Minnie Bruce Pratt
July 3, 2023
September 12, 1946–July 2, 2023 We are saddened to learn of the passing of Minnie Bruce Pratt—poet, essayist, organizer, and activist. You can read more about Pratt in this moving… READ MORE
July 3, 2023
September 12, 1946–July 2, 2023 We are saddened to learn of the passing of Minnie Bruce Pratt—poet, essayist, organizer, and activist. You can read more about Pratt in this moving… READ MORE
July 1, 2023
Sale runs July 1st through September 8th. With the summer season upon us, a book is what you might need to escape from the heat. To coincide with the hot… READ MORE
June 19, 2023
by Marilyn Nelson With her shiny black-patent sandalsand her Japanese parasol,and wearing a brand-new Juneteenth dress, Johnnie’s a living doll. Juneteenth: when the Negro telegraph reached the last sad slave… READ MORE
April 19, 2023
“On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Jewish insurgents inside the ghetto resisted these efforts…. READ MORE
April 13, 2023
Wesleyan University Press is pleased to announce that we will publish Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems, by A.B. Spellman (edited and with an introduction by… READ MORE
March 7, 2023
Please visit us at Booth #1002! **Scroll down for our signing schedule We are offering a conference discount of 40% off all of our poetry and literature titles. Please use… READ MORE
September 14, 2022
A podcast produced by Wesleyan University Press with a grant from the NEA. Dropping on September 20th. In the first season of Life Lines: Poets in Conversation, hosted by Pushcart-prize nominated… READ MORE
August 7, 2022
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of poet Andrea “Andi” Werblin Reid (November 30, 1965–August 5, 2022) She was the author of Lullaby for One Fist (Wesleyan,… READ MORE
July 8, 2022
New Book Taps the Hive Mind on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process A guest post by John Borstel, co-author and editor of Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process® in… READ MORE
March 17, 2022
“For years, the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha has ended its shows chanting, “Stop Putin! No war!” What they had protested has now come to pass.” -Laura van Straaten, The New York… READ MORE