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Barns of Connecticutmarkham starr
A testament to the beauty of the central structure of the Connecticut farm
Featuring more than 100 stunning full-color photographs along with helpful diagrams and historic photos, Barns of Connecticut captures both the iconic and the unique, including historic and noteworthy barns. The book discusses the importance of barns to Connecticut agriculture across our state and up to the present day. Markham Starr’s Barns of Connecticut offers a lovely introduction to the architectural, functional, and agricultural roles these structures played in early Connecticut. Through text and color photographs, it tells a story of change and continuity. From the earliest colonial structures to the low steel buildings of modern dairy farms, barns have adapted to meet the needs of each generation; they’ve stored wheat, hay, and tobacco, and housed farm animals and dairy cows. These enduring structures display the optimism, ingenuity, hard work, and practicality of the people who tend land and livestock throughout the state.
“With captivating photographs and an engaging narrative, this beautiful book documents the character and features of Connecticut’s historic barns and farm buildings.” Thomas Durant Visser, author of Field Guide to
New England Barns and Farm Buildings
“This fluid discussion of the evolution of the Connecticut barn is filled with enlightening generalization supported by telling details. The author’s deep knowledge of and obvious respect for these endangered relics of our agricultural heritage is manifest in both text and photographs.” James F. O’Gorman, author of Connecticut Valley
Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields
markham starr is a photographer and the author of End of the Line: Closing the Last Sardine Cannery in America. His photographs have appeared in Yankee Magazine. He lives in North Stonington, Connecticut.
October184 pp., 132 illus. (104 color), 10 x 8"Cloth, $35.00 • 978-0-8195-7403-9 Ebook, $27.99 • 978-0-8195-7404-6
regional photography / connecticut
Garnet Books
Paper, $24.95 · 978-0-8195-7345-2Ebook, $19.99 · 978-0-8195-7346-9
also of interest
End of the LineClosing the Last Sardine Cannery in Americam arkha m starr
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Wesleyan University Press
October280 pp., 30 illus., 6 x 9"Cloth, $28.95 • 978-0-8195-7331-5 Ebook, $22.99 • 978-0-8195-7332-2
biography / american history
The Driftless Connecticut Series Garnet Books
Becoming Tom ThumbCharles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrityeric d. lehman
Adored worldwide as “General Tom Thumb,” Charles Stratton played to sold-out shows for almost forty years. Becoming Tom Thumb tells the full story of this iconic figure for the first time. Drawing on newly available sources, it details his triumphs on the New York stage, his epic celebrity wedding, and his around-the-world tour. Stratton’s unique brand of Yankee comedy also helped move little people out of the side show and into the lime light.
“This well-researched biography is evocative and entertaining, always good-humored, and treats its main figure with respect.” Neil Harris, author of Humbug: The Art
of P. T. Barnum
eric d. lehman teaches at the University of Bridgeport. He is the author of Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut.
The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/driftless.
The definitive biography of an iconic American entertainer
January264 pp., 38 illus., 6B/i x 9WUnjacketed cloth, $85.00 x • 978-0-8195-7395-7 Paper, $27.95 • 978-0-8195-7396-4 Ebook, $21.99 • 978-0-8195-7397-1
civil war / american history
Garnet Books
Inside Connecticut and the Civil WarEssays on One State’s Strugglesedited by matthew warshauer
This collection of nine original essays provides a rich new understanding of Connecticut’s vital role in the Civil War. Subjects covered in this volume range from the abolitionist movement in Windham County to shipbuilding in Mystic to post-traumatic stress disorder among Connecticut veterans. Together, they weave an intricate fabric depicting the state’s involvement in this tumultuous period of American history.
“This book expands our understanding of the Civil War home front and the war’s lasting impact on the North. No Civil War collection worth its salt should be without this volume.” Paul Alan Cimbala, Fordham
University
matthew warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University and author of Connecticut in the American Civil War.
How a small state struggled, survived, and remains connected to its past
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December376 pp., 39 illus. (9 color), 7 x 10"Cloth, $40.00 • 978-08195-7398-8 Ebook, $31.99 • 978-0-8195-7400-8
african american studies / connecticut
Garnet Books
African American Connecticut Explorededited by elizabeth j. normenwith katherine j. harris, stacey k. close, and wm. frank mitchell
This indispensible guide to the African American experience in Connecticut documents an array of subjects from 1630 into the 20th century, through the voices of freeman James Mars, the Black Governors, black abolitionists Amos Beman and James Pennington, the Civil War 29th Colored Volunteers, and the Civil Rights worker and baseball great Jackie Robinson, to name but a few. The book represents the collaborative effort of Connecticut Explored, the Amistad Center for Art & Culture, and other collaborators.
elizabeth j. normen is the publisher of Connecticut Explored. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut. katherine j. harris is a lecturer at Central Connecticut State University. stacey k. close is a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University. wm. frank mitchell is a consulting historian at the Amistad Center for Art & Culture.
