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Here's another BOA blast from the not-so-past! In case you're just jumping on board now, starting this fall BOA will be featuring previously published titles on the blog. At the beginning of every month we'll feature a new title that BOA has published in the past, and offer you the opportunity to take a look at where BOA's been in addition to where we are now and where we're going. The BOA Classic for this month is Dorianne Laux's collection of poetry, Smoke, originally published in 2000. It is a gripping collection of life, love, and loss. Each poem in...

There will be an open submission period for the Lannan Translations Series from October 1-October 31, 2011. We ask that you read and follow the guidelines provided on our website before submitting: [Lannan Translations Series] The Lannan Foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico annually funds two new collections of contemporary international poetry published by BOA Editions.  The funds support production costs and author and translator royalties. We think of Lannan as the quiet heroes of the contemporary literary scene for their support of poetry and the art of translation. They also house some of the best audio and video literary archives available on-line. Find out more...

(BOA Author Adam McOmber) In his review of Adam McOmber’s “This New and Poisonous Air,” Gabriel Blackwell of HTMLgiant.com, focuses on what it means to impart our selves on to empty vessels of our own creation. Blackwell argues that works of art do not wholly exist without our understanding of the artist. “When we make reference to the ‘Mona Lisa,’” Blackwell explains, “It is only rarely as a stand-in for its namesake, Lisa del Giocondo. It is the artist we want to speak of, the portraitist rather than his subject, for he is what we see in the portrait, not...

Even more photos from this great night!

Many thanks to all those who came out to make this year’s Dine & Rhyme a huge success! The readings this year, to quote one audience member, were “awesome” (before awesome he used another word we can’t reprint here). Keetje Kuipers began the readings with selections from Beautiful in the Mouth, Aracelis Girmay read from Kingdom Animalia, and Michael Waters read from various collections, offering along the way some fascinating anecdotes, such as an account of his accidental entry into shark-infested waters. Below are a few pictures from the dinner and auction. More to come soon on our Facebook page.