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Since 1976, the Pushcart Prize has recognized outstanding work from small presses, spanning across all literary genres, from fiction to poetry to the essay. The award is given yearly, and it is with great pleasure that we announce that Michael Waters and Deborah Brown have both been recognized with the Pushcart Prize this year. Michael Waters's poem "Beloved," from his collection Gospel Night, and Deborah Brown's poem "Walking the Dog's Shadow," from her collection of the same name, will appear in this year's Pushcart Prize anthology, edited by novelist Bill Henderson. The anthology will appear in stores in November. Once again,...

The Writer'sAlmanac features a daily dose of verse, birthday announcements (Today we celebrate William Shakespeare's 448th), and literary-driven news for your listening pleasure. Narrated by Garrison Keillor, the Writer's Almanac also has a trove of recitations of works by BOA authors including Kim Addonizio, Mark Irwin, Barton Sutter, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Pop over to the Writers' Almanac site to hear some really wonderful works. It won't melt the snow, but it'll feel like it does!

In case you haven't had your daily injection of verse, the Poetry Foundation recommends W.D. Snodgrass' poem "April Inventory" as the Poem of the Day for Monday, April 23! You can read the poem at the Poetry Foundation website, along with other Snodgrass poems. You can find "April Inventory" in Not For Specialists: New and Selected Poems, which includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Heart's Needle, in addition to selections from The Fuhrer Bunker, Snodgrass' collection of dramatic monologues spoken by the German High Command at the end of World War II.

Selected by editor Ellen Datlow, this year's honorable mention for the Best Horror of the Year anthology includes The New & Poisonous Air by Adam McOmber. Published by Night Shade Books, the Best of Horror of the Year celebrates a year of writing that keeps us up at night, whether turning the pages or turning in our beds. With great pleasure, we congratulate Adam McOmber on his recognition as a storyteller who drives us to sleep with the light on, that there might be reason not to look under the bed. To see the complete honorable mentions list, click here....

BOA author Christopher Kennedy will read in Rochester this Saturday as part of City Newspaper's Culture Crawl. The reading is billed as" The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class" and will dovetail with host venue Rochester Contemporary Art Center's current exhibit "Work It: Artists Address Labor and Unemployment." The reading starts promptly at 1PM at Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604. The event is free and open to the public. Christopher Kennedy grew up in a working-class suburb of Syracuse, New York. He received a B.A. in English from LeMoyne College and a M.A. in...