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On December 2nd, BOA author Naomi Shihab Nye was in Buffalo, New York to read from her most recent collection, Transfer, as part of the Babel international author series, offered since 2007 by the Just Buffalo Literary Center. Just Buffalo also selected Transfer for “If All of Buffalo Read the Same Book,” a community-wide reading program that encourages everyone to read and discuss the same title at the same time. Before Naomi read, Mike Kelleher—poet and artistic director at Just Buffalo—gave a wonderful introduction that considered the many meanings of the word “transfer” in the collection. Below are some photographs from...

TODAY is the DAY to     FOR BOA  ROCtheDay is a 24 hour online giving event (like a telethon without the phones) until midnight tonight  click the link below to donate, and help BOA publish The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton Yes, I want to ROC the Day for BOA!

Two international BOA authors have recently received recognition on the world stage! Francisca Aguirre - author of Ithaca which was translated by Ana Valverde Osan and published by BOA in 2004 - was just awarded the prestigious Spanish poetry award, Premio Nacional de Poesia. This is the most recent award for Ms. Aguirre who earned the Leopoldo Panero Poetry award when Ithaca was originally published in Spain in 1971. Ithaca is a 50-page poem that reworks the Greek myth of Odysseus, but with one important alteration: The story is told from Penelope's perspective. Ithaca was - and remains - a landmark publication and...

[caption id="attachment_1407" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cornelius Eady."][/caption] Wednesday will be the last day that you will be able to submit your manuscript for this year's A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Named after BOA Editions Founder Al Poulin, Jr. who championed the under-appreciated voices in poetry, the winner of the Poetry Prize will receive a $1,500 honorarium and be published as part of our A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series in Spring 2013. Recent winners of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize include Deborah Brown, Keetje  Kuipers, Jennifer Kronovet, Dan Albergotti and Janice N. Harrington. Recipients of the prize have...

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="BOA staff members Albert Abonado, Melissa Hall and Peter Conners"][/caption] On behalf of the staff and board of BOA Editions, we are thankful for all our authors, readers, and supporters!