A Spicing of Birds is a unique and beautifully illustrated anthology, pairing poems from one of America’s most revered poets with evocative classic ornithological art from sources including Mark Catesby, John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, Robert Ridgway, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Cordelia Stanwood. Emily Dickinson is known for her posthumous collection of unconventional work that…
buy from HFS buy from IndieBound “Meticulously researched and thoughtfully argued, Moving Bodies makes a case for understanding dance as central to ethnic conflict while also describing dance as a vehicle for resistance.” —Nandini Sikand, author of Languid Bodies, Grounded Stances: The Curving Pathway of Neoclassical Odissi Dance This book provides a fascinating account of…
“Olsen finds her fresh edge with a holistic vision with which to dance, make dances and move through life.” —Desirée Dunbar, Dance International Magazine Wesleyan University Press is excited about keeping her trilogy of practical work books in print, for dancers, choreographers, and other movement artists. Or for anybody who wishes to explore movement in…
In a time of social distancing, virtual connection has become more important than ever. Off Topic Poetics, a non-profit Youtube channel, has taken full advantage of the moment by starting the Distāntia Reading Series. The online video project is described as “an experimentation with intimate social distancing through remote access to poetry.” The channel…
buy from HFS buy from IndieBound “The Age of Phillis illuminates an unbroken lineage, the way one poet pays homage to another and keeps the continuum for which we are all indebted. This is a necessary and visceral book, that brings to life the fullness of Wheatley.” —Matthew Shenoda, author of Tahir Suite In the…
Wesleyan University Press has decided it is best for us to bow out and not attend the 2020 AWP conference. We are truly saddened to miss an event that is one of the highlights of our year. It always seems fitting to begin the spring with this wonderful event to celebrate authors and new literature.…
buy from HFS Books buy from IndieBound “This highly useful resource combines great selections of poetry by eleven female innovators, whose work opens up new streams of thought on history, society, language and authority, with brilliant essays about them.” –Elizabeth Gregory, author of “Apparition of Splendor”: Marianne Moore Performing Democracy through Celebrity, 1952-1970 North American…
buy from HFS buy from IndieBound “Danielle Vogel is an ‘architect of relation,’ and Edges & Fray is a book of thought’s loving, living obedience to form. It is one of the lessons we need most right now.” — Dan Beachy-Quick, author of Of Silence & Song Edges & Fray is an embodied meditation that…
buy from HFS buy from IndieBound “Demaris Hansen perfectly describes the creativity and devotion to art—from Moshe Paranov through Jackie McLean to Malcom Morrison—that has since 1920 driven The Hartt School, inspired its students, and since 1957 helped define the University of Hartford.” — Walter Harrison, President Emeritus, University of Hartford One Hundred Years of…
In his book Celluloid Classicism, Hari Krishnan focuses on the representation of Bharatanatyam dance in Tamil Cinema between the late 1920s and 1950s. Krishnan is the first scholar to explore this particular relationship between film and dance in depth. At Wesleyan University’s 43rd Annual Navaratri Festival on October 12th, Krishnan moderated a Q&A with Dr. Yashoda…
