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Recently, Charles Coté spoke with Boa Editions poet Kazim Ali about his book, The Fortieth Day, his earlier publications, his methods as a poet, and his philosophies as a writer. The interview is detailed and intensely thoughtful, focusing in on specific lines, images, techniques, and motifs that Kazim Ali uses in his poetry. Fans of Ali's work will certainly learn a great deal about his poetry and process from this thought-provoking interview. The following is a short excerpt from the interview: Coté: Another line in your collection, in the poem "The Far Mosque", the last line - "a person is only...

For the week of January 24, 2011, Publishers Weekly included two forthcoming poetry volumes by veteran Boa Editions authors! Christopher Kennedy's Ennui Prophet and the collaborative poems of John Gallaher and G.C.Waldrep, collected in Your Father on the Train of Ghosts, were both among this week's poetry selections. Your Father on the Train of Ghosts was also included in Publishers Weekly Top 10: Poetry! Both books are very interesting explorations of the poetic form that Boa Editions is excited to include in its new titles for Spring 2011, and we are thrilled to see them getting early press. Christopher Kennedy's perspective...

The Readers Review recently posted an interview with BOA Author Anne Germanacos in which Germanacos discusses her new book In the Time of the Girls.  Interviewer Mary Ellen Hannibal, who calls the book "a work you must give yourself to in order to sit with at all," asks Germanacos about her non-linear style and her themes that cross boundaries. When questioned about the references the work makes to "drastic painful experiences that are particularly female," Germanacos responds, "None of my characters have dodged pain.  To have done so would mean that they'd dodged life, and what kind of story would that be?!"    Read the full interview here The Readers Review...

Should you be heading to Washington, DC this week for AWP, please make sure to join us for a tribute to Lucille Clifton, celebrated writer and educator. KC Culver, Michael S. Glaser, Theresa Sotto, Jayme McLellan, Lauri Watkins will make up a panel to honor Lucille Clifton, not only as an author of international importance, but also as mentor and colleague. Lucille enjoyed a long career sharing her light with faculty, undergraduates, and graduates. Participants will discuss her compelling presence, her teaching and writing methods, and her influence on us as students, teachers, and human beings. We will also explore...

BOA Editions will be camped out at tables B31 and B32 in Hall B North during this week's Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. We have a special lineup planned for the conference, including signings by 2010 BOA authors and a tribute to Lucille Clifton on Saturday.   Hope to see you all there! (All events listed will occur at tables B31 and B32, except for the Clifton tribute) Thursday, February 3: 2 PM: Sean Thomas Dougherty signs Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line Friday, February 4: 11AM: Anne...