Walking the Dog's Shadow

50 galleys will be mailed to reviewers and media 3-4 months prior to publication. 100 finished books will be mailed to review outlets. Direct mail promotion. 1000 promo postcards will be mailed to readers, proffessors, and author contacts. Ad in Poets & Writers magazine. Inclusion in promotional materials (on web and in print) to promote the next year's A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize contest. Extensive social network marketing including on BOA's blog, Facebook, website, and through e-postcards and e-blasts.

Selected by Tony Hoagland as winner of the ninth annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize.Walking the Dog's Shadow rose to the top of nearly eight hundred submissions to win the ninth annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Tony Hoagland, who served as final judge for the contest, writes, "Deborah Brown's poems remind me a little of the great Polish poet, Wistawa Szymborska. They both make thinking look easy...Brown's poems aren't just about a eureka moment; they taste of the whole journey. Walking the Dog's Shadow is a beautiful book, wise and sure of itself, fresh with wit and gravity, serious and true." Deborah Brown teaches literature and writing at the University of New Hampshire-Manchester.