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Extra Hidden Life, among the Daysbrenda hillman

Poetry of grief and sustenance from an award-winning poet

Brenda Hillman’s most recent book, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, won the 2014 Griffin Poetry Trust International Poetry Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. By turns plain and transcendent, Hillman’s new collection meditates on nature, bacteria, buildings, roots, and stars, ending with twinned elegies and poems about forests and seashores. This is poetry as a discipline of love and service to the world, whose lines shepherd us through grief and into an ethics of active resistance. A visionary and critically important work for our time.

“Hillman turns simple concepts into things far more revealing. The intimacy she conveys, the disappointment, the panic even, these are elements of magic I want to revisit.” Camille T. Dungy, author of Trophic Cascade

“For Hillman there is an alternative model of sociality that stems from attending to the destructive and creative fire that simply burns through righteous ideas to concrete objects that elicit our caring. Sociality in [Hillman’s] poetry arises from her radical, eco-centric view. It is the result of being aware that what we love and what engages us in the world will be lost if we fail to find alternatives to what that world is becoming.” Charles Aliteri, Open Humanities Press

“Hillman’s devotion to social justice—her unwavering belief in poetry’s capacity to address root causes of our political strife—ultimately purifies our fallen world in the languages of elemental fire.” Karen An-Hwei Lee, Iowa Review

brenda hillman is an activist, writer, editor, and teacher.Hillman serves on the faculty of Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California.

February184 pp., 76 color illus., 6 x 9"

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The Dog and the FeverA Perambulatory Novellapedro espinosatranslated by william carlos williamsedited and with an introduction by jonathan cohen

First full publication of translation and commentary by famed American modernist

The legendary modernist poet William Carlos Williams described this seventeenth-century book as “far more

‘modern’ than ever Hemingway or even Gertie ever thought of being” and “hot as hell besides.” Williams translated this Spanish novella, published in 1625, with the help of his mother. This edition includes Williams’s as-yet unpublished running commentary and an illuminating introduction from Jonathan Cohen.

“William Carlos Williams’s vital English version mirrors Pedro Espinosa’s unsurpassed dog novel related by an eloquently talkative canine.” Willis Barnstone, author of ABC of Translation

“A novella of extraordinary sensuality, humor and lyrical imagination, translated with exquisite delicacy by William Carlos Williams, whose love of the Spanish language is manifested in this work. A book to treasure.” Marjorie Agosín, author of The White Islands / Las

Islas Blancas

pedro espinosa (1578–1650) was a Golden Age Spanishpoet and fiction writer whose works include a famed 1605 anthology of contemporary poets. william carlos williams (1883–1963) is widely recognized as one of thegreatest American poets of the twentieth century and as an influential founder of literary modernism. He published some twenty books of poetry as well as seventeen books of prose. His Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems won the Pulitzer Prize. jonathan cohen is an award-winningtranslator of Latin American poetry and scholar of inter-American literature.

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AzurePoems and Selections from the “Livre”STÉPHAN E M ALLARMÉ TR ANSLATED BY BLAKE BRONSON-BARTLETT AN D ROBERT FERNAN DEZ

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Inquisitionkazim ali

Queer, Muslim, American, Kazim Ali has always navigated complex intersections and interstices in order to make a life. In this scintillating mixture of lyrics, narrative, fragments, prose poem, and spoken word, he answers longstanding questions about the role of the poet or artist in times of political or social upheaval. Ali engages history, politics, and the dangerous regions of the uncharted heart in this visceral new collection.

“What a gift Kazim Ali’s Inquisition is, what a generosity, in its sustained and sustaining inhabitation of the mystery. That, without ignoring heartbreak or rage, it understands that we are always

‘at the end of knowing,’ and shows us how we might reside there. And from which residence, Inquisition reminds me: love.” Ross Gay, author of Catalog of Unabashed

Gratitude

Poet, editor, and prose writer kazim ali has writtenfifteen books, including The Far Mosque, which won Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award.

How we answer to love beneath the lash of history

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The Trailheadkerri webster

The Trailhead sets out through a landscape populated by swan-killers, war torturers, and kings. Much of the book takes place in the contemporary American West, and these poems reckon with the violence inherent in that history. The collection arrives at a firm faith in the power and worth of the female voice, and a broader faith in poetry as bulwark against our frailties and failings.

