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A former pastor reckons with fallout when a lifetime of religious practice intersects with a modern life that’s messier than…

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Anne Germanacos is the author of two short-story collections In the Time of the Girls (BOA, 2010), and Tribute (Rescue Press, 2016).…

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George Looney
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George Looney

George Looney is the author of three previous award-winning fiction collections—a novella, Hymn of Ash, a novel, Report from a Place of Burning, and…

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Boa Classic Book Bundle

With this one-time purchase you will receive a box of 5 best-selling titles from Boa with a few goodies from the publisher (broadsides, bookmarks,…

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Boa Book Lovers Subscription

Subscribe and save on all forthcoming Boa titles within the calendar year! At the start of each season (every 6 months), subscribers will receive…

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The Innocent Party
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The Innocent Party

Winner of the Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize, Aimee Parkison’s characters struggle to understand what happens when the innocent party becomes the guilty party. With…

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This Elegance
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This Elegance

Interweaving the sacred and the erotic, This Elegance engages with visual arts through the concept of sacra conversazione (“sacred conversation”), a style of Renaissance…

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Passwords Primeval: 20 American Poets in Their Own Words
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Passwords Primeval: 20 American Poets in Their Own Words

Signed copies available in limited supply “Robert Frost didn’t like to explain his poems—and for good reason: to explain what a poem says is…

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Bright Hunger
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Bright Hunger

Mark Irwin's poetics are a direct descendant of Rilke and Hart Crane. His poetry is propelled by charged rhythms and a lush music. "An…

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Splendor
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Splendor

Signed copies available in limited supply Steve Kronen's poems explore the hardships that daily challenge the human heart. From such hardships, compassion and empathy…

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Beings and Things on Their Own
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Beings and Things on Their Own

The recipient of the 1985 Greek National Poetry Award for the Greek version of Beings and Things on Their Own, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke is the author…

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