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let there be new flowering
in the fields let the fields
turn mellow for the men
let the men keep tender
through the time let the time
be wrested from the war
let the war be won
let love be
at the end
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---Lucille Clifton
good woman: poems and a memoir (BOA Editions, 1987)
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On the Return of the BOAhemian
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Dear Reader,
Happy summer and welcome back to The BOAhemian!
It has been nearly five years since our last newsletter and we at BOA Editions are thrilled to share so many exciting updates with you all. However, in light of current circumstances, we must first acknowledge some challenging realities.
BOA Editions is proud to be a small, nonprofit publisher. Unfortunately, BOA is one of the many nonprofits whose NEA grant (our largest source of funding) was rescinded back in early May. While we will continue to press on, now is the time where we must ask for support from our readers and community. As 2026 approaches, so does BOA's 50th anniversary. Our history reflects a deep commitment to meaningful work and enduring partnerships. It is our mission to keep working to support art and artists, poems and poets, and books and their authors; even and especially at a time where federal funding for the arts has all but disappeared. Help us keep this thing going for another 50 years by donating on our website, sharing our books and content on your social media, or purchasing a book (this method of support rewards you instantly!).
Speaking of purchasing BOA books: we have an incredible set of six (six??!!!) recently released books available on our online bookstore that you can order today. Can you read them all before summer's end? Maybe not, but you can try! Purchase our Spring 2025 bundle and when someone asks you what you're reading (which they will, because these covers are STUNNING), you can tell them that you're supporting nonprofit, independent publishing- someone's gotta!
What about after summer's end? Good news- another SIX BOA books are scheduled for Fall 2025 release, starting with Aracelis Girmay's new collection GREEN OF ALL HEADS on September 16th. Pre-order all six to get your hands on these books before anyone else and tell your friends that you supported nonprofit, independent publishing before they did!
Scroll down the rest of this newsletter for more on what BOA has been up to. Between author interviews, awards, a call for submissions, and an upcoming fundraiser, this three-person team stays busy. Show them some love.
Now, for joy! For the love of creation and those who create! For storytelling, for poetry, for putting words to paper! And above all else, for the community we forge through it all. Beauty remains, BOA reader. Don't forget to look for it.
With love,
Callie Updike (Summer Intern) & the entire BOA team
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| Publication Date: 06/10/2025
Paperback ISBN: 9781960145499
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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| | Publication Date: 09/30/2025
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-960145-74-1
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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“Nathan Dixon’s masterfully crafted stories back readers into a corner and make them squirm. Challenging and subversive, Radical Red picks at the absurd contradictions and injustices that are woven into the fabric of American democracy.”
—Maggie Su, author of Blob: A Love Story
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| "Adam Hughes’ poems have given us an extraordinary gift: a new language—spiritual, nuanced, and achingly beautiful—with which to tell our stories, converse with God, and pray.”
—Rigoberto González, author of To the Boy Who Was Night
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| Publication Date: 05/27/2025
Paperback ISBN: 9781960145437
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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| | Publication Date: 09/16/2025
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-960145-71-0
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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"I think APOSTLE OF DESIRE is what poet James Wright meant when he said he wanted to write the poetry of a grown man. This complex, serious book is about American conduct. It is grown-up and splendid.”
—Dave Smith, Pulitzer Prize finalist
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| "Aracelis Girmay creates territories of simultaneity and convergence, while pondering death as a communal experience. At last, we have a collection of poetry that talks about death in our intimate language of affections.”
—Mayra Santos-Febres, author of La otra Julia and Boat People
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| Publication Date: 04/29/2025
Paperback ISBN: 9781960145475
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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| | Publication Date: 10/07/2025
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-960145-86-4
© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2025
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“What a dream to find this sound, to reach & reach again for janan alexandra’s brilliant, steadfast attention – each phrase an altar of life, a route to past-language. Question, exclamation, sorrow, memory. I am more alive to read this poet’s every light & dark.”
—Aracelis Girmay, author of the black maria
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"Shot through with a mischievous sense of humor and a keen grip on the alienation that permeates modern life, all of these stories coalesce into the revelation that there is a fragile beauty underpinning every moment that we experience. A stunning and utterly original collection.”
—Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed To The Manticore
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Summer is here (even in Rochester), and it is the perfect time to order your complete bundle of our Spring 2025 new releases! All caught up? Don't miss your chance to preorder the Fall 2025 book bundle and get your hands on six new books before anyone else!
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Amy Lee Lillard Wins the Pushcart Prize |
The Pushcart Prize was awarded to "Typical Girls", a short story from her book EXILE IN GUYVILLE (BOA, 2024) which was the winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize.
"The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses" series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America - including the highest honor from the American Academy of Arts and Letters."
Check out EXILE IN GUYVILLE today!
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The newly updated hub for reviews & publicity of BOA Editions and our authors
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"Magical realism meets social realism: Think Denis Johnson reporting from a pronatalism conference, or Samanta Schweblin tangling with Project 2025."
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--Sarah Edwards, Indy Week
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"In an April episode of Poetry Off the Shelf with producer Helena de Groot, Keetje Kuipers talks about her new poetry book Lonely Women Make Good Lovers, diving headfirst into the daily losses and loves that make up this intimate and fresh collection."
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—From The Poetry Foundation, April 1, 2025
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This year, we’re thrilled to welcome acclaimed poet Joseph Fasano (The Last Song of the World) as our featured guest.
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Dine & Rhyme is BOA Editions’ annual fundraiser and a way for us to connect with local supporters who help us continue our mission—bringing vital voices to a world of readers. It will be an unforgettable evening of poetry, music, and celebration in support of contemporary literature! Supporting the arts is more important than ever, and through Dine & Rhyme, we can come together as a community to ensure that powerful stories continue to be told.
There will be opportunities to participate in our Silent Auction and Live Paddle Call—all in support of BOA’s mission.
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| BOA Editions is grateful to partner with other nonprofit organizations to provide support in the best way we can (books!) to communities in need.
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Wisconsin Books to Prisoners (WBTP) is an all-volunteer, non-profit project of A Room of One's Own Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Madison offering a wide selection of current and classic fiction, nonfiction, and periodicals.
WBTP works to foster a love of reading behind bars, encourage the pursuit of knowledge and self-empowerment, and help break the cycle of recidivism.
We are grateful to Wisconsin Books to Prisoners for all the work they do and are proud to be even just a small part of their important mission. Consider supporting through the link below!
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- Open August 1st-November 30th
- Winner receives a $1,000 honorarium and publication by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
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| The A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize is awarded to honor a poet's first book, while also honoring the late founder of BOA Editions, Ltd., a not-for-profit publishing house of poetry and poetry in translation.
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