“Kerri Webster has my favorite living ear. You should read this book because the poems buoyed by the ear are wonders, and renew poetry.” Shane McCrae, author of In the Language of

My Captor

kerri webster is the author of the poetrycollections We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone and Grand & Arsenal, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize.

Visionary poems lay claim to the power of the female poet

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literature / science fiction

Typescript of the Second Originmanuel de pedrolotranslated by sara martínforeword by kim stanley robinson

Manuel de Pedrolo’s widely acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel, which includes a foreword by Kim Stanley Robinson, tells the story of two children who survive the brutal destruction of Earth by alien explorers. A bestseller and required reading for secondary school students in Catalonia, Typescript of the Second Origin is indispensable to understand how a region of Spain was targeted and punished by Francisco Franco.

“This is an interesting European SF forerunner text, and I’m glad to see it sensitively translated and in print in English.” Gwyneth Jones

manuel de pedrolo (1918–1990) was a majorCatalan author who fought during the Spanish Civil War and opposed the repressive Franco regime. sara martín is senior lecturer at the UniversitatAutònoma de Barcelona. kim stanley robinsonis an award-winning American writer of science fiction.

The first English translation of a Catalan science fiction masterpiece

June200 pp., 4 illus., 5V x 8W"

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history / american history

Interview in WeehawkenThe Burr-Hamilton Duel as Told in the Original Documentsedited by harold c. syrett and jean g. cookeintroduction and conclusion by willard m. wallace

The Broadway sensation Hamilton has sparked renewed interest in historical figures Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. From the summer of 1804, we have the fiery correspondence between Hamilton and Burr, notes and accounts from their seconds-in-command, and other documents that summarize the events that inspired the hit musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

harold c. syrett (1913−1984) was president ofBrooklyn College and executive editor of the Papers of Alexander Hamilton. jean g. cooke is assistanteditor of the multi-volume Papers of Alexander Hamilton. willard m. wallace (1911−2000) wasan American historian and writer who taught at Wesleyan University from 1945 to 1981.

Engaging overview with first-person accounts of America’s most infamous duel

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May512 pp., 50 color illus., 56 color maps, 48 QR codes, 24 pages of bar charts, 6 x 9"

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outdoor recreation / birding / connecticut

The Driftless Connecticut Series Garnet Books

Birding in Connecticutfrank gallo

Birding in Connecticut is the definitive guide to where, when, and how to find birds in the Constitution State. This guide provides synopsis of local weather and a host of tips to finding and identifying birds. This is the first guide of its kind to offer QR code links to continually updated information on the occurrence and abundance of birds at each location. Includes color photos and maps.

“A consummate environmental educator, Frank Gallo gives everyone a shot at front-row seats to the best birding locations the state has to offer!” Twan Leenders, Roger Tory Peterson

Institute of Natural History

frank gallo is a leading expert on where tofind birds in Connecticut and has led birding expeditions all over the world. He is the author of two children’s nature books, Bird Calls and Night Sounds.

The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

A comprehensive field guide

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April112 pp., 92 color photos, 10 x 9"

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photography / new england

Garnet Books

Under the Dark SkyLife in the Thames River Basinsteven g. smithforeword by steve grant

Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Steven G. Smith showcases the picturesque Thames River basin, which extends from southern Massachusetts through Connecticut and is considered to be the last place where dark night sky can be viewed between Washington, D.C. and Boston. This full-color documentary photo essay explores this Atlantic gem and includes a foreword by Steve Grant.

steven g. smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winningmultimedia photojournalist and associate professor of visual journalism at the University of Connecticut. steve grant is a freelance writerwho wrote extensively on nature for the Hartford Courant.

Photographs tell the story of contemporary rural life in eastern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts

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June264 pp., 26 illus., 6 x 9"

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music / animal studies / history of science

Music/Culture

Animal MusicalitiesBirds, Beasts, and Evolutionary Listeningrachel mundy

Animal Musicalities traces music’s taxonomies from Darwin to digital bird guides to show how animal song has become the starting point for enduring evaluations of species, races, and cultures. By examining the influential efforts made by a small group of people to define human diversity in relation to animal voices, this book raises profound questions about the creation of modern human identity, and the foundations of modern humanism.

“This imaginative book brings together musicology, science and technology studies, and animal studies in exciting ways that will be of interest to scholars in a variety disciplines.” Jane Desmond, author of Displaying Death

and Animating Life

rachel mundy is an assistant professor of musicin the arts, culture, and media program at Rutgers University.

