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Wesleyan University Press

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Publishing in its current form since 1957, Wesleyan UP focuses on poetry, music, dance, and the arts. See weslpress.org for new poetry! https://linkin.bio/weslpress

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 6h ago

Join Fonograf Editions as they celebrate their 10th anniversary. Make sure to come to award winning poet Rae Armantrout's reading. Learn more about this event at #linkinbio Grab your own copy of any of Rae Armantrout's many books of poetry at weslpress.org #authorevent #poetry #poetrylovers

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 7h ago

Pulitzer Prize-winner Rae Armantrout will be reading from her newest poetry collection, Safe Rooms, at Lewis & Clark College's Visiting Writers Series in Portland on October 22nd. Find out more information at the #linkinbio to join her at this free event! #poetry #authorevent #portland

In a black serif font are the words "Visiting Writers Series: An evening with Rae Armantrout. October 22, 6pm. Manor House, Armstrong Lounge." Below is a cropped image of the cover of Armantrout's book "Safe Rooms," and a portrait of the author looking to the right against a black background. The graphic is a dark gray with ornate orange flowers in the back, drawn in thin lines that are a touch indiscernible. The bottom right corner reads "Lewis and Clark College."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Folger Shakespeare Library will open To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare. The exhibition features a table like one Phillis Wheatley would have worked at. More information about the event: www.folger.edu/whats-on/to-... The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: weslpress.org

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Voicing Aspiration: Bollywood Songs and Dreamwork in Contemporary India by Anaar Desai-Stephens is available for purchase starting today! Pick up your own copy of Voicing Aspiration today at weslpress.org #music #NewRelease #indianidol #AnaarDesai-Stephens

There is large white font that reads "Available Now" at the top of the graphic. There is a book cover featured over a purple and orange background. A photo of a woman, the author, in a blue top is in front of the cover, slightly obscuring it. On the cover there is a traditional, simplistic painting on a purple background. An Indian woman is facing a mirror, with her eyes closed and her mouth turned in a slight frown. She holds a rolled-up piece of paper to her lips. The reflection in the mirror seems to glow, as she wears an elaborate orange dress and matching jewelry, holding a microphone, and smiling, eyes wide open. Beneath, in yellow sans-serif text is the title "Voicing Aspiration." The subtitle is written in blue, smaller text: "Bollywood Songs and Dreamwork in Contemporary India," with "ANAAR DESAI-STEPHENS" below, in bold, all-caps purple text.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · last wk.

We are delighted that Their Kindred Earth, by William Earle Williams, received an Excellence Award in the Photography Books category from the Connecticut Arts Directors Club Award Show! Pick up your own copy at weslpress.org #photography #throughthelens #WilliamEarleWilliams

A hand holds up a copy of Their Kindred Earth against a background of greenery. The cover of the book has a green border and yellow text that reads "Their Kindred Earth" at the top and "Photographs by William Earle Williams." The cover also features a black-and-white photo of a tree.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · last wk.

Congratulations to Danielle Vogel for winning the inaugural 2026 Lodestar Award, alongside Valerie Hsiung! Read more about this exciting new award at: www.beneaththewildskyfoundation.org/awards Order a copy of Vogel's Edges & Fray and A Library of Light at weslpress.org today! #poetry #bookaward

A hand holds up two of Danielle Vogel's books, A Library of Light and Edges & Fray, in front of a tree. The words "2026 Lodestar Award Winner" hover over the photo.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

We are pleased to share that Ars Poeticas was chosen as a finalist for the 2026 Balcones Prize in Poetry! Indran Amirthanayagam reading from Ars Poeticas indranmx.substack.com/.../on-readi.... Michael Robbins' review in Book Post books.substack.com/p/review-mic... Order a copy at weslpress.org

Grid in browns, oranges, and reds featuring a photo of Juliana Spahr and her book, Ars Poeticas. The boxes in the grid read "Praise for Juliana Spahr’s
Ars Poeticas" and "Finalist for the 2026 Balcones Prize in Poetry" in cream text.

