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In a recent Publishers Weekly *starred* review, Erika Meitner’s newest book of poetry Copia is called “a collection that bursts with American abundance while simultaneously describing its decline." Featuring poems inspired by the exploration and crumbling cityscapes of Detroit, Copia is an appreciable collection precisely because “[Meitner] turns these scenes inward, transforming them into a reflection of her own body." They are rendered in “rich language” and with “an eye for the texture of common objects." "Meitner has a stake in personal exploration that brings intimacy and despair to these poems, which makes them more significant than the simple observations...

Robert Thomas’ new fiction collection Bridge gets high praise from Kirkus review for its “tight and vivid prose,” “innovative structure,” and “emotional resonance.” Balancing “black humor and memorable one-liners” with the solipsism of the book's narrator, Alice, Thomas "brings readers deep into the eccentric and neurotic mind of its protagonist." According to the review, even a narrator given to “digression and extreme interiority” such as Alice “narrates the minutiae of her life with insight and wit.” Forming an overarching narrative from the 56 short vignettes, these pieces chart the decline of narrator Alice—"a lonely, at times suicidal woman." "With emotional...

In an interview with Late Night Library's Melanie Figueroa, Geffrey Davis describes his new book Revising the Storm as "a search for language to survive and reclaim difficult loves." Featured on LNL's The Rookie Report as a new writer in the spotlight, Davis explains the "recipe" of his writing style: "1½ oz Image, ¼ oz Questions, ¼ oz Time. (Add more parts Time and/or Questions and/or Image to taste.) Shake well inside a form. Add 2-3 gazillion dashes of revision. Strain with title, garnish with good ear, and serve. (Retreat rethink reread remeasure retry.)" The result in Revising the Storm, Davis...

We are so pleased to announce that Dinah Cox is winner of the fourth annual BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize for her collection Remarkable! The collection was selected from more than 200 manuscript submissions by BOA Publisher Peter Conners. Dinah Cox will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in spring 2016. Of the collection, Peter Conners says: “‘The Telephone Museum is always empty.’ This single sentence, the first in Dinah Cox’s masterful story ‘Adolescence in B Flat,’ told me that this was a writer who demands close attention. It also speaks volumes about Cox’s debut...