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On Friday, September 14, the poetry community lost one of its most dedicated senior members: Louis Simpson. BOA was fortunate enough to publish Mr. Simpson's poetry over the years including, most recently, National Book Award finalist The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems 1940-2001, and his final collection, Struggling Times (BOA, 2009). The BOA Editions family mourns the passing of Louis Simpson and sends condolences to all of his family and loved ones. Here is a link to Mr. Simpson's New York Times obituary: [Louis Simpson, Poet of Everyday Life, Dies at 89]. As BOA published Louis Simpson during...

BOA is proud to announce Barbara Jane Reyes as winner of the 2012 Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry Published in 2010 for her BOA collection Diwata. According to Our Own Voice, "the monograph DIWATA will be part of the GFLA special collection (South East Asian Collection) in the Library of Congress and housed permanently in the Asian Reading Room." News of her award has appeared in The Philippine News and Asian Fortune, both newspapers with a nationwide U.S. circulation, as well as in other major Philippine news media and social networks. Born in Manila and raised in the San...

"A Rochester publisher - BOA Editions, Ltd. - can pride itself on being at the center of the poetry universe in 2012," says Jack Garner of Rochester, New York's own Democrat and Chronicle. "They've assembled the poetry of the greatest and most beloved poet among those they publish to create a book that is swiftly becoming an event - The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010." On the topic of worldwide adoration for Ms. Clifton and her poetry, Garner suggests that this love is "engendered by Clifton's large heart and richly inspired observations of family and all sorts of relationships...

The BOA team is thrilled to make an exciting journey to Chicago this Thursday, September 20. In celebration of the life and legacy of Lucille Clifton as well as the just-released The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010, The Poetry Foundation is presenting "Poetry off the Shelf: Lucille Clifton Tribute & Book Launch." The program, which is expected to last an hour, will feature poets Michael S. Glaser, Li-Young Lee, Elise Paschen, Kevin Young, and other special guests as they read their favorite Clifton poems; it will be followed by a reception. The details: Thursday, September 20, at 7:00 p.m. The...

Just last night, Santa Fe's KSFR 101.1 FM Public Radio show "Audio Saucepan" aired a reading of Lucille Clifton's poem "water sign woman." The poem is found in the new The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010. "Audio Saucepan" combines jazz, back country, and world sounds with interpretive readings of poetry and recorded words. The show airs each Sunday from 5 to 6 PM (Mountain Time) on KSFR 101.1FM Santa Fe Public Radio, and streams live on the internet via www.ksfr.org. water sign woman the woman who feels everything sits in her new house waiting for someone to come who knows how...