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Hello readers! BOA Editions presents a new occasional series for our blog. Join our team of interns as they explore over 40 years of our publication history and share their passion for some of their favorite titles from BOA Editions. In today's post, Rachel B. delves into the quiet, profound ideas of poet Keetje Kuipers. Evocative, Rich, and Inevitable: Keetje Kuipers’s The Keys to The Jail Well, hello! I’m glad you stopped by for some poetry! My name is Rachel, and I’m one of the interns at BOA this summer. I’m heading into my last year at SUNY Geneseo this fall as...

Hello readers! BOA Editions is launching a new occasional series for our blog. Join our team of interns as they explore over 40 years of our publication history and share their passion for some of their favorite titles from BOA Editions. In today's post, Jackie S. explains why you have to read Christian Barter's newest collection. Beautiful, Accessible, and Important: Christian Barter’s Bye-Bye Land Hello, and welcome! I’m Jackie, one of BOA’s summer interns. I’ve just graduated from SUNY Geneseo with an English Literature degree, and I’m currently carving my way into the publishing world. BOA is an interesting choice for...

By Jenna Fisher, Director of Marketing and Production Ah, February—the month of love, heart-shaped sugar, and even anti-mush cynicism. There's no doubt—whether with bright words of love, or furious words of heartbreak—poetry and Valentine's Day go naturally hand-in-hand. Celebrate the way you want to with our Valentine's Day Book Guide. Keep these titles near, whether you're rejoicing—or enduring—February 14. And for all you Valentine's Day lovers and Anti-Valentine's Day cynics, we give you the gift of FREE SHIPPING on any BOA Bookstore order through February 24! Because BOA loves you. 1. For the jaded heart that's lost its way. The...

By Jenna Fisher, Director of Marketing and ProductionWhat better way to celebrate the holidays than to put more books into more hands? Use this Holiday Gift Guide to find the perfect book for everyone on your list, and get FREE SHIPPING on any BOA Bookstore purchase through December 16! It’s the holiday season made easy. 1. For the lover of life, truth, and all things divine. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 Edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser Foreword by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison Winner, 2013 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award This gorgeous volume is the culmination of...