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Story366 on THE TAO OF HUMILIATION
A few stories from Lee Upton's BOA Short Fiction Prize-winning collection The Tao of Humiliation were recently reviewed by Micheal Czyzniejewski of Story366. Czyzniejewski opens his review with a humorous anecdote of an experience he had with his son at the playground. He then segues to the review: "While I was there, not saving other people's kids from themselves, I read a few stories from Lee Upton's collection The Tao of Humiliation."Focusing mainly on the title story from the collection, the review describes the main character, Everett, who attends an all-male strength-building seminar as a result of finding his now former...
Ryan Habermeyer wins 6th annual BOA Short Fiction Prize
We are pleased to announce that Ryan Habermeyer is the winner of the sixth annual BOA Short Fiction Prize for his collection, The Science of Lost Futures! The collection was selected by Publisher Peter Conners from 147 submissions. Habermeyer will receive a $1,000 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. within the American Reader Series in spring 2018.Of the collection, Peter Conners says: “Ryan Habermeyer is not only a gifted literary writer, but also a yarn spinner of the first order. How else to explain an author who can tell a compelling tale about a foot that mysteriously washes...
Story366 on THE EDUCATION OF A POKER PLAYER
Story366's Michael Czyzniejewski details a fond connection between himself and James McManus, author of The Education of a Poker Player, in a wonderful new review."I was able to read a hefty story by James McManus from his collection The Education of a Poker Player, out from BOA Editions," he says. "I knew McManus by reputation, as he’s a bestselling author and a celebrity poker player . . . I found out that McManus was Catholic kid from the Chicago suburbs, just like me, and The Education of a Poker Player isn’t about learning poker (at least not early on), but about McManus...
Lambda Literary and LNL on REMARKABLE
A cozy Late Night Library interview with Dinah Cox offers fascinating new insights into the author's writing process, specifically regarding her BOA Short Fiction Prize-winning collection Remarkable.Noting the diversity among the collection's stories, interviewer Corinne Gould asks: "All the stories are set in Oklahoma and the surrounding areas. Were there any themes that you set out to focus on?"Cox replies: "I find myself returning to lonely characters, occasionally settings that mirror that loneliness, and characters in possession of a healthy sense of the absurd. I wrote these stories over a number of years—some of them a long time ago, some...
Story366 gives REMARKABLE glowing review
Continuing in the spotlight, Dinah Cox's book Remarkable recently received a glowing review from Michael Czyzniejewski at Story366. The fiction collection is the most recently published BOA Short Fiction Prize winner. According to the review, "BOA, of course, was known for poetry for a lot of years, but since BOA is cool and fiction is cool . . . it was only a matter of time before they came around and started publishing fiction and sponsoring a rad contest."Discussing the book's title story, Czyzniejewski notes how Cox juggles numerous plot points early on: "I love that, how many variables are...