Wesleyan University Press’s In the Language of My Captor, by Shane McCrae, shortlisted for the National Book Award. Judges for the 2017 National Book Award in the category of Poetry have selected Wesleyan University Press title In the Language of My Captor as one of five finalists. The judges are esteemed poets Nick Flynn, Jane Mead,…
Kit Reed (1932–2017) Author of 39 books of fiction, Kit Reed moved to Middletown, Connecticut, in 1960 when her husband, Joe, took a position with Wesleyan’s English Department. Kit became a Visiting Professor of English in 1974, an Adjunct Professor of English in 1987, and Resident Writer in 2008. She has more than a hundred…
PRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE Janet Collins Film Project Options Her Biography As CRC Productions moves forward on its film project about Janet Collins, the Metropolitan Opera’s First Black Prima Ballerina (1951), they are pleased to announce their option of her biography, “Night’s Dancer” by Yael Tamar Lewin, published by Wesleyan University Press, adding layers of depth…
It is my sad task to inform you that Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Wesleyan University Press author and Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, emeritus, passed away last Saturday, a month before his 82nd birthday. Jelle received his BS and PhD from the University of Utrecht before coming to Wesleyan as a postdoctoral fellow…
ReaderCon-27 is upon us! This year’s conference is housed in a new location, the Quincy Marriott, Quincy, Massachusetts. Guests of honor are Catherynne M. Valente & Tim Powers; the memorial guest of honor is Diana Wynne Jones. Be sure to visit our table in the book room. Marketing Manager Jackie Wilson will be on hand,…
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of New York City poet Ted Greenwald (December 19, 1942–June 17, 2016). Ted Greenwald’s poems sing the commons and dance with a homely grace American poetry has rarely seen. WHIFF An evening Spent talking Spent thinking About what my life would be If I’d stayed With a…
Today! Friday March 11th, beginning at 8PM Dancespace Project at St. Mark’s Church Presents 4-8pm: Conversation Without Walls: Bearing Witness Scholars and artists gather to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. How are we challenged by mounting human failures? How does being a mover affect our thoughts and sensitivity? And how do our memories…
According to the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut, March is Maple Month—the sweetest time of year. The longer days and melting snow reminds us that Spring is coming, and it is time to harvest maple sap and boil up some maple syrup. You can enjoy the process and product by attending one of the…
TREATY SHIRTS October 1934—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation The Politics Behind Treaty Shirts: October 2034—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation At this moment, members of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Minnesota Chippewa Tribe1 are engaged in an urgent debate. The ratification of the new constitution by the White…
Brenda Hillman is the newest member of the American Academy of Poets’ Board of Chancellors. This is an honorary position that has been held by some of the most distinguished poets in the United States, including W. H. Auden, John Ashbery, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Adrienne Rich, and Mark Strand. Learn more at the…
