BOA Blog

In a recent Poetry Foundation podcast, BOA author Aleš Šteger discusses his most recent work, The Book of Things, as well as his creative process. For those of you not in the know, with his first book of poems, Chessboards of Hours, published in 1995 when he was 22 years old, Aleš Šteger established himself as one of Slovenia’s most promising poets. In the decade and a half since, Šteger has more than lived up to that promise, releasing three additional books of poetry. He's a phenomenal poet making this podcast a real treat, so give it a listen! Click...

[caption id="attachment_1407" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cornelius Eady."][/caption] November 30th, 2011 will be the last day that you will be able to submit your manuscript for this year's A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, so don't forget to mark your calendars!  The winner will receive a $1,500 honorarium and will be published as part of our A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series in Spring 2013. Now in it's 11th year, winners of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize include Deborah Brown, Keetje  Kuipers, Jennifer Kronovet, Dan Albergotti and Janice N. Harrington. Recipients of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize have gone...

Scott Cheshire of the Tottenville Review recently reviewed Joseph Salvatore’s debut collection of short stories, To Assume a Pleasing Shape. The review focuses on Salvatore’s ability to make the process of internal thought fluid, interesting, intelligent, and re-readable. “Salvatore’s writing is the kind that invites re-reading, and freely dipping in here and there. This kind of writing is rare.” The review goes on to explain that these short stories are “are lovingly drawn portraits of painful inner lives in largely threatening liminal spaces, those heartbreaking and often hilarious border moments just before our world decides to right itself, or maybe...

If you haven’t heard already, big things are just around the corner here in Rochester! On December 8, 2011, an epic one-day giving event, ROC the Day, will take place. On this day thousands of community members will be able to make an end-of-year gift to help advance their philanthropic passions, by making online donations to the area not-for-profit of their choice. It’s like a telethon…without the phones… BOA is on the list of not-for-profits participating in this year’s ROC the Day event, so please, click here to go to BOA’s ROC the Day webpage, check out what we’ve been...

We are thrilled to announce that the New Hampshire Writer's Project has awarded Deborah Brown's Walking the Dog's Shadow their "Outstanding Poetry Book" award. The award, which is given to a poet's outstanding book or chapbook of poetry every two or three years, has previously been won by such writers as Charles Simic and Maxine Kumin. Deborah Brown's collection was selected  by Tony Hoagland as the 2010 winner of BOA's A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Walking the Dog's Shadow was published in April 2011. We hope you will check out these poems and more on Deborah Brown if you have...