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[caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Naomi Shihab Nye. BOA Poet. Chancellor."][/caption] Everyone here at BOA joins together with Naomi Shihab Nye's many fans to wish her congratulations on being nominated as Chancellor of Academy of American Poets. In addition to being a stellar poet, Naomi is a passionate advocate for poetry - and also a warm, compassionate person. The Academy chose well! Here is the official press release from the Academy of American Poets: New York, January 11--Tree Swenson, Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, announced that Naomi Shihab Nye and Marie Ponsot have been elected to the Board...

The BOA office will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 24 - Jan 4. We will no doubt have all kinds of good news to share with you by the time we're back... In the meantime, on behalf of the staff and board of BOA Editions, we wish you all a lovely, bright, and shiningly poetic 2010!

[caption id="attachment_309" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Rose by Li-Young Lee. 1st ed, 1st printing, hard cover, French boards. 26 signed by author."][/caption] Pardon us for stating the obvious, but: Book Lovers Love Books. And there's nothing better to a true book lover than getting their hands on that special, rare, limited edition and gorgeous book. Here at BOA we understand that delight because we love books too. Our office shelves are overflowing with classic BOA books: limited editions, signed copies, special bindings, lovingly illustrated collections... You name it, we've got what makes rare book lover's hearts go pit-a-pat. As a way of...

[caption id="attachment_287" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Karen Volkman. BOA author."][/caption] We are thrilled to announce that not one, but TWO, BOA books have been nominated for the prestigious Poets' Prize. Nomina by Karen Volkman and The Boatloads by Dan Albergotti have both been honored with nominations this year. The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate a book and who also serve as judges. The Nicholas Roerich Museum also contributes; the prize...

[caption id="attachment_266" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Board member Glenn William and Melissa Hall sign annual campaign letters"][/caption] For the past three weeks the BOA board, staff, interns, and I have been signing letters, and stuffing and sealing envelopes for our annual campaign. With book sales only funding 40% of our budget, the annual campaign is an extremely important source of funding for us. This year we are honored to have former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Charles Simic serve as our Honorary Campaign Chair. Charles Simic included the following note in our campaign materials: “I was delighted to join...