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lauri Scheyer will be lecturing at Tongji University in Shanghai, on October 13th! She is the editor of two recent books of poetry by A.B. Spellman, Between the Night and Its Music and the upcoming The Great New Orleans Jass Concert. #shanghai #poetry #lecture

Watercolor-esque autumnal leaves surround the borders of an off-white, textured backgorund. A white graphic sits in the center, with bolded serif words reading "English Creative Writing for Cross-Cultural Communication in the Digital Age." Below is a light violet rectangle with rounded edges, reading "Lecturer: Prof. Lauri Scheyer, Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Presidentially Chartered Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at California State University at Los Angeles." To the right is a portrait of Scheyer, standing against a light wooden wall, arms crossed, smiling widely at the camera. Lined on the bottom list "Date: 2026.10.13, 13:30-15:30; Venue: Lecture Hall 518, Huiwen Building; Lecturer: Prof. Lauri Scheyer; Host: Prof. Dr. Riccardo Moratto."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎃 Celebrate the autumn season with us this weekend at Pumpkinfest! Alongside food, music, vendors, and more, we will be tabling with an assortment of books, merchandise, and information about us. #middletown #vendor #pumpkinfest

A vibrant, colorful hand-drawn poster for the Pumpkinfest. The name is written in a green colored pencil in bubble letters, in a cutout background of a lighter shade of green. The rest of the poster is a light orange with a yellow border. The words "Saturday, October 10, 12-4pm, Long Lane Farm" are written in black in the center. Surrounding it are yellow bubbles with the separate words (indicated by slashes) "Free food! / Vendors! / Crafts! / Farmers! Live music! Proceeds benefit Amazing Grace food pantry!" This is all above a large pumpkin drawing, sketched out in color with artist pens. There are green vines climbing from underneath it to nearly the top of the page.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

A huge congratulations to Brenda Hillman, whose Still House in the Desert was just selected as a Finalist for the National Book Award! Check out The New York Times' official announcement this morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b... @nationalbook.bsky.social @nytimes.com #poetry #bookawards

The words "77th National Book Awards: Still House in the Desert: An Eco-Contemplation by Brenda Hillman" float above the fanned out cover of her book.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

Through October on Mondays and Wednesdays, Carol Ann Davis is running an Image Intensive Poetry Workshop! Poets of all levels are welcome to enhance their craft through readings, generative exercises, lessons, and conversations. #poetry #workshop #imageintensive

A light beige background. In the top left and bottom right corners are two ripped paper graphics, containing book pages and lined notebook paper. A single orange leaf is on both corners. Centered is a black graphic with the information for a class taught by Carol Ann Davis. In a sans serif, capitalized font colored a light rose are the words "A POETRY WORKSHOP AND MANUSCRIPT REVIEW" followed by "Image Intensive with Carol Ann Davis." Below, in a white serif font: "An in-depth course October 5-28 Mondays and Wednesdays 2 to 3:15 pm Eastern." Beside this is an image of Carol Ann Davis. She tilts her head to the camera, wearing a light blue scarf atop a gray-brown longsleeve. The photo is taken outside, with bright green leaves behind her.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

At UC Berkeley on October 7th, Brenda Hillman will be reading from her new collection as part of the Holloway Reading Series! #readingseries #poetry #ucberkeley

A deep red background with thin yellow lines. At the top is an image of Brenda Hillman in an autumnal leaf frame; to her right is the cover of her book, Still House in the Desert, which pictures a cactus in the desert, overlayed by a loose white dress—the two are colored in a dark yellow gradient fading to orange. The graphic reads "Brenda Hillman at the Halloway Reading Series;" the font for the first two words is a tall, thin serif, with the latter words being slightly more playful, and "Halloway Reading Series" being bolded. Beneath a row of colorful leaves is the information "October 7 / UC Berkeley / 5:30 pm, Wheeler Hall."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

We were so excited to see Brenda Hillman's Still House in the Desert in the New Yorker's "The 2026 National Book Awards Longlists"! Read The New Yorker article at www.newyorker.com/books/page-t... Order your copy today at weslpress.org @newyorker.com Photo by Louisa Michaels

Photo of Brenda Hillman smiling next to her book Still House in the Desert on a textured red background. White text across the top reads “The New Yorker 2026 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry.”

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

Read a new review by David Lloyd on Rae Armantrout's Safe Rooms, published in Jacket2! #poetry #review #jacket2

"A review quote is between two dark brown ripped paper graphics at the top and bottom of the image.
Words: ""While poems are not formally grouped, readers of Armantrout's previous twenty poetry collections will recognize clusters addressing her distinctive terrain: images from the natural world, challenging segues, shape-shifting words and phrases yielding diverse perspectives on the environment, time, language, contemporary culture, lived experience, and the function of poetry in our fraught national moment. Poems present as modest in scale but soon explode with outsized ambitions. One of the great pleasures of a new Armantrout collection are 'small things' — luminous images and moments drawn from the natural world, sometimes dominating a poem, sometimes popping up."" —David Lloyd, Jacket2"

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 3w ago

A mini-book launch for Sarah Town's Buscando la gozadera / Seeking Pleasure will take place on October 3rd at Rueday 2026! Join her to celebrate in New York City at OASIS by Workville. #booklaunch #rueday #newbook

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The cover of Buscando la gozadera / Seeking Pleasure features a painting of a crowd of people dancing in all white, facing the sun setting over a body of water, surrounded by a cityscape. To the right is an image of Sarah Town. A gray box has the words ""Mini-Book Launch / Author q&a."" The poster sits above an airy brown background."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · last mo.

