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The wait is finally over! The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 are here! With the arrival of the first 200 copies to the BOA office just yesterday, our excitement for this landmark collection has reached its peak. The book is bigger - in every sense of the word - than any other book we've published, weighing in at a whopping 2.75 pounds of some of the best poetry in years. It is a stunning piece of art that we are thrilled to share with all of our readers! Starting today, advance copies of The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton...

Congratulations to BOA Poet Sean Thomas Dougherty for being featured this month by The Bakery! Dougherty, who gave an amazing poetry reading at this year's BOA "Poetry is Jazz" event, is known for his "electrifying performances" given worldwide, and is the author of Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (BOA, 2010), Broken Hallelujahs (BOA, 2007), and the forthcoming All I Ask for Is Longing: New and Selected Poems (BOA, 2014). More information on Dougherty is available on The Bakery website, in addition to samples of his poetry and this brief statement by the artist: "These poems show the range...

[caption id="attachment_1894" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Now available at the BOA Bookstore!"][/caption] Dave Wood, former vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle and a columnist for River Falls Journal, is calling Barton Sutter's The Reindeer Camps "a breath of fresh air in the poetry world." Citing Sutter's playful mastery of more traditional style, Wood chose Sutter's latest work as a representation of excellent poetry on a national scale. The first Poet Laureate of Duluth, Sutter has crafted what is in Wood's eyes, "a cornucopia of razzle-dazzle old fashioned word-smithery." Read the full review on the River Falls Journal website, and be sure...

Mark your calendars folks -- BOA's 15th annual Dine & Rhyme is less than two months away! For those of you unfamiliar with this fantastic event, Dine & Rhyme is BOA's annual fundraiser, consisting of a poetry reading and book signing by nationally recognized BOA poets followed by a reception, dinner, and silent auction. All proceeds from the event go toward the publication of BOA books. As an independent publisher, we rely on grant funding from public and private sources as well as individual contributions to make the publication of our wonderful books possible and to get them into the...

Tony Leuzzi, author of forthcoming Passwords Primeval: 20 American Poets in Their Own Words (to be released by BOA this November), is featured today on The Bakery Poetry blog. While Passwords Primeval is a collection of Leuzzi's astounding interviews with prominent American poets (rather than a book of his own poetry), we're thrilled that Leuzzi is being recognized, not only for his impressive knowledge of poetry, but for his style and creativity as a poet in his own right. Here is the featured poem: Cadae (2) Stones have ears to eat the exact time Arp thought      and jotted the stones have...