How conflicts between science and the humanities have shaped our understanding of the line between art and animal behavior

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music / asian studies

Music/Culture

Resonances of Chindon-yaSounding Space and Sociality in Contemporary Japanmarié abe

In this first book-length study of chindon-ya, Marié Abe investigates the intersection of sound, public space, and sociality in contemporary Japan. Chindon-ya, dating back to the 1840s, are ostentatiously costumed street musicians who publicize a business by parading through neighborhood streets. This book examines how this seemingly outdated means of advertisement has recently gained traction after decades of inactivity. Resonances of Chindon-ya challenges Western conceptions of listening that have normalized the way we think about the relationship between sound, space, and listening subjects.

“Abe’s central concept of resonance stands to be a major contribution to the discipline.” Christine Yano, author of Tears of Longing

marié abe is an assistant professor ofethnomusicology at Boston University.

An investigation of sound, affect, and public space in contemporary Japan

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May292 pp., 9 illus., 6 x 9"

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music / popular music studies

Music/Culture

Music & Campedited by christopher moore and philip purvis

Located at the convergence of popular and queer musicology, this collection of essays provides new research into camp’s presence, techniques, discourses, and potential meanings across a broad spectrum of musical genres. This significant contribution to the field of camp studies investigates how music has served as an expressive and political vehicle throughout twentieth and twenty-first-century culture.

“This welcome anthology opens the field through a rich variety of contexts, methods and perspectives, with a number of essays destined to become ‘camp classics.’” Caryl Flinn, University of Michigan

christopher moore is associate professor ofmusicology at the University of Ottawa. philip purvis is the director of music at d’Overbroeck’sin Oxford.

Illuminates the expressive, social, and political stakes of style

June312 pp., 57 photos, 16 illus., 6 x 9"

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music / film

Music / Interview

American Music DocumentaryFive Case Studies of Ciné-Ethnomusicologybenjamin j. harbert

American Music Documentary looks at five key films to begin to imagine how we might produce, edit, and watch films from an ethnomusicological point of view. Reconsidering Albert and David Maysles’s Gimme Shelter, Jill Godmilow’s Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, Shirley Clarke’s Ornette: Made in America, D.A. Pennebaker’s and Chris Hegedus’s Depeche Mode: 101, and Jem Cohen’s and Fugazi’s Instrument, Harbert lays the foundations for

“ciné-ethnomusicology.”

“Forging new ground in the study—and making— of music films, it is an utterly compelling read.” Marina Peterson, author of Sound, Space,

and the City

benjamin j. harbert is associate professor atGeorgetown University and co-editor of The Arab Avant-Garde: Music, Politics, Modernity.

A critical companion to the most celebrated music documentaries of the twentieth century

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June360 pp., 36 illus. (16 color), 6B/i x 9W"

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performance / dance

The Sentient ArchiveBodies, Performance, and Memoryedited by bill bissell and linda caruso haviland

The Sentient Archive gathers together the work of scholars and practitioners in dance, performance, science, and the visual arts. These twenty-eight rich and challenging essays cross boundaries within and between disciplines, and illustrate how the body serves as a repository for knowledge. ontributors include Nancy Goldner, Alain Platel, Catherine Stevens, Meg Stuart, Andre Lepecki, Ralph Lemon, and other notable scholars and artists.

“This volume presents a marvelous and diverse group of thinkers who are reckoning with the dancing body as a site of knowing, remembering, and performing.” Susan Leigh Foster, UCLA

bill bissell is the director of Performance at ThePew Center for Arts & Heritage. linda caruso haviland is an associate professor at Bryn MawrCollege and the founder and director of the dance program.

Top scholars and artists theorize the body as a crucible of knowledge

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art / new england / jewish studies

In the Grand TraditionThe Enduring Art of Elbert Weinberghartford history center, hartford public library

Elbert Weinberg was regarded as one of the most promising young artists of the 1950s and 1960s and is best known for his two Holocaust memorials. In 2014, the Weinberg Trust donated Weinberg’s sculptures, prints and drawings, and a large collection of documents to the Hartford Public Library. This analysis includes a biography, two essays, and more than fifty illustrations. An exhibit retrospective opens May 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut.

nancy finlay is Curator of Graphics at theConnecticut Historical Society. She has curated seventeen exhibitions, published a variety of essays, and edited several books.

