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In this longer clip, Sean Thomas Dougherty gracefully reads a poem full of fall colors, while the ABC quartet plays low, autumnal tones behind him. [Click here to watch video. . .]

BOA poet, Anne Germanacos talks with Michael Krasny from KQED radio on the Forum. They discuss many things literary including her latest collection In The Time Of Girls. Her work has appeared in over 60 literary reviews and anthologies. Germanacos shares stories about her time studying in Greece , where she eventually met her husband. She reads a story out of the new book titled "Twenty-nine Stones for You to Hold" and "Until We Go To Sleep."  Michael Krasny is extremely taken by the prose, calling it musical and poetic in nature; it is human: filled with pain, frustration and...

Sean Thomas Dougherty reads a poem inspired by and named after the old jazz standard, "Embraceable You," [click here to view video] from his book Broken Hallelujahs published by BOA Editions, Ltd. in 2007. The ABC Quartet follows the reading with a beautiful, instrumental version of the song. [Click here to watch the band play. . .]

The reading continues [click here to view video]. . . Sean Thomas Dougherty shares another selection from Broken Hallelujahs during BOA Editions, Ltd. "Poetry is Jazz" event at RoCo.

Please check out the second chapter [Please click here to view video] from our "Poetry is Jazz" event at RoCo last June. In this installment BOA poet Sean Thomas Dougherty reads a poem from his book Broken Hallelujahs over a time-lapse video of artist Steve Smock creating an improvisatory painting.