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Splashed Things

Leigh Lucas

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

50th Anniversary Documentary

Poets, academics, and Boa supporters reflect on 50 years of nonprofit publishing and advocate for its future.

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Bruce Beasley is the author of eight collections of poetry, including All Soul Parts Returned (BOA Editions, Fall 2017) and Theophobia (BOA…

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