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We're thrilled to have four BOA titles noted in Library Journal's May-Sept Poetry Round-Up! The Reindeer Camps (9781934414842) “Barton Sutter uses mostly formal structure and quietly unadorned language to chronicle village life on the Canadian border and the culture of ancient Siberian reindeer herders in The Reindeer Camps” To Keep Love Blurry (9781934414934) “Craig Morgan Teicher, a Colorado Prize for Poetry winner offers clear-eyed, blazing verse as he tracks a path from son (who lost a mother young) to husband and father in To Keep Love Blurry.” The Folding Star: And Other Poems (9781934414880) “Polish poet Jacek Gutorow’s bilingual translated...

Distinguished and delightful BOA poet Naomi Shihab Nye will be profiled tonight on PBS NewsHour! Check the NewsHour schedule for the viewing time in your area: NewsHour Local TV Listings. Among other topics, the show will highlight Naomi's most recent book, Transfer. Set your Tivos to record! [caption id="attachment_1569" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="BOA poet Naomi Shihab Nye"][/caption]

The 2nd Annual BOA Short Fiction Contest has begun! Entries will be accepted until May 31st, 2012. The winner will receive a $500 honorarium and have their book published in spring 2014 in BOA's American Reader Series. BOA Publisher Peter Conners will read all entries and select the winning short fiction collection. Complete guidelines, entry form, and contest information are available here: BOA Short Fiction Contest Good luck!

Under normal circumstances receiving a shipment of galleys is just another day at the office. But when it's the galley for The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 it becomes a cause for celebration! Join us in a toast on this milestone toward the book's Sept. 11 2012 publication. It's a great day for poetry! [caption id="attachment_1678" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Peter Conners and Melissa Hall toast the arrival of galleys for The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1676" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hugh Martin. 2012 Poulin Prize Winner."][/caption] Hugh Martin is the 2012 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize winner for his first collection of poems, The Stick Soldiers. Cornelius Eady selected this manuscript and will write a Foreword to the published collection. Martin will receive a $1,500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in March, 2013, in the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. An annual competition, the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is open to poets who have yet to publish a full-length-book collection of poetry. This year’s runner-ups were The Reformation by...