First book to present an overview of the African American experience in Connecticut
October220 pp., 56 illus., 7 x 10"Paper, $40.00 s • 978-0-8195-7401-5 Ebook, $31.99 • 978-0-8195-7402-2
connecticut / government
Local Government in Connecticut, Third Editionfrank b. connollywith roger l. kemp and philip k. schenck
Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly’s Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state’s local government. Written for public officials and students, the book explains the inner workings of all aspects of local government. This unique and indispensable resource for the state is published in cooperation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
frank b. connolly, a resident of Portland, Connecticut, has held numerous municipal positions in the state, including serving as town manager and school business official. roger l. kemp, a former town manager, has contributed to nearly fifty books on municipal government and lives in Meriden, Connecticut. philip k. schenck has served in Connecticut and other New England municipalities as a town manager for over forty years, and now lives in Avon, Connecticut.
fully updated and revised
An indispensable guide to the ins and outs of Connecticut local government
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Wesleyan University Press
Available now64 pp., 2W x 3"Cloth, $6.95 • 978-0-8195-7383-4
poetry
Wesleyan Poetry
The Half-Inch Himalayasagha shahid ali
Originally published in the Wesleyan New Poets series in 1987, The Half-Inch Himalayas is a stellar collection of early work by a poet known particularly for his dexterous allusions to European, Urdu, Arabic, and Persian literary traditions. Agha Shahid Ali’s poetry revolves around both thematic and cultural poles, blending multiple ethnic influences and ideas in both traditional forms and elegant free verse. This new miniature edition will be cherished by collectors.
“Wondrous poems, mystically intense . . . [Ali] merges two distinctly apart cultures, India and America, himself, the poet, esponent through the experience of change . . . These are poems to be read carefully, to savor and absorb their profound emotional and visionary understanding.” David Ignatow
agha shahid ali (1949–2001) published a number of books, including Rooms Are Never Finished, a finalist for the National Book Award, and The Country Without a Post Office. He was the editor of Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English.
minibook edition
Limited edition of a seminal work from a renowned poet
January160 pp., 2 illus., 6 x 9"Cloth, $26.95 • 978-0-8195-7392-6 Ebook, $20.99 • 978-0-8195-7393-3
poetry / russian
Wesleyan Poetry
EndarkenmentSelected Poemsarkadii dragomoshchenkoedited by eugene ostashevsky
“Arkadii Dragomoshchenko is one of the great poets of the last fifty years, a poet who has transformed Russian poetics by exploring a meditative and introspective approach to both rhythm and content,” writes critic Charles Bernstein. Dragomoshchenko developed an elliptic, figural style rooted in Russian Modernism but responsive to contemporary experimental poetry in the West. This chronological arrangement of his writing in a bilingual edition represents the heights of his imaginative poetry and fragmentary lyricism from perestroika to the time of his death. It brings together revisions of selected translations, long out of print, with translations of new work.
arkadii dragomoshchenko (1946–2012) was a Russian experimental poet, essayist, and translator who introduced Russian readers to late twentieth century American poetry. eugene ostashevsky is a poet and translator living in New York City, and the author of two books of poetry.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
bilingual edition
Crucial English introduction to the poetry of a contemporary Russian avant-garde master
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Wesleyan University Press
August144 pp., 9 illus., 6 x 9"Cloth, $22.95 • 978-0-8195-7414-5 Ebook, $17.99 • 978-0-8195-7415-2
poetry
Wesleyan Poetry
Seasonal Works with Letters on Firebrenda hillman
Fire—its physical, symbolic, political, and spiritual forms—is the fourth and final subject in Brenda Hillman’s masterful series on the elements. Her previous volumes—Cascadia, Pieces of Air in the Epic, and Practical Water—have addressed earth, air, and water. Here, Hillman evokes fire as metaphor and as event to chart subtle changes of seasons during financial breakdown, environmental crisis, and street movements for social justice. The poet fuses the visionary, the political, and the personal to summon music and fire at once, calling the reader to be alive to the senses and to reimagine a common life. This is major work by one of our most important writers.
