almost nothing--please please please give if you can! xo

Dear Oakland, tonight at 6p! There will be a book party for Sharon Bridgforth's bull-jean & dem/dey back! Be there if you can!!! eventbrite.com/e/the-bull-je…

WE ARE THRILLED to announce the release of @jrootwalker's gorgeous SKiNFoLK, a quilted ritual of liberation colliding blues, jazz, neosoul, pop, + rock, and weaving memoir, genealogy, dendrology, + spiritual Black legacies: 53rdstatepress.org/Walker-SK…

Hooray for @alexispauline, winner of a 2023 Windham Campbell prize in poetry!!! Check out Alexis's beautiful conversation book w/ @mrdanieljones, Particle & Wave! A brilliant primer in art, activism, friendship, and joy! 53rdstatepress.org/Jones-Gum…

Friends, here's a beautiful short documentary about a book party for Sharon Bridgforth hosted by @GaymonJones at The Nest in LA. The doc is directed by @AdelinaAnthony & produced by AdeRisa Productions: vimeo.com/841557405

Y'all, @PlaysInverse is having a 10-yr anniversary fundraiser. For $23 dollars, you can get PDFs of 23 beautiful plays, including all 19 plays in PI's catalog + 2 plays each from @3HolePress + yrs truly! @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/cru…

This weekend, 53rd State's associate editor @TheNiceBryce will be performing at the Queer Liberation March Opening Ceremony @ 2pm at Foley Square & speaking as one who loves xem to distraction, xyr performance is not to be missed.

Happy opening to Sharon Bridgforth's bull-jean/we wake @PHouseTheatre, dir. by @mrdanieljones! Minneapolis, this is a must-see! It runs through 7/2. Then head to 53rd State to get your copy of bull-jean & dem/dey back! <3 <3 <3

Seattle Seattle Seattle! @mrdanieljones' altar/installation I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER US WHOLE will be @MeanyCenter Apr 29-Jul 9, w/ a processional on May 20! meanycenter.org/tickets/2023….

Atlanta, look out! #SharonBridgforth will be @chariscircle on 5/27 @ 7:30 for a book signing, celebration, and conversation w/#AngelaDeniseDavis co-hosted by @ZAMINOBLA. Be there be there be there!

#ErinCourtney + #CarlosMurillo will be reading at Bookends & Beginnings on Thursday May 11 @ 6p. Chicago, DON'T MISS THIS, I'm serious. bookendsandbeginnings.com/ev…

Dear Austin: The brilliant #SharonBridgforth will be reading from bull-jean & dem/dey back on Friday 5/12 at the African-American Cultural & Heritage Facility! I think it will be quite a party! ebookwoman.com/event/site-pe…