Martin Luther King in Connecticut
January 16, 2023
January 16th marks the annual celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Connecticut residents might be interested in learning that Dr. King spent some time in… READ MORE
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Native American Heritage Month
November 18, 2022
At ‘WesPress’ we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month! Here is a sampling of relevant books about Indigenous people that range from poetry to memoir and highlight North America’s diverse… READ MORE
Celebrating “Critique Is Creative”
October 26, 2022
Wesleyan University Press and Wesleyan University Center for the Arts in association with Alternate ROOTS, American Lyric Theater, Cultural Pluralism Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Dance & BMore, Dance Exchange, David Geffen School… READ MORE
DSA & José Rollin de la Torre Bueno (1904–1980)
October 11, 2022
Known by those close to him as Bill Bueno, José Rollins de la Torre Bueno was a senior editor of Wesleyan University Press from 1958 to 1972. Bill graduated from… READ MORE
Fall Catalog 2022
October 3, 2022
Take a look at our Fall Catalog! New and Forthcoming Books Jennifer Givhan Belly to the BrutalPoetry for all the mothers and daughters healing the bloodlinesJENNIFER GIVHAN (Albuquerque, NM) is… READ MORE
Pablo Delano
September 30, 2022
Pablo Delano was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia and Yale University School of Art, from which he obtained an MFA degree… READ MORE
“I became aware of the addictiveness of writing about grief…”
September 22, 2022
Introduction KERRI WEBSTER is the author of the poetry collections The Trailhead, We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone, and Grand & Arsenal, the latter of which won the Iowa Poetry Prize. The… READ MORE
Introducing Life Lines: Poets in Conversation
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
Belly to the Brutal: An Interview with Jennifer Givhan
August 16, 2022
Introduction JENNIFER GIVHAN is an award-winning Mexican-American poet and novelist whose family has ancestral ties to the Indigenous peoples of New Mexico and Texas. Her books of poetry include Landscape… READ MORE
Remembering poet Andrea Werblin
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