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[caption id="attachment_401" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="G.C. Waldreps Hat. BOA Poet Hat."][/caption] Congrats to Cecilia Woloch for having her book Carpathia named a Best Book of Poetry, 2009 by Herald de Paris: "Carpathia, Cecilia Woloch (American Poets Continuum, BOA Editions) Anyone who knows or reads Cecilia Woloch understands that travel is what makes this exotic creature tick. And indeed, through the sultry-voiced abundance of every lush line, Woloch’s subjects are laced with the backdrop of far-flung places. Like taking a year off to travel around the world with a lover (or two), Carpathia finds each day an intoxicating delight. Likewise, every poem,...

[caption id="attachment_395" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Beats at Naropa reviewed by BOA Editor Peter Conners"][/caption] BOA Editors Thom Ward and Peter Conners are both active in the literary community - teaching, giving talks, writing and publishing their own work, and reviewing books by non-BOA authors. The current issue of Rain Taxi on-line features a review of Beats at Naropa: An Anthology (Coffee House Press, 2009) by Peter Conners wherein Conners says things like: "As paterfamilias of the school, Ginsberg gets his say throughout this collection, as does its presiding spirit Anne Waldman, who co-edited the book with librarian and Naropa alumna Laura...

[caption id="attachment_391" align="alignleft" width="274" caption="Craig Morgan Teicher. BOA author."][/caption] Craig Morgan Teicher, author of a forthcoming collection of stories and fables, Cradle Book (BOA, April 2010), continues his Mediabistro blog on "The Making of an eBook." Specifically, his BOA ebook! "Welcome to the first part of an ongoing series on eBookNewser called "The Making of An eBook," in which the blog will follow the process a small publisher goes through to turn a manuscript into an eBook. As we mentioned before the New Year, the book we'll be following is mine--I've been permitted to drop the veil of the third...

[caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cecilia Woloch. BOA poet."][/caption] Diane Lockward of Blogalicious does a feature called "The Poet on the Poem" in which she features one poem and then interviews the author about it. Currently, she's featuring the poem "Blazon" from Cecilia Woloch's newest collection, Carpathia. It's always fascinating to hear a poet describe how much time, energy, and consideration goes into a poem, particularly when you have a poet (like Cecilia) who is experienced at discussing her work and teaching poetry. Here's Diane's introduction to the feature: "I'm delighted to have Cecilia Woloch for this second The Poet on...

[caption id="attachment_381" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Melissa Hall. BOA Development Director."][/caption] Thank you to all who have contributed to our annual campaign so far. To date we have received over $28,500 in donations. We’re on our way to our goal of $40,000 but not quite there yet. As book sales only fund 40% of our annual budget, the annual campaign is an extremely important source of funding for us. As a not-for profit independent literary publisher, we depend on you to help us continue our mission of fostering readers and bringing high quality literature to the public. And high quality literature it...