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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!

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Wesleyan University Press will be at AWP! Be sure to stop by booth 1230 for author signings and to purchase books and merch! For more information on Wesleyan University Press at AWP, go to www.weslpress.org/awp-2026-bal....

#awp26 #awpbaltimore #awp

03.03.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join us for an offsite poetry reading during AWP 2026, Baltimore on Friday, March 6 at 6:30 pm! Come to Pratt Street Ale House for free food and drinks, books for sale, and readings. For more info, go to www.weslpress.org/awp-2026-bal....

#awp26 #awpbaltimore #awp

02.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America, A Love Story by Camille Dungy was included on "Spring 2026 – Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers!" in the Englewood Review of Books!

#camilledungy #americaalovestory #poetry

02.03.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cindy Juyoung Ok, translator of The Hell of That Star, will be at UC Berkeley on March 5! For more information, go to
events.berkeley.edu/Library/even.... We hope to see you there!

#cindyjuyoungok #thehellofthatstar #kimhyesoon #ucberkeley

02.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancci reviewed Chaotic Good by Isabelle Baafi in Only Poems. Read the full piece here: onlypoems.com/blog/a-revie....

#chaoticgood #isabellebaafi #onlypoems

01.03.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out Diane Gottlieb's review of The Dark-Robed Mother in the Jewish Book Council. You can read the full piece here: www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-dar...

#racheltzviaback #thedarkrobedmother #jewishbookcouncil

25.02.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carol Ann Davis's Songbird publishes today! Grab your copy on weslpress.org or your local bookstore!

#songbird #carolanndavis #poetry

24.02.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIn MY LIFE’s construction is a timeless reminder of poetry’s ability to submerge, immerse, and in this, render a two-dimensional form into a three-dimensional experience.” Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley #ExpoRecommends Lyn Hejinian’s MY LIFE.

tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco. @weslpress.bsky.social

10.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Hell of That Star” by Kim Hyesoon Written 40-50 years ago during the South Korean dictatorship from the 1970s-80s, now newly-translated into English and framed by reflective essays, Kim Hyesoon’s poetry collection The Hell of That …

Today in the ARB: Jonathan Han reviews β€œThe Hell of That Star”, poetry by Kim Hyesoon tr from Korean by Cindy Juyoung Ok @weslpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-hell-of-...

17.02.2026 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Text reads "The NicolΓ‘s CristΓ³bal GuillΓ©n Batista Philosophical Literature Prize 2026 Winner" around a photo of Benjamin Barson's Brassroots Democracy. In the corner is the logo for The Caribbean Philosophical Association.

Text reads "The NicolΓ‘s CristΓ³bal GuillΓ©n Batista Philosophical Literature Prize 2026 Winner" around a photo of Benjamin Barson's Brassroots Democracy. In the corner is the logo for The Caribbean Philosophical Association.

Congratulations to Benjamin Barson who just won the 2026 NicolΓ‘s CristΓ³bal GuillΓ©n Batista Outstanding Book Award!

Learn more about the literature prize at caribbeanphilosophy.org/nicolas-guil...

Order Brassroots Democracy today at weslpress.org

#bookawards #ethnomusicology #brassrootsdemocracy

23.02.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cindy Juyoung Ok, translator of The Hell of That Star, and Jack Saebyok Jung will be at the Center for the Art of Translation in the Bay Area on February 26. We hope to see you there!

#cindyjuyoungok #thehellofthatstar #bayarea

23.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lola the Interpreter by Lyn Hejinian was featured in Jacket2 twice recently. You can read Sarah Riggs’ review here: jacket2.org/reviews/temp..., and excerpts compiled by Charles Bernstein here: jacket2.org/commentary/h....

#lolatheinterpreter #lynhejinian #jacket2

23.02.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Claire Marie Stancek reviewed Annie Wenstrup's The Museum of Unnatural Histories in Colorado Review. Check out the full piece here: coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/the-....

