New Books Spring / Summer 2012

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March324 pp., 72 illus. (20 color), 6B/i x 9W"Cloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8195-6914-1 Ebook, $14.99 • 978-0-8195-7270-7

film, tv, visual culture / animation

When Magoo FlewThe Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPAadam abraham

The story of the renegade artists who brought modern art to the world of animation

High art, popular culture, labor unions, and red-scare paranoia combine in this first book-length study of the pioneering 1950s cartoon studio UPA (United Productions of America). Formed by a nucleus of artists who left the Walt Disney Studio after a bitter strike, UPA produced films that were innovative and graphically bold—the cartoon equivalent to modern art. The book features cameo appearances by James Thurber, Dr. Seuss, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Jim Backus, and Woody Allen. Includes a select filmography.

“This splendid, and long-overdue, book traces the colorful history of the studio that sought to reinvent American animation. Abraham has done his homework and weaves the individual stories of UPA’s many artists and personalities into a seamless and highly readable narrative." Leonard Maltin

adam abraham has written for film, television, and theatre, and he has taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in England.

March280 pp., 53 illus., 6 x 9" Cloth, $35.00 • 978-0-8195-7240-0 Ebook, $16.99 • 978-0-8195-7241-7

film, tv, visual culture / animation

Wesleyan Film

TashlinesqueThe Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlinethan de seife

The long-overdue study of an important American filmmaker

Frank Tashlin (1913–1972) was a supremely gifted satirist and visual stylist who made an indelible mark on Hollywood and American popular culture in the 1950s—first as a talented animator working on Looney Tunes cartoons, then as muse to film stars Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, and Jayne Mansfield. This book provides insights into such classic films as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Girl Can’t Help It, Artists and Models, The Disorderly Orderly, and Son of Paleface, as well as numerous cartoons starring Porky Pig and others. Includes a complete filmography.

“Well, it’s about time! Frank Tashlin, one of America’s greatest yet unheralded comedy geniuses, is rescued from comparative obscurity by Tashlinesque, an admiring chronicle of his influential work from animated cartoons to live action comedy classics.” Joe Dante, director

ethan de seife is an assistant professor of film studies at Hofstra University. He is the author of the book, This Is Spinal Tap.

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May304 pp., 42 illus., 6 x 9" Unjacketed cloth, $75.00 x • 978-0-8195-7158-8 Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7159-5 Ebook, $11.99 • 978-0-8195-7160-1

music / jazz

Music/Interview

Always in TroubleAn Oral History of ESP-Disk’, the Most Outrageous Record Label in Americajason weiss

You never heard such sounds in your life

In 1964, Bernard Stollman launched the record label ESP-Disk’ (short for “Esperanto Disko”) to document the free jazz movement. ESP went on to produce albums by artists as diverse as Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Giuseppi Logan, The Fugs, Pearls Before Swine, Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Charles Manson. Due to the politically subversive nature of some productions and sloppy business practices, the label folded in 1974—only to relaunch thirty years later. The story of ESP-Disk’ is told through a multitude of voices, and includes interviews with Stollman, Amiri Baraka, Gato Barbieri, Milford Graves, Roswell Rudd, Sirone, Sonny Simmons, James Zitro, Tom Rapp, Sunny Murray, and many more. The result is a fascinating account of the music and the times.

“. . . one of the best accounts I’ve seen of a chaotic, bizarre, and thrilling time.” John Szwed, author of Alan Lomax: The

Man Who Recorded the World

jason weiss is a freelance writer, editor, and translator. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

May300 pp., 300 illus. Ebook, $16.99 • 978-0-8195-7285-1

music / jazz

Music/Interview

Reel HistoryThe Lost Archive of Juma Sultan and the Aboriginal Music Societystephen farina

ebook exclusive

Striking visual account of jazz in the 1960s and 1970s

In this engaging hybrid ebook—a blend of oral history and graphic novel—Stephen Farina finds “Juma Sultan” in a local phonebook. After an initial meeting at a roadside diner, Juma takes Steve and a fellow researcher to a decrepit barn, which, amazingly, contains a treasure trove of reel-to-reel audio tapes and 16mm films of jam sessions and jazz performances from the 1960s and 1970s. As the men go through the boxes and begin the painstaking process of preservation, Juma recalls the players, places, and time period when free jazz exploded then fused with the political momentum of the Civil Rights era. Reel History’s expressive and glowing black-and-white illustrations are augmented by audio clips and haunting silent video from Juma Sultan’s unique archive. This is an invaluable history for jazz historians and fans in the digital age.

