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Everyone who's been involved with a not-for-profit knows that board members are a key part of keeping the organization vital, healthy, and moving forward. Here at BOA, we're fortunate to have an outstanding board that supports our mission in numerous ways. At this morning's board meeting we asked the group to pose for a photo that we could use on our new website (more about that soon!). But why wait? Here's BOA's board gathered together in front of the fireplace at Midtown Athletic Club where the meeting was held. [caption id="attachment_885" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="BOA Board (partial)"][/caption] From left to right:...

Our spring 2010 titles have officially been released and all of us at BOA are very excited! This season, we have collections from Peter Makuck, Keetje Kuipers, Wyn Cooper and Craig Morgan Teicher -- three books of poetry and one of short stories, respectively -- and wanted to share something of each with you. [caption id="attachment_846" align="aligncenter" width="167" caption="Peter Makuck's "Long Lens""][/caption] Long Lens: New and Selected Poems is the newest in a long list (no pun intended) of books by Peter Makuck. It represents forty years of Makuck's poetry, and also includes twenty-five new poems. In this collection, he...

On April 16th at 6:30 p.m. Keetje Kuipers was interviewed on The Moe Green Poetry Discussion with Rafael F.J. Alvarado & Brett-Candace. Keetje Kuipers Listen to hear Keetje speak about her new book, Beautiful in the Mouth, which won the A. Poulin, Jr. prize here at BOA. Keetje talks about the her writing experience and what it was like to publish her first book. Don't miss Keetje read a few poems from the book as well! Also, live on Friday, April 22nd, a rememberance of Lucille Clifton will take place on the Marc Steiner Show, broadcasting on WEAA in Baltimore,...

Here's the next installment by our guest blogger Keetje Kuipers! Keetje's Poulin Prize-winning book, Beautiful in the Mouth, was just published by BOA and Keetje has agreed to share her experiences as a first-time author. Enjoy! [caption id="attachment_761" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Beautiful in the Mouth by Keetje Kuipers"][/caption] My dad has a joke which, like all his signature witticisms, he likes to repeat whenever he has an opportunity to squeeze it into conversation. Someone I’d never even met once repeated this joke to me in a letter—that is, after he’d been seated next to my dad on a plane for three...

You know what they say... "a picture is worth a thousand blah blah blah whatever..." Now for more BOA pics from AWP! Craig Morgan Teicher, David Mura and Matthew Shenoda gather for a picture at the BOA booth. The BOA staff had a great time dining with both poets and friends. Judith Kerman and Melissa Hall hanging out at the BOA booth Peter and Mel were very excited to see Fred Courtright at the conference! Thom goofing around with Wyn Cooper at the BOA booth.