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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 16h

Boa author James R. Gapinski is going on tour!📚 Starting on October 9th, the author of "The Museum of Future Mistakes" will be discussing their stunning and morbid collection at various tour dates across the US. Purchase a copy on the Boa website today and join Gapinski at a tour date near you!

BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 1d

📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣

James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖

#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 3d

Hot off the press 📖🔥

Signed copies of PLUCK by Adam Hughes are available for purchase at boaeditions.org. Grab yours while supplies last!

#PLUCK #AdamHughes #Poetry #NewBook #BoaEditions

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 4d

If you're looking for poetry that wrestles deeply with belief, doubt, and transformation, look no further. 🍂🍁

🛍️ Purchase your copy today at boaeditions.org! Signed copies are available.

#PLUCK #AdamHughes #PoetryCollection #Poetry #BOAEditions #NewBook #IndiePublishing #NonprofitPublishing

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 5d

This excerpt from Adam Hughes' "Pluck" touched my heart. Were we ever taught how to hold what we love? In Hughes' poem, he uses metaphors of skipping rocks and holding kittens to remind us that sometimes a tight grip leads to failure, or violence. -Boa Editions Fall 2025 Intern

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 6d

Embrace the macabre with James R. Gapinski at Powell's Books on Hawthorne (Portland, OR) on Oct. 9th! The Boa Short Fiction Prize winner will be promoting THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, his upcoming short fiction collection, coming out October 7th. Preorder your copy today on our website!

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 7d

50 Years In.

A New Look for BOA Editions. Same mission. New mark.

Transforming to reflect the future of literature while honoring its legacy. Our new identity embraces this change with a fresh, lowercase look that signals approachability, modernity, and a bold new chapter.

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 8d

📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣

We're ecstatic to announce that Adam Hughes's new collection of poetry, PLUCK, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase yours today! Swipe for a sneak peek at one of our favorite poems from the collection. 📚

#PubDay #NewBook #Pluck #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 12d

Two months left! Submissions are open for the 25th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize!

🎯 Prize Details:
- Winning manuscript published by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
- $1,000 honorarium

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 22d

📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣 Boa Editions is thrilled to announce that Aracelis Girmay's new collection of poetry GREEN OF ALL HEADS is out now! We have signed paperbacks and hardcovers for sale on our store in limited supply! Purchase yourself a copy today at boaeditions.org. Spread the word🍃

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Attention PNW readers: Join James R. Gapinski in conversation with Alissa Hattman at Powell's Books on Hawthorne in Portland, OR on October 9th! Come prepared by pre-ordering a copy of THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES on our website today.

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Sep 2

✒️ Paul Guest's forthcoming collection—I HOPE FOR EVERYTHING—will be published with BOA in the Spring of 2028!

Learn more about this author @ poets.org/poet/paul-gu...

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #PaulGuest #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 31

🎧 SPECIAL OFFER 09/01 ONLY: The audiobook for THE LAST SONG OF THE WORLD releases early and for one day only tomorrow, September 1st, exclusively on the BOA Editions storefront! Sit back, relax, and listen to Joseph Fasano read his 2024 collection on tomorrow's holiday.

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 31

✒️ Our next author to look forward to is Moriel Rothman-Zecher, whose collection I STILL WON'T HAVE KNOWN will be published in the Spring of 2028!

Learn more about this author @ www.morielrothmanzecher.com

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #MorielRothmanZecher #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 30

Read Maggie McLaughlin's (_moot_point) poignant review of janan alexandra's (laptitevaliserouge) COME FROM in the Michigan Quarterly Review,

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 29

Submissions are now open for the 25th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize! Named after BOA Editions founder and acclaimed poet/translator A. Poulin, Jr., the prize has been awarded for 25 years to a poet's first published book.

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 29

✒️ In the Spring of 2028, Emma Bolden will be joining the BOA catalogue with her upcoming collection GOD ELEGY!

Learn more about this author @ emmabolden.com

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #EmmaBolden #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 29

Zack-Sorry to hit you up here (it's been a while). We are doing an email migration to Office 365 and need access to the DNS records held by Rack Space. As the web dev for our site, do you have access to these? If not, we will move to plan B. Office # is 5855436410. THX (ps-no other way to find you

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔍 Incredible to see BOA poet @renamosteirin featured in the Poetry Society of America's Storefront Poems. Pre-order her upcoming collection DISASTER TOURISM @ www.boaeditions.org/products/dis...

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 27

📚 As a feature of BOA's Continuum Series, celebrating new collections of poetry by distinguished mid-career poets, we are thrilled to announce the Fall 2027 release of HEAD FULL OF CLOCKS by Emily Pérez!

To learn more about Emily Pérez and her upcoming collection, check out emilyperez.org

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 25

✒️ Returning to BOA with his second collection, Kai Carlson-Wee's THE CLOUDMAKER'S KEY will be published in the Fall of 2027!

Learn more about this author @ kaicarlsonwee.com

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #KaiCarlsonWee #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 23

✒️ New BOA author Corey Zeller will have his upcoming collection—OFTEN YOU LIGHT A FUSE TO PROVE YOU WON'T EXPLODE—published with us in the Spring of 2027!

Learn more about this author @ coreyzeller.squarespace.com

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #CoreyZeller #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 21

✒️ Albert Goldbarth has over 40 published works of poetry and essay, and his first with BOA—ABOUNDING—is forthcoming in the Spring of 2027!

Learn more about this author @ poets.org/poet/albert-...

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #AlbertGoldbarth #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 19

✒️ A new collection from Hope Wabuke—BLOOD ON THE LEAVES—will be published with us in the Fall of 2026!

Learn more about this author @ engl.unl.edu/person/hope-...

#BOAEditions #BOAAuthors #HopeWabuke #Poetry

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · Aug 17

Adam Hughes shares some valuable insight into his upcoming poetry collection, PLUCK, in a BOA exclusive interview.

Get your hands on a copy even before the publication date (September 30th) by pre-ordering on our website--link in bio!

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