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Indispensable volume of previously unavailable poetry by an American master
Be Brave to Things shows legendary San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer at the top of his form, with his blistering intelligence, painful double-edged wit, and devastating will to truth everywhere on display.
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An innovative suite of poems for the drone age
The Blue Split Compartments is a complex and powerful sequence of lyric poems exploring the relationships between military drone operators and their victims.
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July is time to get outside and celebrate Parks and Recreation Month! Here is our collection of relevant books about food, travel, and outdoor recreation as we enter July. 2022…
Read MoreHonoring Sherley Anne Williams
As we commemorate Juneteenth, we want to draw attention to the late Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999). Williams was a multi-talented Black American woman—a poet, novelist, and playwright, as well as…
Read MoreWe at ‘WesPress’ would like to pay our tribute to David K. Leff (1955–2022), an award-winning essayist, Pushcart Prize nominated poet, and former deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of…
Read MoreSound and Sovereignty in Ukraine
Recipient of the 2020 Lewis Lockwood Award from the American Musicological Society
Wild Music
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The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Tambura Bands, Race, and Affective Block in Croatia and Its Intimates
An Introduction to the Music Cultures of al-Qa’ida, Racist Skinheads, Christian-Affiliated Radicals, and Eco-Animal Rights Militants
Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria
Making Ethiopian Music in Tel Aviv