Category: Poetry Publications

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura to publish book with Beacon Press

We’re excited to announce that Aaron Caycedo-Kimura’s (Poetry ’20) book, Common Grace: Poems, is forthcoming from Beacon Press! Aaron says the book grew out of his thesis, which he continued working on after graduating in fall 2020. Common Grace is a poetry collection in three parts. It explores Aaron’s life and art, the death of his parents, and […]

Danny Hardisty’s collection shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Prize

                              A bit belatedly, we are pleased excited to announce that Danny Hardisty’s (Poetry 2018) book Rose with Harm has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Prize! The collection was published by Salt Publishing last October, and is described by Gail Mazur as “really […]

Grant Quackenbush’s poetry debut forthcoming in October

We’re excited to announce that Grant Quackenbush’s poetry book Off Topic is forthcoming from Pinyon Publishing this October!  Below is the cover of the book, an oil portrait of the author by Bradford J. Salamon. Off Topic grew out of Grant’s BU thesis, which he continued to write  and revise during the spring and summer of 2020.  He says: I got […]

Jason Barry published in 32 Poems

Jason Barry (Poetry 2019) has published a poem called “Fishing” in the latest issue of 32 Poems! Jason says, “Fishing” was written in memory of Dr. Kim Bridgford – the poet and director of Poetry by the Sea, an annual writers conference held in Madison, Connecticut. I was awarded a scholarship to attend the inaugural conference in 2015, and it […]

Chloe Martinez publishes chapbook with Backbone Press

We’re so excited to announce that Chloe Martinez (Poetry ’07) has published a chapbook!  The book, Corner Shrine, was the winner of the of the Backbone Press Chapbook Contest. Chloe says, These poems have come out of many years of travel and study in India, and they engage with questions of identity and belonging. They were written […]

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura wins Slapering Hol Chapbook Prize

We’re so excited to announce that Aaron Caycedo-Kimura (Poetry ’20) has won the Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition! His chapbook Ubasute will be published in March 2021. Aaron says, My chapbook collection Ubasute is about my parents who have both passed away, my father in 2011 and my mother in 2015. These poems keep them […]

Susan Barba publishes second collection of poetry

Susan Barba (Poetry ’12) has just published her second book, geode, with Black Sparrow Press!  A rave review in the Globe says geode “pulses with the blood of earth and stone. Through a lens of geography and geology, Barba looks at time, and our human efforts — sometimes futile, sometimes hopeful, sometimes cruel — to make sense of forces much larger and […]

Aaron-Caycedo Kimura published in Beloit Poetry Journal

We’re happy to share that our current poetry MFA student, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, recently published a poem in the spring issue of Beloit Poetry Journal!  Read the poem here. Aaron says, My poem “The Fern” is about the loss of something I never had but always wanted. It was inspired by the wild ferns growing in my backyard that […]

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura publishes three poems

Wonderful news from one of our current poetry MFA’s, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, who has three poems forthcoming this fall!  Aaron was a semi-finalist in the 2019 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize contest with two poems, “Artificial Flavors” and “Memorial.”  They will be published in the Fall 2019 issue of Crab Creek Review. In addition, Aaron’s ekphrastic ghazal “Sun in an Empty […]

Katherine Hollander wins Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

We’re so excited for Kate Hollander, who recently won the 14th annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for her collection My German Dictionary!  Waywiser Press will publish the book this fall, when Kate will read alongside Charles Wright at the Shakespeare Folger Library. Please click here to read two poems from My German Dictionary.  Below, Kate took […]