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Aurelie Sheehan's Jewelry Box (BOA, Fall 2013) was recently featured by Tucson Weekly. The new collection alludes to Sheehan's own personal life experiences in brief, thoughtful stories. "Not quite prose poems, not quite flash fiction, not quite memoir--nonetheless all of the above--the little pieces in Aurelie Sheehan's new collection that she calls 'histories' do, in fact, hint at her life history," says the review. "Her entries--some as short as a single paragraph; none longer than a few pages--explore feminine sexuality, motherhood, daughterhood, and the writer's life related to feminine sexuality, motherhood, daughterhood." "These 'histories' can shimmer exquisitely jewel-like." Sheehan was...

Geffrey Davis is winner of the 2013 Anne Halley Poetry Prize from The Massachusetts Review for his poem “What I Mean When I Say Farmhouse.” The poem comes from his forthcoming collection Revising the Storm (BOA, April 2014). This debut collection by a Cave Canem fellow burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored—tender, comic, wry, tragic—interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their “embarrassed desires” for familial connection, sexual love, compassion, and repair. Revising the Storm speaks to the sons and daughters affected by the drug/crack epidemic of the ’80s...

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...

We are pleased to announce that Geffrey Davis has been nominated for a 2013 Pushcart Prize by Sycamore Review for his poem "What I Mean When I Say Elijah-Man." The poem comes from Davis' forthcoming collection Revising the Storm (April 2014), winner of the 12th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. This debut collection burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored—tender, comic, wry, tragic—interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their "embarrassed desires" for familial connection, sexual love, compassion, and repair. Revising the Storm speaks to the sons and daughters...

The Book of Goodbyes is once again named a "Best Book of 2013," this time by NPR Books, which placed the collection in categories "Poetry & Short Stories," "Let's Talk About Sex," and "Seriously Great Writing." This year's NPR "Best Book" list (online) is a "choose your own adventure," where readers can explore more than 200 standout titles selected by NPR staff and critics, and read about why they love them. According to Craig Morgan Teicher's recommendation for The Book of Goodbyes, "Jillian Weise ... is a force of nature. This collection follows up her debut, The Amputee's Guide to...