brenda hillman’s nine collections of poetry include Practical Water, for which she won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary’s College in California.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The final volume in the poet’s extraordinary tetralogy on earth, air, water, and fire
September152 pp., 10 illus., 6 x 9"Cloth, $30.00 • 978-0-8195-7429-9 Ebook, $23.99 • 978-0-8195-7413-8
poetry / jazz
Wesleyan Poetry
Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie ParkerWith New and Selected Jazz Poemsyusef komunyakaa
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa is well known for his jazz poetry, and this book is the first to bring together the verve and vitality of his oeuvre. The centerpiece of this collection is his libretto “Testimony,” an homage to Charlie Parker commissioned for a radio drama with original music by eminent composer and saxophonist Sandy Evans. The book includes twenty-eight jazz poems, interviews and essays, and two CDs with the complete Australian Broadcast Company recording.
“‘Testimony’ is one of the most successful jazz poems ever written, both lush and poignant, like the best of Parker’s solos.” Stephen Cramer, author of
Tongue & Groove
yusef komunyakaa is a professor and senior distinguished poet in the graduate program at New York University and the author of twenty books of poetry.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
includes two music cds
A collaborative tribute of words and music reflecting the tension and beauty of jazz
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Wesleyan University Press
November288 pp., 25 illus., 6B/i x 9W"Cloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8195-7407-7 Ebook, $23.99 • 978-0-8195-7409-1
dance
Through the Eyes of a DancerSelected Writingswendy perron
Through the Eyes of a Dancer compiles the writings of noted dance critic and editor Wendy Perron. In pieces for The SoHo Weekly News, Village Voice, The New York Times, and Dance Magazine, Perron surveys a wide range of styles and genres, from downtown experimental performance to ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House. Interviews, reviews, and blog posts give readers an up-close, personalized look at dancing as an art form. Dancers, choreographers, teachers, college dance students—and anyone interested in the intersection between dance and journalism—will find Perron’s probing and insightful writings inspiring.
“Perron’s engrossing book displays an uncanny ability both to view art works from a distance and to burrow into their hearts.” Deborah Jowitt, author of Jerome Robbins:
His Life, His Theater, His Dance
wendy perron, a former dancer, teacher, and choreographer, is the editor-in-chief of Dance Magazine. She lives in New York City.
Dance criticism rooted in a dancer’s perspective
November264 pp., 100 illus., 8V x 11"Paper, $29.95 • 978-0-8195-7405-3 Ebook, $23.99 • 978-0-8195-7406-0
dance / somatics
The Place of DanceA Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Makingandrea olsenwith caryn mchose
The Place of Dance is written for everyone, and reminds us that dancing is our nature, available to all as well as refined for the stage. This workbook integrates experiential anatomy and the process of moving and dancing, with a particular focus on the creative journey involved in choreographing, improvising, and performing for the stage. The third in a trilogy of works about the body, including Bodystories and Body and Earth, The Place of Dance is well suited for anyone interested in engaging embodied intelligence and living more consciously.
“The Place of Dance is a timely reminder of how available, delicious, and essential movement is, for all of us. This book offers strategies and inspiration to find—and keep—dancing in our lives.” Bebe Miller, choreographer
andrea olsen is a professor of dance at Middlebury College. caryn mchose has a private practice in somatic movement therapy in Holderness, New Hampshire.
An essential guide to embodied awareness
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Wesleyan University Press
October408 pp., 6B/i x 9WCloth, $85.00 x • 978-0-8195-7410-7 Paper, $27.95 • 978-0-8195-7411-4 Ebook, $21.99 • 978-0-8195-7412-1
dance / performance
Engaging BodiesThe Politics and Poetics of Corporealityann cooper albright
For twenty-five years, Ann Cooper Albright has explored the intersection of cultural representation and somatic identity in dance, and her writing reflects an interdisciplinary approach to seeing and thinking about dance. Throughout Engaging Bodies movement and ideas lean on one another to produce a critical theory anchored in the material reality of dancing bodies.
“An essential offering from the eminent contemporary theorist of corporeality and feminist studies. Ann Cooper Albright’s writings explore the largest issues in dance studies today—critical race, disability, gender, philosophy, historiography, activism, and body image. Surprising and compelling at every turn, this outstanding collection confirms the capacities of bodies in motion to matter.” Thomas F. DeFrantz
ann cooper albright is a writer and dancer, and chair of the dance department at Oberlin College.
