53rd State Press

53rd State Press publishes new plays and performance texts that interrogate, challenge, renew, and emblazon the language of performance.

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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:

https://t.co/5alyEMZofu

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Don’t forget to bookmark our reading list for #HispanicHeritageMonth, featuring @LittlePussPress, @RoseMetalPress, @WavePoetry, @53rdStatePress, @ravenchronic, @SlantBooks, @SFWP, @UTampaPress, @GreenWritersPub, @ReadFuriously, @longdaypress, & more: https://t.co/eJDgXj7HHW

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

From @53rdStatePress for #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth:

Lucas Baisch’s play 404 NOT FOUND is “a twisting, twisted work of intricacy, density, and despair netted in kidnap, virtual utopias, upended borders, and Freddy Krueger cosplay.” https://t.co/kQ2JTYGsU8

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

THE JAVIER PLAYS by Carlos Murillo contains essays and plays that “fold and unfold like America itself—its violence, its identity crises, its homegrown art, its shape in the eye of the immigrant.”

A @53rdStatePress book for #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth:
https://t.co/WyHJmEeUEZ

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

On our #WITMonth reading list:

GUÍA DE CAMPO DE iLANDing, translated from English by Alexandra Viteri Arturo and Alejandra Martorell, is a Spanish-language translation of A FIELD GUIDE TO iLANDing, published in 2017 by @53rdStatePress! https://t.co/fei12gLw3c

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Start your autumn with a brand-new book from @53rdStatePress, @sarabandebooks, @APublicSpace, @artepublico, @PressFernwood, @SwanIslePress, @FirstMatter, @FabulistTales, or another indie publisher! https://t.co/yIkaFx1cp6

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Happy #WomenInTranslation Month! Celebrate with us by picking reads from indie publishers like @53rdStatePress, @DorothyProject, @transitbooks, @SandorfP, @RestlessBooks, @bookhugpress, @MayapplePress, @DeepVellum & more! #WITMonth https://t.co/waorKcbj5W

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

With Walz on the presidential ticket, we’re on track to win many of our Democratic policy priorities. Vote Cori Bush today to keep the strong streak of progressive Dems in office! 📈🗳️ #VoteForCori

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

We're hearing reports of long lines at polling places. If you're in line to vote now, stay in line. If you're in line to vote when polls close at 7pm, STAY IN LINE. If you're in line to vote by 7pm, you legally must be allowed to vote. Call 314-329-4463 if you have any issues.

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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: https://t.co/ASzFy4GwZU

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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

[Kate Kremer @katekremer]

I'm performing my play THE INTIMACY @flowchartfdn in Hudson, NY on June 29 at 7p ET!

It uses a slippery, shifting first-person plural to tell the story of a leftist choreopolitical collective. There's also some Buster Keaton, & laundry lines...

https://t.co/3Zp1xlGt9S

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Be sure to browse and bookmark our reading list for #APAHeritageMonth—featuring @CodhillPress, @fonograf_ed, @harbor_review, @Omnidawn, @ReadFuriously, @FeministPress, @53rdStatePress & more indie presses! https://t.co/nYtRRkAurw

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

In Haruna Lee’s bilingual SUICIDE FOREST, “a salaryman searches for self-worth, while a lonely teenage girl grapples with her sexuality in a nightmarish, male-defined society.”

Drama from @53rdStatePress and our #APAHM reading list: https://t.co/FDvV7X0NTm

[Rodrigo Toscano @Toscano200]

People sometimes ask what the secrete sauce is to the NOLA poetry scene. Here's four things we strenuously avoid:

1. Inattentiveness to either young or starting writers.
2. Undervaluation older writers.
3. Factionalism.
4. Stoking of subtractive-economic "competition".

[Rescue Press @rescuepress]

Like many small publishers, we're exploring distribution options and dreaming new dreams now that Small Press Distribution's closed. In the meantime and always, you can get our books directly through our website.

https://t.co/loEQAnwe9j

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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!!!

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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

https://t.co/n4vWoznojQ

[53rd State Press @53rdStatePress]

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!
https://t.co/1E5Lqn4jnq