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Keetje Kuipers' new book, Beautiful in the Mouth, is officially published by BOA this month! Her manuscript was selected by final judge Thomas Lux as winner of the 2009 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Lux said of the book, “I was immediately struck by the boldness of imagination, the strange cadences, and wild music of these poems. We should be glad that young poets like Keetje Kuipers are making their voices heard not by tearing up the old language but by making the old language new.” In honor of the publication, we've asked Keetje to be BOA guest blogger for...

[caption id="attachment_354" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Lucille Clifton. BOA poet. Frost Medal recipient."][/caption] As many people know, Lucille Clifton was born and raised near Buffalo, NY, so it is fitting that The Buffalo News would pay tribute to her with this beautiful article by R.D. Pohl. Lucille Clifton will posthumously receive the Poetry Society of America's Frost Medal tonight at the National Arts Club in New York City. "It will be a bittersweet celebration Thursday night at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park South in New York City when the Poetry Society of America awards its highest honor -- The Robert...

[caption id="attachment_707" align="aligncenter" width="205" caption="Sean Thomas Dougherty. BOA Poet."][/caption] BOA poet Sean Thomas Dougherty will be interviewed tomorrow on Cleveland, Ohio's 90.3FM. He will be interviewed by popular NPR personality Dee Perry in honor of Sean's Thursday night (4/1) reading at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center. The radio show starts at 1PM. The interview can be heard online at: http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/an/30178 Sean's reading at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center will begin at 7:30 pm. The reading is on the Cleveland State University campus, Main Classroom 134, 1899 East 22 Street. He will be reading with poet Jeffrey McDaniel. For...

Tomorrow (4/1) The Poetry Society of America will host its 100th Annual Awards Ceremony. This is a special - and bittersweet - event for BOA. Lucille Clifton will be honored posthumously with the PSA's highest award, The Frost Medal. The Frost Medal is awarded by the PSA's Board of Governors for "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry." We are consoled by the fact that Lucille was told about this honor before she passed away. The ceremony will held at the Grand Gallery of the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South in New York City. It will start at 7PM...

[caption id="attachment_697" align="alignleft" width="274" caption="Craig Morgan Teicher. Journalist and BOA author. "][/caption] BOA authors aren't just poets and fiction writers. They are also teachers, mentors, journalists, reviewers... and a whole bunch of other things unrelated to literature. Whether it's literary or not, we love authors who are engaged in the larger world. Getting involved with your community - whether it's on a local, national, or international scale - is the best way to effect change. The surprise result is that such engagement also deepens ones writing. Craig Morgan Teicher's new book, a collection of adult fables titled Cradle Book, will...