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Tomorrow (4/1) The Poetry Society of America will host its 100th Annual Awards Ceremony. This is a special - and bittersweet - event for BOA. Lucille Clifton will be honored posthumously with the PSA's highest award, The Frost Medal. The Frost Medal is awarded by the PSA's Board of Governors for "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry." We are consoled by the fact that Lucille was told about this honor before she passed away. The ceremony will held at the Grand Gallery of the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South in New York City. It will start at 7PM...

Poetry and Wine! Join us as we celebrate the publication of the A. Poulin, Jr. Prize-winning debut poetry collection Beautiful in the Mouth by Keetje Kuipers The night will include two additional BOA poets— Cecilia Woloch and Dan Albergotti —who will read from their own fantastic books of poetry. Bonus Prize: The first 15 guests to buy a book will also take home a free bottle of wine! When: Friday, April 9th at 8pm Location: D'Vine Winery 1660 Champa Street (just one block from the main conference hotel!) [Free admission and open bar] [caption id="attachment_679" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Keetje Kuipers. BOA...

[caption id="attachment_653" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="6x6x2010"][/caption] In 2008, BOA and Rochester Contemporary Arts Center got together to put on Postcards in Jazz. The event featured BOA poet Wyn Cooper reading from Postcards from the Interior (BOA, 2005) along with a jazz combo featuring musicians Chris Azzara, Dave Blask, Jeff Campbell and Mark Kellogg. It took place during the Rochester International Jazz Festival which brings together some of the world's best jazz music for a weeklong celebration. The event was so much fun - we're going to do it again! This year's event (tentatively titled Jazz is Poetry) will feature BOA poet...

[caption id="attachment_639" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Intern Liz Mullins and Peter Conners"][/caption] Last Friday, I attended Traditions and Translations: A Celebration of Japanese Culture at the Memorial Art Gallery as part of BOA Editions. That's me (Intern Liz Mullins) sitting next to Peter Conners, editor. We sat in the foyer of the gallery amidst others selling pertinent wares-- traditional Japanese paintings, kimonos and sake, of course-- as event participants browsed. It was my first outing as a BOA intern and it didn't disappoint. We were there from 2-5PM with several books of poetry by asian artists or in translation, as well as...

[caption id="attachment_630" align="alignleft" width="170" caption="Woman’s silk kimono with rose motif (Taisho period, 1912–26)"][/caption] All day today the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery will be hosting Traditions & Translations: A Celebration of Japanese Culture. The event is a chance to learn more about Japanese culture and how it has influenced our lives. It includes workshops on origami, Japanese woodblock prints, garden design, anime films, a textile demonstration, and much more. BOA has been asked to set up a table at the event to showcase some of our translated books and other select titles. We will be there from 2-5PM with an array...