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New Feature: BOA Author Audio and Video The newest offering from BOA's Lannan Translation Selections Series in now available. The Hymns of Job and Other Poems by Israeli Maya Bejerano, translated from the Hebrew by Tsipi Keller, can be ordered directly from BOA or your favorite bookstore. New collection of poetry by Lucille Clifton released! Voices, the latest book by BOA's National Book Award-Winning poet is available for your reading pleasure. Show your love and support for BOA books by writing in a unique BOA Editions journal. The journal contains 150 lined pages with space on top to mark the date of your entry. The journals are printed on 100% recycled paper. Click here to purchase one: [BOA Editions Writing Journal] On Monday, October 6, major world poet and BOA author [Adonis] was interviewed on the Charlie Rose Show. The 30 minute interview covers an impressive range of subjects which Adonis addresses with characteristic wisdom, restraint, and deep intelligence. Follow this link to watch the interview: [Adonis on the Charlie Rose Show]. The interview starts 31 minutes into the show. Once you watch the interview, be sure to buy a copy of BOA's new Adonis title [Mihyar of Damascus: His Songs]. Two fall poetry books have been released! [The Heaven-Sent Leaf] by Katy Lederer and [The Moon Makes Its Own Plea] by Wendy Mnookin. Pick up these two diverse collections and experience the full range of poetry's reach. The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester has selected BOA Editions as its Outstanding Arts Organization of the year. The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 8th at the Hyatt Regency Rochester at 11:15AM. Pulitizer Prize-winning BOA poet [W. D. Snodgrass] will read poetry at the event in honor of BOA's recognition. For information about attending the event or about the award call the Arts & Cultural Council at (585) 473-4000, ext. 205. [Brigit Pegeen Kelly] has been selected as recipient of the 2008 Academy Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. The Academy Fellowship is an annual award given to a "poet of distinguished poetic achievement." For more information about the award visit www.poets.org. Brigit Pegeen Kelly's two BOA books [The Orchard] and [Song] are available through BOA's secure online bookstore. The fall release for BOA's new fiction series is now available! [Glass Grapes and Other Stories] is the first full-length collection of short stories by distinguished American poet, Martha Ronk. It marks the third release in BOA's fiction series, joining [I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These] by Anthony Tognazzini, and [Unlucky Lucky Days] by Daniel Grandois. [Wyn Cooper] gave a wonderful reading in Rochester, NY for BOA's "Postcards in Jazz" event. The event was sponsored by BOA and [Green Info Source] and took place in June in conjunction with the [Rochester International Jazz Festival]. Now you can watch Wyn's reading from the event in our new [Author Audio & Video] section! Then you can purchase a copy of Wyn's book [Postcards from the Interior] directly from BOA's secure online bookstore. Download the new fall/winter 2008 [Season Sampler] chapbook for a sneak peek at our upcoming books by [Lucille Clifton], [Martha Ronk], [Wendy Mnookin], [Katy Lederer], and [Maya Bejerano]. [The Fortieth Day] by [Kazim Ali] has been selected to be honored by the LIT's 2008 Writers & Their Friends Literary Showcase in Cleveland, OH on September 6, 2008 at the Ohio Theater. The 7th Biennial celebration is a juried literary showcase in which the work of 10 superior literary artists whose work has been published within the last year is excerpted and performed into a dramatic or sometimes comedic script. For more information please visit the LIT's website at www.the-lit.org. Congratulations, Kazim! [Mihyar of Damascus: His Songs] by Arabic poet [Adonis] is now available! As Publishers Weekly noted in their review of the book, "The availability in English of this seminal, startling, volatile, founding work of Arabic-language modernism is a welcome literary event." Buy the book at BOA's secure webstore. BOAis proud to announce the release of all of our new poetry titles for spring 2008: [Nomina] by Karen Volkman; [The Boatloads] by Dan Albergotti;[The Fortieth Day] by Kazim Ali; [Elephants & Butterflies] by Alan Michael Parker; and[Mihyar of Damascus: His Songs] by Arabic poet Adonis. This also marks the release of BOA's second fiction title,[Unlucky Lucky Days] by Daniel Grandbois. All of these books are available through all booksellers or through BOA's secure online bookstore. Celebrated world poet [Ko Un] has been given the Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. [Flowers of a Moment], a translation of short poems by Ko Un, was published by BOA Editions in 2006. Read more about the Lifetime Recognition Award [Here]. Unlucky Lucky Days by Daniel Grandbois was selectedby the American Booksellers Association as an Indie Next List Notable book for July. [Unlucky Lucky Days] - BOA's second fiction title - is now avaiable from our bookstore or your own favorite bookseller. Dan Albergotti, author of [The Boatloads] has been awarded a Pushcart Prize for his poem "What They're Doing." Congratulations, Dan! [Janice N. Harrington] was awarded the 2008 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her debut poetry collection, [Even the Hollow My Body Made is Gone]. Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented annually for a first book by a poet of genuine promise. Congratulations, Janice!
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