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Yard Show by Janice N. Harrington is a powerful collection of poems depicting the life and reality of being a Black American. It presents the reality of Black History with a personal touch. It’s powerful in the way that it cuts straight to the point and makes you think about all the things you’ve seen reported in the news, or stories that families have shared about their own experiences. I was genuinely surprised by how forward and honest this book was depicting the brutal reality of our world. There were quite a few poems in this book that I had...

You know the feeling of losing someone? The feeling of being discombobulated as you try to navigate through the harshness of life when you no longer have someone or something that was so deeply rooted to your very being. d-sorientation by Charleen McClure is an ardent accumulation of poems that tackles the strong relations one could have with oneself, a mother, a lover, and a place. It’s sensual in some ways and heart wrenching in the rest. It shows the toll that caretaking can have on one’s psyche while also drawing in the bittersweet nostalgia. The lines in these poems...

BOA Editions, Ltd. is pleased to announce that James R. Gapinski of Portland, Oregon is the winner of the 14th annual BOA Short Fiction Prize for their collection, The Museum of Future Mistakes. BOA Publisher Peter Conners selected the winning manuscript.

Renia White, an accomplished poet and creative non-fiction writer based in Brooklyn, NY, recently experienced a month-long residency at the Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, from May 28 to June 24, 2024. Renia, who has a BA from Howard University and an MFA from Cornell University, is the author of the poetry collection Casual Conversation (BOA Editions Ltd., 2022), which was selected for the Blessing the Boats award. Her work has been featured in notable publications such as NO NIIN, The Recluse, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series. Anticipation and Arrival Renia’s excitement for the residency was palpable...