“Placing the story of Juma Sultan’s lost tapes and career into the context of the cultural archetype of ‘lost music,’ Farina imparts to his own vision quest a universal significance that readers will find fascinating.” Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz

stephen farina is the chair of the Communication & Media Department of Clarkson University.

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April232 pp., 12 illus., 6 tables, 6 x 8W"Unjacketed cloth, $70.00 x • 978-0-8195-7231-8 Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7232-5 Ebook, $19.99 • 978-0-8195-7233-2

linguistics / human ecology

Animals ErasedDiscourse, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural Worldarran stibbe

A linguist explores our relationships with animals and the natural world

Animals are disappearing, vanishing, and dying out—not just becoming extinct, but being erased from our consciousness. In this thought-provoking book, Arran Stibbe explores the many ways in which language—in animal-product industry manuals, school textbooks, ecological reports, media coverage of environmental issues, and animal rights polemics—affects our relationships with animals and the natural world. Drawing on the traditional culture of Japan, Animals Erased opens possibilities for those who want to know about discourses and their implications for animals, ecology, and sustainability in the twenty-first century.

“Amazingly clear and incisive readings of a wide range of discourses related to animals and ecology. With an impressive eye for detail and the ‘big picture,’ Stibbe gives real insights into the relationship between language, values, and actions.” Karla Armbruster, coeditor of Beyond

Nature Writing

arran stibbe is a senior lecturer in the Humanities Department at the University of Gloucestershire.

June260 pp., 20 illus., 5V x 8V"Cloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7281-3 Ebook, $11.99 • 978-0-8195-7282-0

travel & tourism / connecticut

Garnet Books

Hidden in Plain SightA Deep Traveler Explores Connecticutdavid k. leff

The art of discovering cultural and natural treasures in everyday landscapes

Every day we encounter a variety of landscapes and objects, either ignoring them or looking without interest at what appears to be just a tree, stone, non-descript building, or dirt road. “Deep traveler” David K. Leff reveals the rich stories behind many of Connecticut’s overlooked landmarks, from the Merritt Parkway and Cornwall’s Cathedral Pines to roadside rock art and centuries-old milestones. Seeing the magic in mundane places enriches our daily life with a sense of place and inspires us to protect and make those places better. Includes photographs and ways to find these hidden treasures across the state and in our own backyards.

“Zinkies and Gungywamp, barns and brownstone pits, Leff ’s meditative exploration inviegles and delights.” John R. Stilgoe, Harvard University

david k. leff is the author of The Last Undiscovered Place, Deep Travel, and two volumes of poetry. He lives in Collinsville, Connecticut.

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April160 pp., 30 illus., 6 x 9" Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8195-7283-7 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7284-4

fishing / connecticut

Garnet Books

Fly Fishing in ConnecticutA Guide for Beginnerskevin murphy

An indispensible guide to fly fishing in Connecticut

This informative and entertaining book imparts a wealth of knowledge about fly fishing in Connecticut. Anglers will learn everything they need to know about the state’s trout hatcheries and stocking programs, and how to distinguish between brook, brown, and rainbow trout. Novice anglers will appreciate the easy-to-follow instructions on the basics of fly fishing, including stream tactics and casting, as well as tips on stream conservation, fly fishing etiquette, regulations, safety, tackle, and even a few recipes.

“I’ve often waded into the ancient streams of Connecticut on a pristine summer or autumn day and thought, ‘This is trout heaven with a New England accent.’ Fly Fishing in Connecticut is the next best thing to landing a tiny mayfly on a promising riffle on one of the many promising streams of the Nutmeg State.” Tom Brokaw

kevin murphy is an independent historian and writer who lives in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He is the author of Water for Hartford and Crowbar Governor.