Retrospective of versatile sculptor Elbert Weinberg

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Paris Press publishes groundbreaking yet overlooked literature by women. The Press values work in all genres that is daring in style and in its courage to speak truthfully about society, culture, history, and the human heart. Paris Press was founded in 1995 to bring Muriel Rukeyser’s collection of essays, The Life of Poetry, back into print. This essential text argues for the integration of poetry, literature, and the arts in American life. With books by Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Bryher, Ruth Stone, Zdena Berger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others, Paris Press presents a selective list for readers to treasure.

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The Life of Poetrymuriel rukeyser

Observing that poetry is a natural part of our pastimes and rituals, Muriel Rukeyser explores the vital force of poetry and the arts in American culture. She opposes elitist attitudes and addresses Americans’ fear of feeling, which contribute to a devaluation of poetry and the arts in the U.S. Multicultural and interdisciplinary, this collection of essays makes an irrefutable case for the centrality of poetry in American life.

muriel rukeyser (1913–1980) is one of ourcountry’s most influential yet neglected writers. She published fifteen collections of poetry, plays, translations, children’s books, and several works of nonfiction.

Our century's lost classic about American culture, the essential saving force of poetry, and how it can improve the quality of life in the United States

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memoir / essays

On Being Illwith Notes from Sick Rooms by Julia Stephenvirginia woolf and julia stephen

This new publication of On Being Ill with Notes from Sick Rooms presents Virginia Woolf and her mother Julia Stephen in textual conversation for the first time in literary history. In the poignant and humorous essay On Being Ill, Virginia Woolf observes that though illness is a part of every human being’s experience, it is not celebrated as a subject of great literature in the way that love and war are embraced by writers and readers. Notes from Sick Rooms addresses illness from the caregiver’s perspective. With clarity, humor, and pathos, Julia Stephen offers concrete and useful information to caregivers today.

virginia woolf (1882–1941) is one of the greatliterary geniuses of the twentieth century. julia stephen (1846–1895), Virginia Woolf ’s mother,worked as a vocational nurse throughout her adult life.

With magnificent language, Virginia Woolf explores the ways that illness transforms our perceptions

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essays / poetry

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Tell Me Another MorningAn Autobiographical NovelZDENA BERGER

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The Heart to ArtemisA Writer’s MemoirBRYH ER

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The Player’s BoyA NovelBRYH ERI NTRODUCTION BY PATRICK GREGORY

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Visa for AvalonA NovelBRYH ERI NTRODUCTION BY SUSAN McCABE

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Simon SaysJAN FREEM AN

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SistersAn AnthologyEDITED BY JAN FREEM AN, EMI LY WOJCI K, AN D DEBOR AH BU LL

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The Bosnia ElegiesADRIAN OKTEN BERG

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HoudiniA MusicalMU RI EL RU KEYSER

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The OrgyAn Irish Journey of Passion and TransformationMU RI EL RU KEYSERPREFACE BY SHARON OLDS

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Open Me CarefullyEmily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington DickinsonEMI LY DICKI NSONEDITED BY ELLEN LOU ISE HART AN D M ARTHA N ELL SMITH

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Solitude of SelfELIZABETH CADY STANTON

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Look to the FutureRuth Stone Reading from Ordinary Words and SimplicityRUTH STON EI NTRODUCTION BY BIANCA STON E

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Ordinary WordsRUTH STON E

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SimplicityRUTH STON E

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____ Extra Hidden Life, among the days, poetry by

Brenda Hillman

____ The Dog and the Fever, by Pedro Espinosa, translated

by William Carlos Williams, edited by Jonathan Cohen

____ Inquisition, poetry by Kazim Ali

____ The Trailhead, poetry by Kerri Webster

____ Typescript of the Second Origin, by Manuel de Pedrolo,

translated by Sara Martín

____ Interview in Weehawken, edited by Harold C. Syrett

and Jean G. Cooke

____ Under the Dark Sky, photography by Steven G. Smith,

foreword by Steve Grant

____ Birding in Connecticut, by Frank Gallo

____ Animal Musicalities, by Rachel Mundy

____ Resonances of Chindon-ya, by Marié Abe

____ Music & Camp, edited by Christopher Moore and

Philip Purvis

____ American Music Documentary, by Benjamin J. Harbert

____ The Sentient Archive, edited by Bill Bissell and

Linda Caruso Haviland

____ In the Grand Tradition, by Hartford History Center,

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