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Fleda Brown weaves themes of science, family, and memory into a meaningful collection in her new book No Need of Sympathy.  In a recent issue of The Broadkill Review, Linda Blaskey writes, "This slender volume feels like a coffee table art book. It has that kind of weight. It's images rise from each page gradually..." Blaskey pays particular attention to "The Grandmother Sonnets," a section in the book, and Brown's use of "the grandmother" instead of "I" when referring to herself. "She is telling us, of course, that, although she is part of the children's lives, she is not at...

Aurelie Sheehan's new collection Jewelry Box received an honorable mention from The Story Prize Blog, and was called an "outstanding 2013 short story collection." TSP received 96 short story collections in 2013, and according to the prize blog, Jewelry Box was one that "particularly stood out." The 58 short works in Sheehan's collection (some only a paragraph, others a few pages) straddle memoir and fiction, exploring the nuances of sexuality, motherhood, love, and ambition. Like Lydia Davis, Sheehan’s stories are potent miniatures that blossom out from seemingly insignificant encounters and objects. Jewelry Box is a collection of intimate renderings of...

This Valentine's Day, the Academy of American Poets asked Jillian Weise to make a valentine for the poet of her choice. According to her handmade note, which is featured on the Academy's website, cupid struck Thomas Wyatt, and the two plan to meet at BOA's bookfair tables P30 and P31 during AWP 2014. We look forward to seeing that. Weise, the 2013 James Laughlin Award winner for The Book of Goodbyes, will be one of BOA's authors signing copies at the AWP bookfair. Stop by our tables on Friday, February 28, from 2-3pm to meet the poet and get your copies...

AWP is less than two weeks away! BOA is thrilled to be participating in this year's AWP Conference and Bookfair, in Seattle, from February 26 to March 1. This year, BOA will be at bookfair tables P30 and P31. Stop by, say hello to BOA staff and authors, and browse our vast selection of exceptional and essential books, including our newest Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 titles! Books Signings Galore  BOA authors will be stopping by and setting up at the BOA tables (P30, P31) to sign copies of their books, including new Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 titles. Take this...

According to DIAGRAM, Aurelie Sheehan's new collection Jewelry Box is "supercharged, as brilliant as rare metals mined from base earth." "It's worth unpacking how apt the title Jewelry Box is for this collection of histories (fragments, memories, stories, moments). The experience of reading these is akin to that of opening a jewelry box, exploring what's inside it..." The 58 short works in this collection (some only a paragraph, others a few pages) straddle memoir and fiction, exploring the nuances of sexuality, motherhood, love, and ambition. Like Lydia Davis, Sheehan's stories are potent miniatures that blossom out from seemingly insignificant encounters...