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A reminder to everyone in the Rochester area - tomorrow is BOA's annual Poetry & Jazz event. This has quickly become a favorite of poetry and jazz lovers. If you haven't attended the event before, this is your chance to catch an amazing blend of poetry, jazz and art (including a live "real-time" painting by artist Steve Smock). See you at ROCO!

There's a big party in the works to celebrate BOA author Adam McOmber and his first collection of short stories! The Book Cellar is hosting a launch party for Adam McOmber's Pushcart-nominated short story collection, This New & Poisonous Air, in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. June 16, 2011 -- starting at 7 PM. The launch party will be at: The Book Cellar 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60625 This New & Poisonous Air is availible for pre-order now!

Writer Joseph Salvatore was spotted recently at a reading at Unnameable Books, in the heart of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn.  Accompanying such authors as Catherine Lacey, Donald Breckenridge, Robert Lopez and Holly Tavel, the exuberantly energetic Salvatore read a short excerpt from his To Assume a Pleasing Shape, which will be available in November. Joseph Salvatore and friend Rachel Heiman before the event Wearing a Newbury Comics t-shirt and with a shaved head, Salvatore "seemed like a guy who might coach you to make your first ollie in a skatepark." The stream-of-consciousness short story "Late Thaw" seemed to hit a...

Nikola Madzirov, the Macedonian poet behind Remnants of Another Age, was recently interviewed by L.A. Grove of the California Journal of Poetics. Discussing the history of the Balkans and Europe which is so felt in his poetry, Madzirov answers in his characteristically cryptic, lyrical way, touching on the themes of borders and the ways in which everything in the world has more than one story. Nikola Madzirov Born into a family of refugees from the Balkan Wars, Madzirov draws from the political history of the region in some of his poems, particularly "A Way of Existing."  When asked about the...

It's time once again for the internationally acclaimed Rochester International Jazz Festival. And that means it's time for our annual BOA celebration of poetry, jazz, and art! This event has quickly become a BOA favorite and we've assembled the same outstanding cast as last year. All the details are below. Hope to see you there!