Critical and performative writings from a well-known dance scholar
November320 pp., 20 music examples, 2 figs., 6 x 9"Unjacketed cloth, $85.00 x • 978-0-8195-7385-8 Paper, $27.95 • 978-0-8195-7386-5 Ebook, $21.99 • 978-0-8195-7387-2
music / arab studies
Music / Culture
The Arab Avant-GardeMusic, Politics, Modernityedited by thomas burkhalter, kay dickinson, and benjamin j. harbert
Focusing on ways the “Arab avant-garde” becomes manifest, this anthology brings together international writers with eclectic disciplinary trainings—practicing musicians, area studies specialists, ethnomusicologists, and scholars of popular culture and media. Contributors include Sami W. Asmar, Michael Khoury, Saed Muhssin, Marina Peterson, Kamran Rastegar, Caroline Rooney, and Shayna Silverstein, as well as the editors.
“Conceptually rich, minutely detailed, and theoretically provocative, these essays should inspire scholars and performers alike to rethink their notions of cultural identity in the Arab world.” Jonathan Shannon, author of Among
the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria
thomas burkhalter is a researcher at Zurich University of the Arts. kay dickinson is an associate professor at Concordia University. benjamin j. harbert is an assistant professor at Georgetown University.
The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music
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November256 pp., 30 illus., 6 x 9"Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7072-7 Ebook, $19.99 • 978-0-8195-7073-4
music / middle east studies / media studies
Music / Culture
Umm KulthumArtistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967–2007laura lohman
After the 1967 Six-Day War, Egyptian singer Umm Kulthūm launched a multifaceted response to the defeat that not only sustained her career, but also expanded her international fame and shaped her legacy. By examining biographies, dramas, monuments, radio programming practices, and recent recordings, Laura Lohman delves into Umm Kulthūm’s role in fashioning her image and the conflicting ways that her image and music have been interpreted since her death in 1975.
“An exceptionally well-documented and clearly argued examination of one of the great musicians of the twentieth century. Lohman’s analyses of the cultural representations are deft
. . . There is a wealth of incisive media analysis in this book.” Journal of Folklore Research
laura lohman is an associate professor in the Department of Music at California State University, Fullerton.
now in paperback
How an extraordinary woman shaped her career and legacy through war
September160 pp., 11 illus., 5J/bg x 8X"Paper, $16.95 • 978-0-8195-7418-3 Ebook, $12.99 • 978-0-8195-7151-9
essays / poetry / native american studies
Soul Talk, Song LanguageConversations with Joy Harjojoy harjo and tanaya winder
A “poet-healer-philosopher-saxophonist,” Joy Harjo is one of the most powerful Native American voices of her generation. She has spent the past two decades exploring her place in poetry, music, dance/performance, and art. Here, Harjo gathers her recent personal essays, interviews, and newspaper columns into one complete collection. She reflects upon the nuances of her art, the importance of her origins, the arduous reconstructions of the tribal past, and the dramatic confrontation between Native American and Anglo civilizations.
“Harjo provides a rare and treasurable acoustic: the sound of an artist and woman thinking for herself, and for us. Never afraid of large questions of purpose and identity. But never remiss either in providing beautiful, small details of craft and commitment.” Eavan Boland
joy harjo is a poet, performer, writer, and musician living in the Mvskoke/Creek Nation of Oklahoma. tanaya winder is a poet from the Duckwater Shoshone/Southern Ute Nation.
now in paperback
Intimate conversations with one of America’s foremost Native artists
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____ Barns of Connecticut, by Markham Starr
____ Becoming Tom Thumb, by Eric D. Lehman
____ Inside Connecticut and the Civil War, by Matthew
Warshauer
____ African American Connecticut Explored, edited by
Elizabeth J. Normen with Katherine J. Harris, Stacey K. Close,
and Wm. Frank Mitchell
____ Local Government in Connecticut, Third Edition, by
Frank B. Connolly, with Roger L. Kemp and Philip K. Schenck
____ The Half-Inch Himalayas, by Agha Shahid Ali (minibook)
____ Endarkenment , by Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and edited by
Eugene Ostashevsky
____ Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, by Brenda Hillman
____ Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker, by Yusef Komunyakaa
____ Through the Eyes of a Dancer, by Wendy Perron
____ The Place of Dance, by Andrea Olsen with Caryn McHose
____ Engaging Bodies, by Ann Cooper Albright
____ The Arab Avant-Garde, edited by Thomas Burkhalter,
Kay Dickinson, and Benjamin J. Harbert
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