June200 pp., 10 illus., 6 x 9" Cloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7290-5 Paper, $16.95 • 978-0-8195-7291-2 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7292-9

poetry

Garnet Books

Sunken Garden Poetry1992–2011edited by brad davis

A poetry anthology celebrating the first 20 years of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival

Since 1992, the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival has welcomed nationally acclaimed poets to the picturesque landscape of Hill-Stead Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Farmington, Connecticut. In the spirit of the festival’s mission to nurture the art of poetry, the anthology features young and emerging poets alongside established poets, including Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Carolyn Forche, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maxine Kumin, James Merrill, Marilyn Nelson, Grace Paley, and Richard Wilbur. In addition to a rich selection of poetry, the book features an illustrated introduction to the history of the festival by Rennie McQuilkin and Lary Bloom, as well as an appendix listing all festival dates, poets, and musicians for each year.

“The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival is a little paradise for poetry.” Galway Kinnell

brad davis teaches creative writing at College of the Holy Cross, and edits Hill-Stead’s online poetry journal Theodate.

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February424 pp., 6 x 9" Unjacketed cloth, $80.00 x • 978-0-8195-7234-9 Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7235-6 Ebook, $19.99 • 978-0-8195-7236-3

poetry / poetry criticism / women’s studies

American Poets in the 21st Century

Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st CenturyPoetics Across North Americaedited by claudia rankine and lisa sewell

The ideal introduction to eleven of today’s most engaging women poets

Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time, as well as poetics statements and incisive critical essays. Focusing on the work of American and Canadian poets, among the insightful pieces in this volume are essays by Karla Kelsey on Mary Jo Bang’s modes of artifice, Christine Hume on Carla Harryman’s kinds of listening, Dawn Lundy Martin on M. NourbeSe Phillip (for whom “english / is a foreign anguish”), and Sina Queyras on Lisa Robertson’s confoundingly beautiful surfaces. A companion web site will present audio of each poet’s work. Also includes work on and by: Lucille Clifton, Kimiko Hahn, Erín Moure, Laura Mullen, Eileen Myles, Joan Retallack, C.D. Wright.

claudia rankine is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College. lisa sewell is a professor of English at Villanova University.

May156 pp., 3 illus., 5V x 8V"Unjacketed cloth, $60.00 x • 978-0-8195-7088-8 Paper, $18.95 • 978-0-8195-7275-2

essays / french literature

The Great CamouflageWritings of Dissent (1941–1945)suzanne césaireedited by daniel maximin translation and introduction by keith l. walker

A new and complete English translation of Suzanne Césaire’s seven essays

The Great Camouflage contains the seven articles Suzanne Césaire wrote for the cultural journal Tropiques during the politically and culturally repressive years of the Vichy Regime in Martinique. A pivotal but long-ignored pioneer of the Negritude movement, Césaire engages anthropology, aesthetics, surrealism, history, and poetry as she grapples with questions of power and deception, self-deception, identity and inauthenticity, and cultural zombification. The collection also includes short pieces from others who wrote passionately about Césaire, or with her, including André Breton, André Masson, René Ménil, Daniel Maximin, and her husband, Aimé Césaire, and daughter, Ina Césaire.

suzanne césaire (1915–1966) was a French author from Martinique. daniel maximin is a Guadeloupean novelist, poet, and essayist. keith l. walker is a professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth College and author of Countermodernism and Francophone Literary Culture.

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February176 pp., 6 x 9" Cloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7118-2north american sales only

poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

Watchwordpura lópez colométranslated by forrest gander

Intimate, intense poems forge a language for life when life is at stake

In her most recent book, Watchword—the winner of the Villaurrutia, Mexico’s most esteemed literary prize—acclaimed poet Pura López Colomé writes of life at its brink with fierce honesty and an unblinking eye. This work shares the darkness, intensity, and skeptical hope of Thomas Hardy’s great poems, with flashes of secular mysticism, sparked from language itself. In the energy and intensity of her work and in her exhilarating words, we discover both a line of conduct and the source for a richer life. This bilingual edition features the poems en face in Spanish and English.

