Head West out of Rochester on Interstate 90 and within an hour you'll hit Buffalo. Or you can just click on the below link and get a taste of literary Buffalo through the eyes of R.D. Pohl of the Buffalo News. This week, R.D. celebrates the Best Translated Book of the Year Award for The Book of Things by Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger, translated by noted poet and translator Brian Henry: "BOA Editions, Ltd., the Rochester, New York based small press with an outsized literary reputation, added another honor to its collection last month when University of Richmond based poet Brian Henry's English-language translation of Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger’s "The Book of Things" received the 2011 Best Translated Book Award in poetry." Read the whole article here [The Book of Things  wins Best Translated Book Award] [caption id="attachment_998" align="aligncenter" width="157" caption="BOA poet Ales Steger. Photo by Joze Suhadolnik."][/caption]