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[caption id="attachment_373" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sharon Bryan. BOA poet."][/caption] The blog Book of Kells is offering a copy of Sharon Bryan's Sharp Stars in honor of the upcoming National Poetry Month. Here's a short description of the contest take from Being Poetry. "Kelli Agodon has started a wonderful celebration of National Poetry Month on her blog Book of Kells. The premise is simple – poets give away a book at the end of National Poetry Month to two different people who have left comments on their blog. If you’re interested in taking part in this project, go to this post to...

[caption id="attachment_622" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="A. Poulin, Jr. Poet, translator, founder of BOA Editions"][/caption] We've been asked to share the list of the 18 semi-finalists for the 9th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize contest. These manuscripts were sent to final judge Tony Hoagland who then made the final winning selection. Each of these manuscripts stood-out in its own way, so applause and kudos to the poets. While we don't generally name official "semi-finalists" we're happy to provide the list of the manuscripts that Tony Hoagland received. These appear in no particular order and include the winning manuscript, Walking the Dog's...

[caption id="attachment_612" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Deborah Brown. Winner of the 2010 Poulin Prize."][/caption] Deborah Brown is the 2010 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize winner for her first collection of poems, Walking the Dog’s Shadow. Tony Hoagland selected this manuscript from 18 finalists and will write a Foreword to the published collection. Brown will receive a $1,500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in March, 2011, in the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. An annual competition, the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is open to poets who have yet to publish a full-length-book collection of poetry. This...

Delirious Hem is a blog for female poets, by female poets, that describes itself thusly: "It’s a blog, it’s a poetics journal, it’s a platform. From time to time, a post will appear. It will be written by or with a poet whom some of us were curious to hear from. It will be exciting, provocative, fresh, or bombastic. It will go with your eyes and it will make you look ten years younger. It will never stop stop making sense, it will always love you, it will probably work." Delirious Hem is now featuring a tribute to Lucille Clifton...

[caption id="attachment_567" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Lucille signing her BOA books. Photo by Robb Cohen."][/caption] This weekend, Lucille Clifton's poetic legacy will be honored nationally on television and radio: Bill Moyers Journal will air a tribute to Lucille tomorrow night. The show airs on PBS and starts at 9PM EST. A complete schedule list is available at the show's website: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html On radio, NPR's "Weekend Edition" will air a 4-5 minute tribute to Lucille including clips of her reading from her BOA books. A complete schedule list is available at the show's website: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=7 Both of these tributes will undoubtedly be moving...