20 Years of Black Ocean: Carrie Olivia Adams and Nathan Hoks

Thu, November 5, 2026 7:00 PM - Thu, November 5, 2026 9:00 PM at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing, MI

Join us for a celebration of indie press Black Ocean's 20th anniversary with readings by Carrie Olivia Adams and Nathan Hoks.

A book signing and reception will follow.

 

Carrie Olivia Adams lives in Chicago, where she is the executive editor for the nonprofit press Black Ocean and the promotions and marketing communications director for the University of Chicago Press. Her books include The Book of Marys and Glaciers, Be the thing of memory, Operating Theater, Forty-One Jane Doe’s, and Intervening Absence in addition to the chapbooks “Proficiency Badges,” “Grapple,” “Overture in the Key of F,” and “A Useless Window.” She writes the “Poetry & Biscuits” newsletter on Substack and curates a house reading series by the same name. When she’s not making poems, she’s making biscuits.

Photo by Emilie Robinson

 

 

Nathan Hoks is a poet whose books include Nests in Air, The Narrow Circle, and most recently, Moony Days of Being. His poetry has been awarded the National Poetry Series, the Tomaž Šalamun Prize, and the Iowa Review David Hamilton Prize. He has also published translations of work by Vicente Huidobro, Henri Michaux, Tristan Tzara, and Christian Dotremont. He teaches at the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and lives in Chicago with his family.