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On April 16th at 6:30 p.m. Keetje Kuipers was interviewed on The Moe Green Poetry Discussion with Rafael F.J. Alvarado & Brett-Candace. Keetje Kuipers Listen to hear Keetje speak about her new book, Beautiful in the Mouth, which won the A. Poulin, Jr. prize here at BOA. Keetje talks about the her writing experience and what it was like to publish her first book. Don't miss Keetje read a few poems from the book as well! Also, live on Friday, April 22nd, a rememberance of Lucille Clifton will take place on the Marc Steiner Show, broadcasting on WEAA in Baltimore,...

Here's the next installment by our guest blogger Keetje Kuipers! Keetje's Poulin Prize-winning book, Beautiful in the Mouth, was just published by BOA and Keetje has agreed to share her experiences as a first-time author. Enjoy! [caption id="attachment_761" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Beautiful in the Mouth by Keetje Kuipers"][/caption] My dad has a joke which, like all his signature witticisms, he likes to repeat whenever he has an opportunity to squeeze it into conversation. Someone I’d never even met once repeated this joke to me in a letter—that is, after he’d been seated next to my dad on a plane for three...

You know what they say... "a picture is worth a thousand blah blah blah whatever..." Now for more BOA pics from AWP! Craig Morgan Teicher, David Mura and Matthew Shenoda gather for a picture at the BOA booth. The BOA staff had a great time dining with both poets and friends. Judith Kerman and Melissa Hall hanging out at the BOA booth Peter and Mel were very excited to see Fred Courtright at the conference! Thom goofing around with Wyn Cooper at the BOA booth.

It's always a treat for an author to return to their college campus and share their new work! On Monday, April 12, Keetje Kuipers got to take a "victory lap" around Swarthmore and the college paper, The Phoenix, captured the spirit of her visit. Regular readers to this blog know that Keetje is our guest blogger for April, so keep an eye out for her next entry very, very soon... [caption id="attachment_761" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Beautiful in the Mouth by Keetje Kuipers"][/caption] Poet and alumna Keetje Kuipers ’02 returned to Swarthmore on Monday to read from her first published volume of...

[caption id="attachment_756" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Barbara Jane Reyes. BOA poet. "][/caption] Barbara Jane Reyes has shared some of her thoughts on the 2010 AWP Conference at the Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet. Barbara's next book, Diwata, will be published by BOA in Sept 2010. We're thrilled to have Barbara in the BOA family and are so happy to hear that she's thrilled as well. She writes: "First, I want to say that I am so pleased to have met the BOA Editions editors, Thom Ward and Peter Conners, who have been so kind and respectful via our telephone and e-correspondences. In person,...