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Cradle Book is "worth your time" according to a review by Kyle Minor from HTML Giant.  Minor writes that Craig Morgan Teicher's newest collection comes from a childhood place that is often not explored in literature today.  His "old-made-new" form brings us back to the style we loved as children, introducing us to characters as colorful as a "crow who was not always a crow."   Quoting lines from various pieces, Minor explains, "The diction is low to the ground, but the tone implies that bigness will be the subject, and the subject will be reached by looking very closely at smallness." Read the full review here HTML Giant       

Recently, the world played witness to the startling events in Egypt, whose political situation had gone largely unnoticed by the general public. We watched as the protests organized and then swelled thanks to the internet, as journalists struggled to cover the event as it turned violent, as President Mubarak struggled to hold on to his position but ultimately conceding power. Now, we continue to watch as the events of Egypt to see what will happen next as the political climate in the Mid-East shifts, spilling over into the surrounding countries. With Mubarak ousted, Egypt enters a new chapter in its...

In addition to the four BOA authors, who were recipients of 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowships, we are thrilled to announce that translator Brian Henry was awarded an NEA fellowship to support his translation of Slovenian writer Aleš Šteger's collection of lyric essays Berlin.  You can read more about Henry's prestigious grant here.  The NEA fellowship will help Henry to continue his dedication to exposing English readers to the work of one of Slovenia's most promising young writers, an undertaking first begun with Henry's translation of Šteger's The Book Things, which was published just last fall by BOA...

Recently, Charles Coté spoke with Boa Editions poet Kazim Ali about his book, The Fortieth Day, his earlier publications, his methods as a poet, and his philosophies as a writer. The interview is detailed and intensely thoughtful, focusing in on specific lines, images, techniques, and motifs that Kazim Ali uses in his poetry. Fans of Ali's work will certainly learn a great deal about his poetry and process from this thought-provoking interview. The following is a short excerpt from the interview: Coté: Another line in your collection, in the poem "The Far Mosque", the last line - "a person is only...

For the week of January 24, 2011, Publishers Weekly included two forthcoming poetry volumes by veteran Boa Editions authors! Christopher Kennedy's Ennui Prophet and the collaborative poems of John Gallaher and G.C.Waldrep, collected in Your Father on the Train of Ghosts, were both among this week's poetry selections. Your Father on the Train of Ghosts was also included in Publishers Weekly Top 10: Poetry! Both books are very interesting explorations of the poetic form that Boa Editions is excited to include in its new titles for Spring 2011, and we are thrilled to see them getting early press. Christopher Kennedy's perspective...