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Hey, Small Press! is devoted to encouraging public libraries to stock their shelves with books from independent publishers around the country. As noted on their website, their method is three-fold. "One: we select and review ten new or upcoming titles per month. Two: we send our list to public librarians and encourage them to order the titles. Three: we make available all our reviews to the public." We are thrilled to see that Hey, Small Press! has chosen Ryan Teitman's debut Litany for the City for inclusion in their April Book List. Click here to read the review and to...

[caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="150" caption=""][/caption] We are so excited to share that Naomi Shihab Nye was featured on PBS NewsHour's occasional series on poets and poetry yesterday,  speaking on teaching, storytelling, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and her latest collection Transfer, which BOA published last fall. You can watch the feature here. Nye travels all around the country giving readings and lessons to young poets, readers, and even audiences without any particular interest in the form. Check out the extended interview here to hear about a provocative session with a ladies' luncheon group that demonstrates Nye's ability to turn our attentions to...

"McOmber's stories are tinged with the bizarre," says Jessica Brockmole. In the HNR Issue BOA's publicaton, This New and Poisononous Air by Adam McOmber, is reviewed by Brockmole. She commends the multilayered charcters within the collection's ten stories. McOmber has been linked to the grim and dark writtings of Poe and Dinesen. Although the comparisions have been made, the review emphasizes that the stories themselves are not dark, "beneath each runs a subtext that darkness resides in us all." The review can be read here. Adam McOmber is the author of This New and Poisonous Air, his debut collection of short stories. The Assistant Director of Creative Nonfiction at Columbia College...

Distinguished and delightful BOA poet Naomi Shihab Nye will be profiled tonight on PBS NewsHour! Check the NewsHour schedule for the viewing time in your area: NewsHour Local TV Listings. Among other topics, the show will highlight Naomi's most recent book, Transfer. Set your Tivos to record! [caption id="attachment_1569" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="BOA poet Naomi Shihab Nye"][/caption]

Do you like YouTube videos? Poetry, too? Want to see a video of Craig Morgan Teicher playing with cats? So do we!  Head over to the BOA Editions channel on YouTube for some newly added readings by Naomi Shihab Nye, Sean Thomas Dougherty, and Kazim Ali. No tumbling or botched back-flips, but these recitations will have you flipping over to the BOA Bookstore to read more from these fine poets. Any suggestions? Throw them up on our Facebook page! We'd love to hear from you.