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  In celebration of its 40th anniversary, BOA Editions is hosting a yearlong global social media campaign about the power of reading, using the hashtag #BOATurns40.BOA believes that a single book can transform the way we all read, think, live, and see the world. Asking readers to share their “ideal reading experience” on its anniversary landing page, BOA will select one winner each month from the current pool of participants to win a special edition anniversary gift, and will feature the winning stories on its social media pages. Throughout the year, the campaign will also highlight fresh video content of...

BOA translation Smugglers, by Aleš Debeljak, has been in the recent spotlight with reviews from such places as The Rumpus and World Literature Today.Damon Marbut's The Rumpus piece is less a review than a reading response, as he chronicles his reactions while moving through Deblejak's book. Marbut says, “Written in Slovenian and translated by poet/translator Bryan Henry, Smugglers is published by BOA Editions, a house which continuously presents a terrific range of poets to the national and world audience.“Ordinarily I do not read introductions or back matter before diving into a poetry book. Generally a skim-through of several poems is...

        NPR included two BOA books— Karen Volkman’s Whereso and Aracelis Girmay’s The Black Maria—in its highly-anticipated 2016 Poetry Preview!The list, entitled "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See," features eight new books in total, focusing on the light that can be found in poetry during dark and trying times. The preview notes how each poet and new book will bring this light to readers in 2016.On Whereso: "Karen Volkman's poems are inscrutable at first. They demand effort, but when examined these poems reveal depths teeming with microscopic life. After her previous two books, Spar,...

Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s The Secret of Hoa Sen was chosen for Poetry magazine's "Reading List: January 2016."According to poet Lauren McClung, "Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s first collection in English, The Secret of Hoa Sen, translated by the poet and Vietnam War veteran Bruce Weigl, tells a woman’s story of her homeland—a place of immense beauty and generational trauma."McClung selected the book for the reading list because of the author's ability to discuss a vast array of emotions in a short amount of space, saying, “...this poet’s song is always both praise and elegy, gratitude and longing, and the landscape—whether earth...

Redesigned website provides new features, increased connection among literary community We are proud to announce the release of our newly redesigned website! Crafted to reflect visitors’ needs and provide an attractive, user-friendly experience, the new website features streamlined menus and improved functionality, simple site and bookstore navigation, and access to more and better information on BOA books, authors, and publishing news.Launched at the start of 2016—BOA’s 40th anniversary year—the overhauled website focuses on the organization’s unique brand and organizational mission, and hosts an array of new features including an interactive author events map, a fully-integrated online bookstore, a mobile-responsive version,...