uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEBacklist Bulletin #12: Spiral Staircase by Hirato Renkichi, tr. Sho SugitaIn grade school, I was frequently reprimanded for doodling during class instead of taking notes and paying attention. Though those doodles…7 min read·Dec 14, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEBacklist Bulletin #11: Made-up Interview with Imaginary ArtistsThere was a period of my life in which I talked often to mormon furries.6 min read·Oct 25, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEReading & Roundtable on Translation is a Mode=Translation is An Anti-Neocolonial ModeOn Monday, April 12th, 2021, UDP hosted a conversation between writers/translators Mirene Arsanios, Sawako Nakayasu, and Mónica de la Torre…3 min read·Aug 12, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEBacklist Bulletin #10: Lowly by Alan FelsenthalI’ve been writing my dreams down a lot lately. They are often banal, so much so that I easily confuse them with old memories. The act of…6 min read·May 25, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEJames Copeland on Marina Temkina’s What Do You Want?: “Dear Marina,”Ugly Duckling Presse is inviting artists and writers to respond to their favorite titles for our backlist blog series From the Vaults. Our…3 min read·Mar 16, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEBacklist Bulletin #9: Hair by Amy NarneeloopDiving into Amy Narneeloop’s Hair was a burrowing of my body into the page. The chapbook, a collection of poems entitled “Breasts,”…4 min read·Mar 11, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEAn Update on UDP and SPDMonday, March 8, 20212 min read·Mar 8, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSESusana Thénon’s Ova Completa: Book LaunchOn December 17, 2020, UDP hosted the launch event for Ova Completa by Argentine poet Susana Thénon (1935–1991). Poets Asiya Wadud and…2 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEBacklist Bulletin #8: Dog Ear by Erica BaumI hate dog ear-ing books…7 min read·Jan 28, 2021----
uglyducklingpresseinUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEPrinting “The Supposed Huntsman”This post is a detailed account of printing the foreground elements of the cover for Katie Fowley’s first full-length poetry collection…9 min read·Jan 21, 2021----