“Both Dante and Dickinson preside over Watchword, Pura Lopéz Colomé’s brilliant ‘notes that day by day gather / something profound and gentle, eternal, / melodious, imagined, maternal…’ She reminds us just how worldly the otherworldly is. Forrest Gander’s translation rings flawless and true.” John Ashbery

pura lópez colomé is the author of several books in Spanish. forrest gander is a noted poet and translator. He teaches at Brown University.This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

February88 pp., 6 x 9" Cloth, $22.95 • 978-0-8195-7277-6 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7278-3

poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

What Is Amazingheather christle

Poems stunned by the world and their presence in it

Possessed of a voracious curiosity about humans and other subjects, the poems in Heather Christle’s What Is Amazing invent and navigate worlds in an attempt to understand through participation. The book draws upon the wisdom of foolishness and the logic of glee, while simultaneously exploring the suffering inherent to embodied consciousness. These poems explore how we come to recognize and differentiate objects and beings, how their surroundings reveal them, and how wholly each is attached to its name. What Is Amazing delights in fully inhabiting its varied forms and voices, singing worlds that coincide and collide with our own.

“These sly, nimble notations of consciousness feel like pages from a secret notebook, but they’re oddly bold and forthright, too. Christle is a kind of psychic seismograph, recording the major and minor tremors that ripple through her awareness, and her poems are wide awake.” Mark Doty

heather christle has taught at Emory University and the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and is the author of The Difficult Farm and The Trees The Trees.

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July280 pp., 6 x 9" Paper, $27.95 • 978-0-8195-6884-7 Ebook, $21.99 • 978-0-8195-7294-3

literary criticism / science fiction

Starboard WineMore Notes on the Language of Science Fictionsamuel r. delanyforeword and introduction by matthew cheney

revised and expanded edition

The long-awaited reissue of a classic work of science fiction criticism

In Starboard Wine, Samuel R. Delany explores the implications of his now-famous assertion that science fiction is not about the future. Rather, it uses the future as a means of talking about the present and its potentiality. By recognizing a text’s specific “difference,” we begin to see the quality of its particulars. The book features incisive analyses of works by Joanna Russ, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and Thomas M. Disch.

“Starboard Wine remains one of the three or four most important critical statements ever made about science fiction. No one with a serious interest in the field should be ignorant of it.” Carl Freedman

samuel r. delany is an acclaimed novelist and critic who teaches at Temple University. matthew cheney is a columnist for Strange Horizons and writes regularly for his weblog, The Mumpsimus.

July240 pp., 52 illus., 5V x 8V"Unjacketed cloth, $70.00 x • 978-0-8195-7238-7 Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8195-7293-6 Ebook, $19.99 • 978-0-8195-7239-4

fiction & literature / science fiction

Early Classics of Science Fiction

The Time ShipA Chrononautical Journeyenrique gaspartranslated and with an introduction by yolanda molina-gavilán and andrea l. bell

Globe-trotting scientists pursue immortality and love in the world’s first time machine

Enrique Gaspar’s El anacronópete—“He who flies against time”—arrived eight years before H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine. A classic tale of obsession, high adventure, and star-crossed love, Gaspar’s lively novel follows Dr. García as he unveils a new invention which looks like a giant sailing vessel, and embarks on a voyage back in time to find the imprisoned wife of a third century Chinese emperor, believed to possess the secret to immortality. Includes intricately drawn illustrations from the original 1887 edition, a critical introduction, and notes.

“What an amazing discovery! Add Gaspar to the list of inventors of science fiction, and place him high.” Andy Sawyer, University of Liverpool

Library

enrique gaspar (1842–1902) was a Spanish diplomat and pioneer of social theater. yolanda molina-gavilán is a professor of Spanish at Eckerd College. andrea l. bell is a professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Hamline University.

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March132 pp., 2 illus., 7 x 9V"Paper, $14.95 • 978-0-8195-7287-5 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7288-2

poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

the new blackevie shockley

now in paperback

A profound and uplifting meditation on the meanings of race and belonging in America

Smart, grounded, and lyrical, Evie Shockley’s the new black integrates powerful ideas about

“blackness,” past and present, through the medium of beautifully crafted verse. the new black sees our racial past inevitably shaping our contemporary moment, but struggles to remember and reckon with the impact of generational shifts. The poems embrace a formal ambiguity that echoes the uncertainty these shifts produce, while reveling in language play that enables readers to “laugh to keep from crying.”

