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The staff of BOA Editions is gearing up for a nice holiday break. From the top to the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for supporting BOA Editions in 2011. We look forward to a 2012 full of more great books and good times. Onward into the New Year!  [caption id="attachment_1576" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Happy Holidays from BOA Editions!"][/caption]

The Jan/Feb issue of Poets & Writers is themed as "The New Year's Guide to an Inspired Writing Life." As most writers will tell you, inspiration is a mirage floating in the distance reachable only by years of hard work. However, what artist can deny that there are the occasional "flashes" that may well be described as inspiration? Whatever your view of "inspiration" we're pleased to have Janice N. Harrington and Deborah Brown spotlighted in the issue. Both are past winners of BOA's A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize contest with their books Walking the Dog's Shadow (Deborah Brown) and Even the...

On December 2nd, BOA author Naomi Shihab Nye was in Buffalo, New York to read from her most recent collection, Transfer, as part of the Babel international author series, offered since 2007 by the Just Buffalo Literary Center. Just Buffalo also selected Transfer for “If All of Buffalo Read the Same Book,” a community-wide reading program that encourages everyone to read and discuss the same title at the same time. Before Naomi read, Mike Kelleher—poet and artistic director at Just Buffalo—gave a wonderful introduction that considered the many meanings of the word “transfer” in the collection. Below are some photographs from...

Two international BOA authors have recently received recognition on the world stage! Francisca Aguirre - author of Ithaca which was translated by Ana Valverde Osan and published by BOA in 2004 - was just awarded the prestigious Spanish poetry award, Premio Nacional de Poesia. This is the most recent award for Ms. Aguirre who earned the Leopoldo Panero Poetry award when Ithaca was originally published in Spain in 1971. Ithaca is a 50-page poem that reworks the Greek myth of Odysseus, but with one important alteration: The story is told from Penelope's perspective. Ithaca was - and remains - a landmark publication and...

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="BOA staff members Albert Abonado, Melissa Hall and Peter Conners"][/caption] On behalf of the staff and board of BOA Editions, we are thankful for all our authors, readers, and supporters!