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The City of Rochester is honoring BOA Editions, Ltd.—one of the nation’s leading independent publishers of poetry and literary fiction—by proclaiming April 20, 2018 as “BOA Editions Day.” The mayoral proclamation will be issued during a poetry celebration at the City Hall Atrium featuring a reading by award-winning poet Chen Chen. The celebration, which takes place during National Poetry Month, will be held on April 20th at 6:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public. BOA Publisher Peter Conners says: “Having Mayor Warren proclaim BOA Editions Day is such wonderful recognition of our contributions to Rochester’s cultural...

The acclaim keeps rolling in for Chen Chen's debut collection! The Publishing Triangle announced earlier this month that When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities was selected as a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. The Thom Gunn Award honors Thom Gunn (1929-2004), who was the author of The Man with Night Sweats (1992) and many other acclaimed volumes. Gunn, who was born in Kent, England, lived in San Francisco from 1960 until his death. The award was previously known as the Triangle Award for Gay Poetry and was renamed to honor Mr. Gunn...

We are thrilled to announce that Chen Chen's When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. “Celebrating our 30th year of Lambda Literary Award finalists is to recognize that this organization has been at the center of contemporary queer literature for decades,” said Lambda Literary Executive Director Tony Valenzuela. “This year is no different with another stellar list of authors demonstrating through their work that LGBTQ books tell richly textured stories about who we are in all our incredible diversity.” Chen Chen's When...