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This week, Michael Waters will demonstrate the versatility and universality of poetry, giving poetry readings in Bucharest, Romania (July 24) and Brasov, Romania (July 27). Waters, who has published ten collections of poetry, including five from BOA, has a deep connection to Romania, where many of his poems are set. In a recent article in The Prague Post (The Czech Republic's English-language newspaper), Stephan Delbos notes the qualities that make Water's art so appealing and innovative: "[Waters]..has been quietly writing some of the best poetry in the United States for the past three decades... Waters' work has moved steadily toward...

[caption id="attachment_1868" align="alignleft" width="165" caption="True Faith, released in April 2012"][/caption] In a recent review in Bangor Daily News, Dana Wilde described Ira Sadoff's new collection, True Faith, as a worthy contribution to the tradition of confessional literature that has emerged and flourished since the 1960s. True Faith, Wilde writes, is “an entry in that persistent flow” of autobiographical introspective literature by the likes of such artists as Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and John Ashbery. According to Wilde, the complexity of Sadoff's work lies in the way the poems "surf idiosyncratically in and out of the waves...

As the Sept 11, 2012 publication date draws closer, interest in The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 builds to a fevered pitch. We know we've got the fever, and Publishers Weekly is right there with us! The collection received a starred (and glowing) review in this week's PW. Here are a couple of choice selections: "Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) was undeniably a major American poet; her poems, best known for their expressions of feminist ideals, African-American history and contemporary life, and intimate family life, cover a vast array of human experiences, as this surprisingly large complete volume attests. The average...

That's right! Advance-copies of Craig Morgan Teicher's To Keep Love Blurry are currently on sale from the BOA Bookstore! The book will be officially released in September, so don't miss this chance to get an amazing book into your hands before anyone else! (And don't forget to check out all our other forthcoming, equally exciting Fall books.) [caption id="attachment_1864" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Pick up an advance copy today!"][/caption] "Inspired by Robert Lowell’s Life Studies, Craig Morgan Teicher’s To Keep Love Blurry is an exploration of the charged and troubled spaces between intimately connected people: husbands and wives, parents and children, writers and...

BOA poet Aracelis Girmay has been named as a finalist for the 11th Annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Kingdom Animalia (BOA 2011)! Quoting from their website, the award honors "exemplary works of literature before the national community of Black writers. By honoring these nominees, we're recognizing the profound significance, necessity, and genius of Black writers and the stories they tell." Kingdom Animalia was selected by a group of published authors as one of just three nominees in the Poetry category. The award is also offered in Fiction and Nonfiction categories. The award ceremony will be held December 1, 2012, at...