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Blogger Jessica Varin over at Rattle, much like BOA Poet Barbara Jane Reyes, traces her heritage from several cultures. On what kind of person she would be or how it would feel if she were able to fully share all of those cultures, Varin writes "I don't know the answers to these questions. I could spend a lifetime speculating: instead, I have chosen to create a new culture for people like me. There is no instruction manual, so I look to the creative work of those who stand at the intersect of two cultures." Barbara Jane Reyes' Diwata is her...

It's been a long while since we've done any blog entries on some of BOA's classics, so today we're going to bring you back to Anthony Tognazzini's collection of short stories, I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These, BOA's first collection of short fiction, published in 2007, and still an undeniably keen new voice in the form. Smart and innovative, Hammer is a refreshingly quirky read and is at one time abstract and yet completely relevant. Tognazzini deals with life, relationships, the mundane and the cosmic, often all at once. His stories remind one of...

Rochester, N.Y.––Douglas Watson is winner of the inaugural BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize for his collection The Era of Not Quite. After receiving 126 manuscripts, the collection was selected from among four finalists by BOA Publisher Peter Conners. Douglas Watson will receive a $500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in Spring 2013. Of the collection, Peter Conners says, “The first sentence of the first story in Douglas Watson’s The Era of Not Quite bit into me and wouldn’t let go: ‘The trouble: You want Thing A but are stuck with Thing B.’ From that point on, the...

Renowned BOA poet Michael Waters has graciously agreed to be a part of our upcoming Writing Exercises workshop, being held September 17th at the Midtown Athletic Center on East Highland Drive. For anyone not familiar with our workshops, they're a great opportunity to work with a nationally-recognized writer and hone their own craft while at the same time learning from one of the best.  The workshop is open to everyone- beginners, amateurs, published poets, professors, and even those just looking to gain a deeper understanding of what they're reading. What promises to be a fun, lively, group affair, this is...

[caption id="attachment_1015" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Your Father on the Train of Ghosts. Poems by G.C. Waldrep and John Gallaher."][/caption] Your Father on the Train of Ghosts is the culmination of a year-long exchange of poems between the poets John Gallaher and G.C. Waldrep.  Over the past few weeks, the poets discussed the process of this collaborative endeavor. The conversations have tread a wide range of territory, and now, in the final of those exchanges between Your Father on the Train of Ghosts authors  the pair revisit their haunting experience at The International Circus Hall of Fame, providing personal stories that helped...