“In these remarkable new poems Evie Shockley seems to step to us wearing an alluring silk gown and steel-toe guerilla boots! She possesses that rare combination of grace and subversiveness. the new black is a book of stunning urgency and invention.” Terrance Hayes

evie shockley is an associate professor of English at Rutgers University. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

July92 pp., 6 x 9" Paper, $14.99 • 978-0-8195-7314-8 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7131-1

poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

Money Shotrae armantrout

now in paperback

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet searches for new ways to understand the world in the wake of the Great Recession

The poems in Money Shot are forensic. Just as the money shot in porn is proof of the male orgasm, these poems explore questions of revelation and concealment. What is seen, what is hidden, and how do we know? Money Shot’s investigation of these questions takes on a particular urgency because it occurs in the context of the suddenly revealed market manipulation and subsequent “great recession” of 2008–2009. This stunning follow-up to Versed—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a finalist for the National Book Award—is a wonderfully stringent exploration of how deeply our experience of everyday life is embedded in capitalism.

“Armantrout is only getting better: these new poems are among her best, and among the most relevant poems now being written.” Publishers Weekly

rae armantrout is a professor of writing in the literature department at the University of California at San Diego, and the author of ten books of poetry. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

Sam’s Bookdavid ray

back in print

Eloquent and accessible poems commemorating the “stunning blast” of loss

When Sam Ray was killed at age nineteen in an accident, his father began writing poetry dedicated to his memory. Sam’s Book is a collection of these elegies and other poems written during Sam’s lifetime. “How should I mourn?” David Ray asks. By recalling poignant events from the past he transcends his grief. He remembers Sam’s first bath, a “holy/Rite”; tying the shoelaces of the “little man”; traveling to Greece, where Sam is “the first…/to see the holy moon.” Ray muses on what he taught Sam and what Sam taught him. Originally published in 1987, Sam’s Book won the 1988 Maurice English Poetry Award.

“Heartbreaking poems . . . praise the cycle of life, acknowledge the power of death and express the love of a father for his son.” Andy Brumer, New York Times Book

Review

david ray is the author of many volumes of poetry, and has received numerous awards. He taught for many years at the University of Missouri—Kansas City, and now lives in Tucson, Arizona.

April272 pp., 8 illus., 5V x 8V"Paper, $18.95 • 978-0-8195-6012-4 Ebook, $9.99 • 978-0-8195-7296-7

american history / african-american studies / new england history

The Underground Railroad in Connecticuthoratio t. strother

back in print

The story of a “railroad” shrouded in secrecy

This classic text sheds light on one of the least-documented movements in Connecticut’s history—the rise, organization, and operations of the Underground Railroad, over which fugitive slaves from the South found their way to freedom. Drawing data from published sources and, perhaps more importantly, from descendants of Underground agents and from oral tradition, Horatio T. Strother tells the story in detail in this book, originally published in 1962. He traces the routes from such entry points as New Haven harbor and the New York state line, through important crossroads like Brooklyn and Farmington. He tells the stories of many fugitives, shows the dangers they faced, and identifies those who operated the system—farmers and merchants, local officials and judges, at least one United States Senator, and many dedicated ministers of the Gospel. Set against the larger background of the development of slavery and abolitionism in America, this volume remains the only book-length study of this critical topic.

horatio t. strother was a professor of history at South Central Community College in New Haven, Connecticut.

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____ When Magoo Flew, by Adam Abraham

____ Tashlinesque, by Ethan de Seife

____ Always in Trouble, by Jason Weiss

____ Reel History, by Stephen Farina

____ Animals Erased, by Arran Stibbe

____ Hidden in Plain Sight, by David K. Leff

____ Fly Fishing in Connecticut, by Kevin Murphy

____ Sunken Garden Poetry, edited by Brad Davis

____ Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century,

edited by Claudia Rankin and Lisa Sewell

____ The Great Camouflage, by Suzanne Césaire, tr. by Keith Walker

____ Watchword, by Pura López Colomé, tr. by Forrest Gander

____ What Is Amazing, by Heather Christle

____ Starboard Wine, by Samuel R. Delany

____ The Time Ship, by Enrique Gaspar, tr. by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán

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____ Money Shot, by Rae Armantrout (new in paper)

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