Gaudy Boy

From the Latin gaudium, meaning “joy,” Gaudy Boy publishes books that delight readers with the various powers of art. Its name taken from the poem “Gaudy Turnout” by Singaporean author Arthur Yap, about his time abroad in Leeds, UK, Gaudy Boy is similarly inspired by such diasporic wanderings and migrations, bringing literary works by authors of Asian heritage to American audiences and beyond. Established in 2018 as the imprint of the NYC-based literary non-profit Singapore Unbound, we publish poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction, as well as translations under our imprint Gaudy Boy Translates.