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[caption id="attachment_756" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Barbara Jane Reyes. BOA poet. "][/caption] Barbara Jane Reyes has shared some of her thoughts on the 2010 AWP Conference at the Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet. Barbara's next book, Diwata, will be published by BOA in Sept 2010. We're thrilled to have Barbara in the BOA family and are so happy to hear that she's thrilled as well. She writes: "First, I want to say that I am so pleased to have met the BOA Editions editors, Thom Ward and Peter Conners, who have been so kind and respectful via our telephone and e-correspondences. In person,...

[caption id="attachment_740" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Keetje Kuipers was signing her new book Beautiful in the Mouth at the BOA table, AND giving away bottles of wine."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_741" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dan, Cecilia, and Keetje pose after a fantastic reading"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_742" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Keetje Kuipers reading at D'vine Winery"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_744" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Cecilia Woloch reading at D'Vine Winery"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_745" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Dan Albergotti reading at D'Vine Winery"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_746" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Peter Conners with Judy Kerman. Check out her new translation, Praises and Offenses!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_747" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Thom Ward with Wyn Cooper, who signed copies of his new...

The entire BOA staff has returned from the AWP Conference in Denver, Colorado. Once again, the conference managed to be both exhausting and stimulating all at the same time. We got to spend time with dozens of BOA authors and FOBs (Friends of BOA) and we'll be posting photos and comments about the conference here soon (if you're our friend on Facebook, you've already seen some of those. If you're not... why aren't you?!). While we were gone, our books and authors accomplished a bunch of great things! Here are some of the highlights: [caption id="attachment_697" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Craig Morgan...

BOA Editions will be at the AWP Conference in Denver this week. We'll be in exhibit hall A, tables i10 and i11. Come by to peruse our discounted selection of 400+ books! We'll also have 7 table signings throughout the conference. For any newbies, a table signing is when an author sits at our table and signs their newly released book. Here's our schedule: THURSDAY: Matthew Shenoda signs "Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone" from 11-12 Ray Gonzalez signs "Cool Auditor" from 1-2 Wyn Cooper signs "Chaos Is the New Calm" from 3-4 FRIDAY: Jessica Treat signs "Meat Eaters &...

[caption id="attachment_707" align="aligncenter" width="205" caption="Sean Thomas Dougherty. BOA Poet."][/caption] BOA poet Sean Thomas Dougherty will be interviewed tomorrow on Cleveland, Ohio's 90.3FM. He will be interviewed by popular NPR personality Dee Perry in honor of Sean's Thursday night (4/1) reading at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center. The radio show starts at 1PM. The interview can be heard online at: http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/an/30178 Sean's reading at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center will begin at 7:30 pm. The reading is on the Cleveland State University campus, Main Classroom 134, 1899 East 22 Street. He will be reading with poet Jeffrey McDaniel. For...