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[caption id="attachment_1016" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Remnants of Another Age. Poems by Nikola Madzirov."][/caption]   3:AM Magazine writer SJ Fowler recently conducted an interview with BOA Editions poet Nikola Madzirov. Madzirov's new book, Remnants of Another Age, came out March 15th, but, as Fowler points out in his introduction, Madzirov is already a significant, seasoned author in Macedonia. The interviewer poses questions that span the length and breadth of Madzirov's poetic career, but also asks him to consider what it means to be a Macedonian poet, and what the feeling for poetry is in his home country. Madzirov's response is charcteristically lyric...

This past Saturday, BOA participated in its own version of the "flash mob": the Pop-Up Poetry Reading. This took place at the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center at both 1 and 4 in the afternoon. The phrase "BOA Is Here" was the cue that the reading had begun! Below are photos from the event, which included readings from Cindy Rogers, Bernadette Catalana, and Peter Conners. Cindy Rogers Bernadette Catalana Peter Conners

[caption id="attachment_1036" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Matthew Shenoda. BOA Poet "][/caption] Adrian Matejka recently interviewed Matthew Shenoda, author of Seasons of Louts, Seasons of Bone for the Ploughshares blog, noting that it is "[t]hrough Matthew's work, we learn poetry is both about speaking up and about surviving and as long as we do these things, 'they just cannot touch us.'" In the thought-provoking interview, Matthew's discussion with Adrian Matejka centers on the political dimensions of Matthew's writing, asking for Matthew's thoughts on the recent turmoil in Libya and Egypt as well as how the worlds of art and politics intersect.  For Matthew,...

The Black Warrior Review recently interviewed author G. C. Waldrep who responded openly and insightfully to prompts about his life and work.  In the interview, Waldrep discussed the effort and energy that went into his forthcoming collaboration with John Gallaher (Your Father on the Train of Ghosts) and also the difficulty of tandemly revising these poems. Waldrep also addresses his spirituality and his time spent living in the Amish community in an in-depth and reflective way.  As he says, "since [he] had devoted so much of [his] life at that point spiritually and temporally to community--not having a community, it was like...

BOA is putting our own spin on “flash mobs” and we’re starting this Saturday (4/16) in Rochester! Just show up at Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Ave.) at 1PM and again at 4PM. When you hear someone in the gallery say “BOA Is Here” and begin reading a poem, you’ll know what’s going on!