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BOA is deeply saddened and angered by violence against the Asian community in New York and across the country. We are committed to speaking up against racism in all forms. We stand with our Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander authors, employees, members, and community. #StopAsianHate BOA remains committed to bringing vital voices to a world of readers. We have curated a small selection of BOA titles by Asian and Asian American poets whose work reveals the richness of their experiences. Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes Documents by Jan-Henry Gray Sky Country by Christine Kitano When I Grow Up...

Rochester, NY— BOA Editions will publish Casual Conversation by Renia White as the next Blessing the Boats Selections title. Ms. White will receive a $5,000 honorarium, and her manuscript will be published in April 2022 as part of the New Poets of America Series. Casual Conversation marks the debut selection by inaugural Blessing the Boats Selections Editor-at-Large Aracelis Girmay.  Girmay said of the collection: “I have read Casual Conversation several times now, and still the encounter is new, charged. Renia White writes: ‘some people get to want and need / and be met in it. // some just the mouth, / just the teeth // some eat...

This evening we remember and honor Mirko, a talented Rochester artist and friend of BOA and its founder, A. Poulin, Jr. Mirko created and graciously donated BOA's logo of Orpheus with his lyre. He passed away on February 8th, 2021. Boo Poulin, BOA's Honorary Vice Chair recalls, "Mirko Pylyshenko taught printmaking in the art department at SUNY Brockport where he was joined by the very talented Robert Marx, Wendell Castle, Albert Paley, and Jack Wolsky to name a few. Mirko also held the position of chairman of the art department for 10 years and he served proudly and actively in...

Rochester, NY—BOA Editions, Ltd. has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the publication and promotion of new books of poetry in 2021. BOA’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from BOA Editions,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “BOA Editions is among the arts organizations across the country that have demonstrated creativity, excellence, and resilience during...