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Be sure to tune in to 91.5 (WXXI) on Tuesday, February 12, to hear a reading of Sharon Bryan's  "The Underworld" (Sharp Stars, 2009). The poem will be featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, which is broadcasted at 8:20 a.m. on Brenda Tremblay's show. Bryan's Sharp Stars is the winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award for 2009. Rattle describes Bryan's work as possessing "sharp wit, infinite energy, delightful word plays, and luminous insights." The Writer's Almanac is a daily radio program produced by American Public Media (APM). In each program, Mr. Keillor presents a list of cultural events and anniversaries, many associated...

BOA's own Melissa Hall (Development Director/Office Manager) and Jenna Fisher (Associate Director for Marketing and Production) are featured in the January 2013 issue of Rochester Woman Magazine. Recognized for their work in supporting BOA's mission of "fostering readership and appreciation of contemporary literature," the two staff members hold a spot in the magazine's "Rochester Women (RW) Inspire" section. The article notes Hall and Fisher's behind-the-scenes dedication to BOA's mission, and while it details each of their roles and contributions to the organization, it also provides a glimpse into the collaborative work that is essential for book publishing. Hall and Fisher emphasize...

Out of nearly 200 nominations submitted to the Rochester Business Journal’s 16th annual Best of the Web Awards, 36 finalists were chosen within 13 categories, and BOA Editions is one of three finalists chosen for the award under the Non-profit (cultural) category. Winners will be announced at an awards breakfast held at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside on March 14, 7:30 a.m. Recognizing large companies, small firms, and non-profit organizations, the RBJ "evaluates finalists based on content, usefulness, navigability, use of technology, design quality, e-commerce, and likelihood of repeat visits." According to the RBJ, the Best of the Web Award...

The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 continues to receive high acclaim and praise, having been just recently chosen for the Eleventh's Stack's Best Poetry Books of 2012: a Baker's Dozen! "Lucille Clifton, who passed away in 2010, finally gets her due with this voluminous collection of her life’s work.  A leading poet of her generation, her poetry addresses issues such as her African American heritage and women’s rights. She was a master of concision, straightforward, and direct, as few modern poets are." See Eleventh Stack's full "Baker's Dozen" list of Best Poetry Books of 2012. Purchase your copy of The Collected Poems of...

Since the start of the new year, Coldfront magazine has been counting down the Top Forty Poetry Books of 2012, and just last week announced Craig Morgan Teicher's To Keep Love Blurry (BOA, 2012) is in the magazine's Top Ten, placed at an impressive number six. "With To Keep Love Blurry, we open a world of poems that ask obsessive questions of choice and consequence. These are poems of an interior that reimagines the past, pays tribute to predecessors, and above all, values frankness above artifice...The poems are severe in their honesty, which makes them riveting." On an interesting note, Teicher's wife,...