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Poems
by Angela Jackson
“Angela Jackson’s poems dwell in fervid topographies of family and myth, heart and tongue.” —Kevin Stein, author of Wrestling Li Po for the Remote
This Is My Office and Notes on My Mother’s Decline
Two Plays
by Andy Bragen
“With a certain and subdued beauty, Notes on My Mother’s Decline softens the blow that expectations, memory, and loss deal to a contemporary mother-son relationship.” —Derek McCracken, BroadwayWorld
Horizon, Sea, Sound
Caribbean and African Women’s Cultural Critiques of Nation
by Andrea A. Davis
“In rigorous and heart-quickening analyses of diverse art forms throughout the Americas, Andrea A. Davis enacts the borderless transformational power of Black women’s art, thought, and social struggle.” —David Chariandy, author of Brother
Gadamer’s Hermeneutics
Between Phenomenology and Dialectic
by Robert J. Dostal
“The ripe fruit of a diligent, life-long dialogue with Gadamer, which began in 1969, this clearly written book succeeds in bringing out the civic humanism of Gadamer’s philosophy, its intellectual roots and its relevance for our times.” —Jean Grondin, author of Hans-Georg Gadamer: A Biography
Spring 2022
Seasonal Catalog
Featuring titles from Colleen O’Brien, Vievee Francis, Brionne Janae, C. Russell Price, David Schaafsma, and more.
Featured Titles
Incidental Noyes
University Press Week 2021: Forward Thinking
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Read MoreRecent & Upcoming Events
Monday Night Poetry: Victoria Redel + Vievee Francis + Carl Phillips
April 18 @ 6:00 pm - April 18 @ 8:00 pm
"TWAS NOT LONG SINCE I LEFT MY NATIVE SHORE": PHYLLIS WHEATLEY'S CELESTIAL CARTOGRAPHY
February 17 @ 4:30 pm - February 17 @ 5:30 pm
Greenlight Books: Cynthia Dewi Oka & Jenny Zhang
January 11 @ 6:30 pm - January 11 @ 7:30 pm