John Mills, contributor to A Century in Captivity: The Life and Trials of Prince Mortimer, an Enslaved Connecticut Man, wrote, directed, and produced Reverence: Reclaiming the Forgotten, which includes the story of Prince Mortimer. It will be screening at the Mystic Film Festival on October 3rd.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · last mo.

See Camille T. Dungy at Prairie Lights next week to read from America, A Love Story and speak with poet Donika Kelly! #poetry #iowacity #reading

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · last mo.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Rachel Blau DuPlessis. A feminist, critic, scholar, and poet, her work has been anthologized and featured in some of the foremost journals and publications.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In celebration of the release of Still House in the Desert: An eco-contemplation, Brenda Hillman will be at Pegasus Books Downtown on September 10th for a book launch event! She will be accompanied by poet Donna Masini. #poetry #berkeley #booklaunch

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Edgar Garcia, a 2026-27 Merrill Fellow, will be reading at Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT on September 8th! Be sure to RSVP at the #linkinbio, and preorder his new poetry collection, Cantares, to have it signed at the event. #merrillfellow #poetry #connecticut

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lauri Scheyer, editor of The Great New Orleans Jass Concert and Between the Night and Its Music, will be speaking at the 10th International EAM Conference in Sweden on September 4th! Find out more on our blog at the #linkinbio. #eamconference #authorevent

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Two new interviews with Liz Lerman have recently been published online. Read more at the #linkinbio! #interview #dance #shapeandmomentum

A very light, semi-transparent background with pastel clouds that move from an orange-rose color in the bottom left to a pale blue in the top right. The cover of Liz Lerman's Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac's Guide for a World in Constant Motion, featuring a snapshot of a dancer in a flowing movement onstage. The backdrop behind her is cloudy and horizontally divided between a dark blue-violet sky and more teal clouds at the bottom, fading into green that touches the stage. Three black swirls line the border. The words "Recent Publicity for Shape and Momentum" are at the bottom; the first three words are in a round, corporate font, with "Shape and Momentum" being slanted calligraphy.

A clouded sky background, bouncing between pastel blues, violets, and pinks. A rounded, translucent rectangle in the center, with the words: SOPHIE BRESS: You mentioned earlier that there are both very concrete parts and then there are elements [in the concepts of shape and momentum] that feel more difficult to pin down... What do you hope readers will gain while going through its pages?
LIZ LERMAN: My dream for the book is that it gives people an opportunity to experiment with their own living... You can come into the world and create the shapes you need. Creating the shape you need is hard, and you have to convince other people that it’s real. Sometimes you have to find another person who has the same shape so that the two of you together can form a shape and get people to see it. Interview between Sophie Bress and Liz Lerman, The Brooklyn Rail

A similar background, this time with less clouds, and a sunset more distinctly casting shadows and orange hues on the pink, purple clouds. The sky is still a pale blue. In a rounded, rectangular box are the words: LAUREN GILGER: When you talk about the world kind of being in constant motion, do you mean literally, like everything’s moving all the time in some sort of cellular fashion? Or is this more like metaphysical to you?
LIZ LERMAN: [I]t's actually all those things. And that's kind of the surprise, isn't it? I mean, really and truly, the ground is moving under our feet, our bodies are busy changing, and we know that there are large changes going on institutionally, culturally, and even with the air we breathe. So it's I think an interesting way to consider that as much as we try to stabilize, maybe being able to manage all that movement would also be a useful stance in the world. Interview between Lauren Gilger and Liz Lerman, The Show on KJZZ

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excerpts of Rae Armantrout's Safe Rooms have been published in the Writer's Chronicle! Check them out with a subscription in the #linkinbio. #writerschronicle #publication #saferooms

On a white-lined paper clipped to a beige piece of paper appearing aged are the words (with line breaks indicated by slashes): "safe rooms / rae armantrout / excerpts now in the / writer's chronicle." Below, surrounding the cover of Armantrout's book, are four beige boxes with the sentences (moving clockwise from top right; boxes separated by slashes): "wesleyan poetry series; 128 pages / our rating: 5/5 / poetry of the shifting architecture of a world we think we know / release: august 11th, 2026."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 Today is the publication date of three re-issued classics from Ibis Editions! Ibis Editions, a small press founded in Jerusalem in 1998, is dedicated to the publication of Levant-related poetry and belletristic prose. #pubdate #ibiseditions #levant

