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By Jenna Fisher, Director of Marketing and ProductionWhat better way to celebrate the holidays than to put more books into more hands? Use this Holiday Gift Guide to find the perfect book for everyone on your list, and get FREE SHIPPING on any BOA Bookstore purchase through December 16! It’s the holiday season made easy. 1. For the lover of life, truth, and all things divine. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 Edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser Foreword by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison Winner, 2013 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award This gorgeous volume is the culmination of...

We are pleased to announce that Geffrey Davis has been nominated for a 2013 Pushcart Prize by Sycamore Review for his poem "What I Mean When I Say Elijah-Man." The poem comes from Davis' forthcoming collection Revising the Storm (April 2014), winner of the 12th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. This debut collection burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored—tender, comic, wry, tragic—interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their "embarrassed desires" for familial connection, sexual love, compassion, and repair. Revising the Storm speaks to the sons and daughters...

The Book of Goodbyes is once again named a "Best Book of 2013," this time by NPR Books, which placed the collection in categories "Poetry & Short Stories," "Let's Talk About Sex," and "Seriously Great Writing." This year's NPR "Best Book" list (online) is a "choose your own adventure," where readers can explore more than 200 standout titles selected by NPR staff and critics, and read about why they love them. According to Craig Morgan Teicher's recommendation for The Book of Goodbyes, "Jillian Weise ... is a force of nature. This collection follows up her debut, The Amputee's Guide to...

[Translator Bruce Weigl and author Nguyen Phan Que Mai, of The Secret of Hoa Sen] Douglas Valentine of political newsletter Counterpunch recently sat down with BOA translator Bruce Weigl to discuss war writing and his forthcoming translation The Secret of Hoa Sen (BOA, Fall 2014). Weigl, "one of many young Americans who heard the banshee wail of close combat in Vietnam," is considered a war writer. According to Valentine, he "assembles the archetypes of war and presents them with ruthless force that shatters our assumptions about ourselves, and what we represent, and he does it in such an effortless way, it's...

'Tis the season to share good literature! To celebrate the season of giving, BOA is participating in the Black Friday conglomerate weekend (with Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and #GivingTuesday) to help you save. From now through December 16, get free shipping on your entire order from BOA Editions' secure online bookstore. Just enter promo code BOAHOLIDAY at checkout and select the free shipping option to save big on your holiday shopping! Click here to find something for everyone on your list. Happy Holidays from BOA, and thank you for your support!