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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 11h

Today is the day! Lola the Interpreter is now available. 📖 Be sure to get your copy today at www.weslpress.org/978081950197...

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 12h

Please join us for a celebration of the late Lyn Hejinian’s poetry works and a reading of Lola the Interpreter on Friday, October 17th at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there.

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 1d

Join Rachel Trousdale, author of Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem, at the Brattleboro Literary Festival on Saturday, October 18 at 11:30am in the Mitchell Giddings Gallery. We hope to see you there!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful excerpt from Summer Tate’s “A Letter from My Father, Lost at Sea” from Katherine Duarte's chapbook, A las orillas del Río Viejo! To read the full poem, get your copy today at weslpress.org!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 5d

WesPress will be at Pumpkinfest this Saturday from 12-4pm! Be sure to check our booth out at Long Lane Farm! 🍁

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 5d

Next Thursday, October 16, Juliana Spahr will be at Wesleyan University for a reading! Be sure to join us in the McKelvey Room at 6pm. We hope to see you there!

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 6d

Join Heather Christle for a craft talk and reading: “What is Language Using Us For?” at Sarah Lawrence College on October 16th. We hope to see you there!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 7d

Sol Cabrini and Juliana Spahr will be doing a reading with Poetry Project on October 15 at 8pm. For more information, check out www.poetryproject.org/events/sol-c.... We hope to see you there!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the day! Luis Achondo's book The Sounds of Aguante: Politics of Fandom in South American Football is now available! 📖 Be sure to get your copy today at www.weslpress.org/978081950193...

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 8d

A beautiful excerpt from Quinn Hayes’ “Imposter” from Katherine Duarte's chapbook, A las orillas del Río Viejo! To read the full poem, get your copy today at weslpress.org!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 9d

Heather Christle, author of Paper Crown, will be a special guest at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop's Poetry Fest! On Saturday, November 1, Christle will be leading an afternoon workshop at 1:30pm and participating in a reading at 4:15pm. We hope to see you all there!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 11d

Benjamin Barson, will be in the Boston area on October 9th! Catch him at The 2025 HONK! Festival at 10:15 am for his talk, “NOLA Culture and Resistance: Then and Now.” Then at 5:30 p.m., you can find him at the MAAH Stone Book Award ceremony where he will be celebrated as a finalist.

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 12d

This past summer, Preservation in Action won Silver in Photography and Excellence in Graphic Design from the Connecticut Art Directors Club! Congratulations on this deserved recognition!

(Photo Credit: Peter Brown)

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for a reading with writer and scholar of literature, Juliana Spahr, as a part of our WesPress x Shapiro series. This event will take place in the McKelvey Room at Wesleyan University on Thursday, October 16 at 6 pm. We hope to see you there!

#julianaspahr #poetry

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 13d

Get excited for our two book releases this October: Lyn Hejinian’s Lola the Interpreter and Luis Achondo’s The Sounds of Aguante. You can order your copy at weslpress.org!

#lynhejinian #luisachondo #octoberbooks

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 13d

Fall is here, and so are your favorite books at Wesleyan University Press! 🍁📚 Order your copies today on weslpress.org.

Featured 📖: Paper Crown, Poasis II, Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared, The House That Jack Built, A las orillas del Río Viejo, To See Yourself As You Vanish, Lola the Interpreter

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 15d

Please help us congratulate Shayna M. Silverstein for being announced an honourable mention for the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Prize for her book Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria! You can purchase Silverstein’s book at weslpress.org!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 15d

Please help us congratulate Sumarsam for being announced first place for the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Prize for his book The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts! You can purchase Sumarsam’s book at weslpress.org!

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 16d

Rae Armantrout will be at the Portland Poetry Confluence from October 3-4!

For more information, check out portlandpoetryconfluence.org. Be sure to also order Armantrout's 2024 collection, Go Figure, at weslpress.org or a bookstore near you!

#raearmantrout #poetry #portlandpoetryconfluence

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 16d

Heather Christle will be at the Decatur Book Festival on October 4th! For more info, check out www.decaturbookfestival.com/event-detail....

Be sure to also order Christle's new book, Paper Crown, at weslpress.org or a bookstore near you!

#heatherchristle #poetry #decaturbookfestival

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 21d

Rachel Trousdale will be doing a reading and discussion at her university, Framingham State University! Join Rachel on Thursday, September 25th from 6:30 - 7:30pm.

For more information, check out www.framingham.edu/events?trumb...

#racheltrousdale #poetry #framinghamstateuniversity

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 21d

In memory of Pierre Joris (1946-2025), please join us for two events held as part of the Albany Book Festival on Saturday, September 27th.

📖 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Pierre Joris - Poasis and Beyond: Always the Many

📖 6:30 p.m. Reading and Performance

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 21d

Poets, Heather Christle and Wendy Xu, will be joining Edwin Torres, James Sherry, and Joey De Jesus for a reading at McNally Jackson Books in Seaport on September 26 at 6:30pm!

#poetry #heatherchristle #wendyxu #mcnallyjacksonbooks

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 22d

Join Edgar Garcia, author of CANTARES, at his reading at the University of Cincinnati’s Visiting Writers Series! This event will take place on September 24 at 5:30pm.

For more information, check out www.artsci.uc.edu/humanities/e...

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 22d

Tune into Kelly Writers House PoemTalk to hear more about the works of Pierre Joris and Jerome Rothenberg! You can listen at www.youtube.com/live/hsTF1gY...

#poetry #kellywritershouse #pierrejoris #jeromerothenberg

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