#anniewenstrup #themuseumofunnaturalhistories #coloradoreview

23.02.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Camille Dungy, author of America, A Love Story coming out March 3, will be speaking at SMU Symposium on Poetic Form in Dallas, TX on February 23-24. We hope to see you there!

#camilledungy #americaalovestory #dallas

22.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heather Christle, author of Paper Crown, will be having a reading tomorrow at Turnsol Books and Tuesday at UCM. We hope to see you there!

#heatherchristle #papercrown #poetry

22.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out Poet House’s interview with Annie Wenstrup, author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories and winner of the 2025 Whiting Award in poetry. You can read the full piece here: poetshouse.org/annie-wenstr...!

#poethouse #anniewenstrup #themuseumofunnaturalhistories

19.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sandra Simonds, author of Burning Oracle which published yesterday, will be doing a reading at The Lynx Books on February 22nd. For more information, go to www.thelynxbooks.com/events/43980.... We hope to see you there.

#sandrasimonds #burningoracle #thelynxbooks

19.02.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are 10 days left to submit to The Cardinal Poetry Prize! You can submit here: wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit

#olderpoets #poetryprize #poetry

18.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Burning Oracle by Sandra Simonds is now available on weslpress.org or at your local bookstore! Be sure to get your copy today! πŸ“–

#burningoracle #sandrasimonds

17.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join Annie Wenstrup, author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories and winner of the 2025 Whiting Award in poetry, at The University of Arizona Poetry Center for her reading with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha on February 19 at 7pm MST.

#anniewenstrup #themuseumofunnaturalhistories #poetry

16.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a lovely event with Rachel Tzvia Back on Tuesday at 92NY! Check out Rachel’s book, The Dark-Robed Mother on weslpress.org!

#darkrobedmother #racheltzviaback

15.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rachel Trousdale, author of Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem, is doing a poetry reading at Ten Trees Books in Natick, MA on February 19 at 6:30pm! We hope to see you there!

#racheltrousdale #fpoetry #tentreebooks

15.02.2026 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sandra Simonds, whose book Burning Oracle publishes February 17, will be at Midtown Reader in Tallahassee next Thursday, February 19 at 6:30pm! For more info, go to midtownreader.com/event/2026-0....

#sandrasimonds #burningoracle #poetryreading

14.02.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Theatre of Chance and Waiting for Wovoka by Gerald Vizenor were both reviewed by Robert B. Caldwell Jr. in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal! You can check them out here: Waiting for Wovoka - escholarship.org/uc/item/3w39...; Theatre of Chance - escholarship.org/uc/item/72h7...

14.02.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sandee Brawarsky listed Rachel Tzvia Back's The Dark-Robed Mother, which published this week, in "On Your Shelf: Books of Love, Loss and Longing” in Hadassah Magazine. An excerpt from the book, β€œSealed Spaces,” also published in Judith Magazine: judithmagazine.substack.com/p/sealed-spa...!

13.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are 17 days left to submit to The Cardinal Poetry Prize! You can submit here: wesleyanuniversitypress.submittable.com/submit

#olderpoets #poetryprize #poetry

11.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Catch Elliott Sharp, author of Feedback, at some of his events this month in France and Germany. We hope to see you there!

#elliottsharp #feedback

11.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tune into Rachel Tzvia Back, author of The Dark-Robed Mother releasing today, in the following podcasts!

#darkrobedmother #racheltzviaback #memoir

10.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dark-Robed Mother: A Memoir by Rachel Tzvia Back is now available on weslpress.org or at your local bookstore! Be sure to get your copy today! πŸ“–

#racheltzviaback #darkrobedmother #memoir

10.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For those near New York City, be sure to check out Rachel Tzvia Back’s series of events to celebrate her memoir, The Dark-Robed Mother, coming out on February 10. You can pre-order your copy on weslpress.org today, and we hope to see you at her events this week!

#racheltzviaback #darkrobedmother

08.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0