Books published by BOA Editions, Limited

With wry humor and acute attention to detail, John Gallaher's latest poetry collection captures the pain and joys of caretaking.

Fantastical award-winning short stories that use humor, curiosity, and new twists on familiar situations to explore the boundaries of human connection.

An intimate poetic journey through the transitions, both physical and foundational, of choosing single motherhood and creating a queer family.

Presented in bilingual English and Vietnamese, these poems build bridges between two cultures inextricably bound together by war and destruction.

Renia White's debut poetry collection pushes against state-sanctioned authority and societal thought while ruminating on Black joy.

In pursuit of his brother, a man traverses the fantastical and grotesque landscape of Hell, pondering their now fractured relationship.

Danni Quintos is the winner of the 20th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, which was selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will write the Foreword for the collection, and her name will appear on the cover. Strong regional appeal in Kentucky/Appalachia, the South, the Pacific Northwest, the West Coast, and cities with large multiethnic/Filipina/Filipinx communities.This title is part of BOA’s New Poets of America Series, which have seen strong sales in recent seasons by such authors as Chen Chen and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Previous Poulin winners in this series have seen outstanding attention from The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The Rumpus, Forward Reviews, etc.Danni Quintos tackles the hot-button topics of race, gender, immigration, and identity from a Filipina/x-American perspective. The poems in this collection explore what it means to be a racially ambiguous, multiethnic Asian American woman growing up in Kentucky through the memories of girlhood, motherhood, family history, and Phillipine folklore. In the author’s words: “It is an antidote to the definition of ‘American’ as ‘white.’ It means to carve out a space and let readers know that we exist, we belong, we are from here and will continue to be.”Strong subject appeal for feminist studies, AAPI studies, multiethnic studies, and folklore studies, as well as courses on immigration, identity, race, gender, and intersectional identities.

A glimmering collection of poems that find solace in beauty, mythology, and the stars while enduring familial struggles and loss.

This long-awaited third collection of stories by a master short story writer is sensual and cerebral.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's new collection reflects sixty years as a leading figure in American letters.

A metaphorically rich new poetry collection from the winner of the 1997 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award.

Mura examines the experience of contemporary Asian-Americans and familial history between generations of Japanese-Americans.

New prose poems by an American master, surrealist comic genius, magician of metaphor and imagination.

A new collection of poetry by one of America's most celebrated lyric poets.

A deft practitioner of meter and rhyme, Sutter is a fireside storyteller who makes the language thump and sing.

Lola Haskins propels the reader through the inevitable terrains of desire, love and loss.