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Hello readers! BOA is launching a new feature on our website! Every week, our staff will share one of our favorite poems from our over 300 collections of poetry. This week's poem holds a very special place in BOA's history. It was written by our founder, A. Poulin, Jr., and selected by Michael Waters for inclusion in A. Poulin, Jr. Selected Poems (2001).  Cave Dwellers I've carved a cave in the mountainside. I've drilled for water, stocked provisions to last a lifetime. The walls are smooth. We can live here, love, safe from elements. We'll invest another love that can't destroy. We'll make exquisite...

Hello readers! BOA Editions presents a new occasional series for our blog. Join our team of interns as they explore over 40 years of our publication history and share their passion for some of their favorite titles from BOA Editions. In today's post, Rachel B. delves into the quiet, profound ideas of poet Keetje Kuipers. Evocative, Rich, and Inevitable: Keetje Kuipers’s The Keys to The Jail Well, hello! I’m glad you stopped by for some poetry! My name is Rachel, and I’m one of the interns at BOA this summer. I’m heading into my last year at SUNY Geneseo this fall as...

Hello readers! BOA Editions is launching a new occasional series for our blog. Join our team of interns as they explore over 40 years of our publication history and share their passion for some of their favorite titles from BOA Editions. In today's post, Jackie S. explains why you have to read Christian Barter's newest collection. Beautiful, Accessible, and Important: Christian Barter’s Bye-Bye Land Hello, and welcome! I’m Jackie, one of BOA’s summer interns. I’ve just graduated from SUNY Geneseo with an English Literature degree, and I’m currently carving my way into the publishing world. BOA is an interesting choice for...

We are pleased to announce that Molly Reid is the winner of the seventh annual BOA Short Fiction Prize for her collection The Rapture Index: A Suburban Bestiary! Reid will receive a $1,000 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. within the American Reader Series in spring 2019.Of the collection, BOA Publisher Peter Conners says: “The ingredients for Molly Reid’s The Rapture Index: A Suburban Bestiary: whimsy, spiked with darkness, splashed with mystery, and served in a brilliant chalice of literary cut crystal. The glass breaks, the liquid spills out, and we stand in awe of the shimmering (and dangerous) shards...

On Friday, June 16, BOA will collaborate with Deborah Ronnen Fine Art and DJ Father Time for "Minimalism in Poetry and Music," a special event that is part of a larger pop-up art exhibit entitled Minimal Mostly.Starting at 7:00pm, the event will feature minimalist artwork by renowned artists all over the world, accompanied by music and stripped-down poems for community members to read. For the complete event details and a full list of event readers, click here.We thought we'd feature some minimalist poems and art pieces in the days leading up to the event. Below are some pieces that will be featured that evening....