A library card atop a rose-pink background, reading "Today's Releases. Series: Ibis Editions. Month: August." Below, in two vertical columns labeled "Author" and "Book Title," are the three newly released books. From top to bottom, left to right: "Marcel Cohen, In Search of a Lost Ladino: Letter to Antonio Saura; Samih Al-Qasi, Sadder Than Water: New and Selected Poems; George Seferis: A Levant Journal." The author names appear in a font resembling a stamp—the book titles are in a handwritten font, with the two subtitles written in red. The covers of the books are pinned to the top right and bottom two corners.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To celebrate the release of The Zarabanda Variations by Edgar Garcia, a combined album and chapbook, a group of the same name comprised of composers, poets, and performers will be playing live at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY!

The word "Live" is the header of the graphic, in cutout newspaper formats with each letter differing in background/font color. Beneath a thin black rule are three pictures (from left to right): Edgar Garcia onstage with a microphone on a stand in front of him, along with a music stand - he holds his hat in his hand, and stands against a dark, almost neon blue background; the cover of The Zarabanda Variations; and a woman singing passionately into a microphone, wearing a colorful, flowy top. The words beneath to the left read, in an all capital, large sans serif font: "STARRING: / THE ZARABANDA VARIATIONS / 08.31.2026." On the right, in smaller, all caps font: "TICKETS FROM $40. / DOORS AT 6:30 PM. / SHOW STARTS 7:30. / AT NATIONAL SAWDUST / 80 NORTH 6TH ST / BROOKLYN, NY 11249"

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lyn Hejinian's 2025 prose poem, Lola the Interpreter, which navigates fragments of experience and perception, was featured in the Colorado Review. Read more at the #linkinbio. #poetry #lynhejinian #coloradoreview

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dunya Habash just shared a powerful review of Shayna M. Silverstein's Fraught Balance in the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. Read it now at the #linkinbio #dance #bookreview #syria

"A grainy light blue background. In a black sans serif text: ""Reading Shayna Silverstein's Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria in the weeks leading up to Syria's historic liberation on December 8, 2024—the day the Assad regime fell—was a profound experience... In the context of this recent political shift, Fraught Balance offers an essential reflection on the power of cultural embodiment in the face of state violence and political oppression. / —Dunya Habash in Journal of Middle East
Women's Studies on Fraught Balance"""

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Elliott Sharp was interviewed by Noah Kaplan in Journal SEAMUS: The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, where they discussed Feedback, Elliott's recent opera Substance: The Infinite Spinoza, and more. Read it for free at the #linkinbio! #elliottsharp #journalseamus #music

A portrait of Elliott Sharp is in the center of the graphic. He is a bald man with an oval face, smiling slightly toward the viewer, wearing a black shirt. On the top and bottom of his image, in large, bold, orange letters, in all caps, are the words (with slashes indicating line breaks) "JOURNAL / SEAMUS." The top right corner, in small black text, reads "SPRING/FALL / 2026." In the same font, at the bottom left, are the bolded words "NEW INTERVIEW / WITH / ELLIOTT SHARP." Below, in smaller writing, are the words "Wesleyan University Press." To the right: "The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States."

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thembela Vokwana's review of The Land Is Sung appeared recently in the Journal of the International Library of African Music. Check it out now at the #linkinbio #ecomusicology #dance #soundstudies

A bright, technicolor background, tinted yellow, picturing a bright blue sky that fades from a deep, ocean blue at the top to a teal horizon. At the bottom is a flat field of yellow-green grass. In a yellow sans serif font is the text "I find this book user friendly at various levels of the tertiary education spectrum. Even non-specialists can have access to ideas and debates without much difficulty... The entanglement of sound studies, ecomusicology, musical performance and listening as constitutive of an all-inclusive ethnographic experience is relatively new to South African music research. I argue, it is through this interweaving of multiple disciplinary and theoretical trajectories that Pooley's text become more impactful." The words "—Thembela Vokwana, Journal of the International Library of African Music" are separated from the larger quote by a small sun graphic, with rays shooting from the middle circle.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remixing Race, the first in-depth study of the South African carnival tradition of Kaapse klopse, was just reviewed in the Canadian Journal of African Studies! Read now at the #linkinbio. #performance #ethnography #nonfiction

"""Klopse is a practice that stubbornly refuses to be disciplined. Remixing Race embraces the art form's deurmekaar character to develop an engaging reflection on the politics of making meaningful lives under impossible circumstances.
Juliana M. Pistorius in the Canadian Journal of African Studies on Remixing Race after Apartheid"