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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press (which itself published its first book in 2000), and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman
, Dara Wier
, Matthew Rohrer
, Eileen Myles
, Tyehimba Jess
, Noelle Kocot
, Joe Wenderoth
, Mary Ruefle
, Rachel Zucker
, Maggie Nelson
, Dorothea Lasky
, among numerous other poets.
at the University of Washington
. The event will feature film screenings, art exhibitions, lectures, discussions and readings with featured poets and translators. More details can be found at Wave Book's translation page.
Joshua Beckman
Joshua Beckman is an American poet. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including Take It, Shake, and Things Are Happening, which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He is also the author of two collaborations with New York–based poet Matthew Rohrer, including Nice Hat...
, Dara Wier
Dara Wier
Dara Wier is an American poet and the author of eleven books of poetry, including most recently SELECTED POEMS from Wave Books. Awards include the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from the American Poetry Review, Pushcart Prize, San Francisco Poetry Center Prize. Her work is in Best American Poetry...
, Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Rohrer is an American poet.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Iowa.His first book of poetry, A Hummock in the Malookas , was selected by Mary Oliver...
, Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles is an American poet who has also worked in fiction, non-fiction, and theater.She won a 2010 Shelley Memorial Award.-Early life and career:...
, Tyehimba Jess
Tyehimba Jess
Tyehimba Jess is an American poet.-Life:He graduated from the University of Chicago, and New York University, with an MFA. He teaches poetry and fiction at CUNY College of Staten Island and is the faculty adviser for Caesura, the university's literary arts magazine.His work appeared in Soul...
, Noelle Kocot
Noelle Kocot
Noelle Kocot is an American poet. She is the author of five full-length collections of poetry, including most recently, The Bigger World and Sunny Wednesday . She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default...
, Joe Wenderoth
Joe Wenderoth
Joe Wenderoth is an American poet, writer and professor. His work is widely anthologized, appearing in collections such as: The Anchor Book Of New American Short Stories, Isn't It Romantic, State of the Union, Poetry 180, The Next American Essay, The Best American Prose Poems: From Poe To Present,...
, Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
, Rachel Zucker
Rachel Zucker
Rachel Zucker is an American poet born in New York City in 1971. She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently, Museum of Accidents . She also co-edited the book Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections with fellow poet, Arielle Greenberg...
, Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is an American poet, art critic, lyric essayist and nonfiction author of books such as Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions, The Red Parts: A Memoir, The Art of Cruelty, Something Bright, Then Holes, Jane: A Murder, The Latest Winter, Shiner, and Bluets.Nelson has...
, Dorothea Lasky
Dorothea Lasky
Dorothea Lasky is an American poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 27, 1978. Lasky earned her BA in Classics and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers, and her Ed.M...
, among numerous other poets.
Wave’s Annual Poetry Festival 2011: Poetry in Translation
Wave Books will be presenting three days of poetry in translation from November 4 to the 6th, with the help of the Henry Art GalleryHenry Art Gallery
The Henry Art Gallery is the art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. Located on the west edge of the university's campus along 15th Avenue N.E. in the University District, it was founded in 1927 and was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. The...
at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
. The event will feature film screenings, art exhibitions, lectures, discussions and readings with featured poets and translators. More details can be found at Wave Book's translation page.
Recent Publications
- Madness, Rack, and Honey collected lectures by Mary RuefleMary RuefleMary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
, forthcoming August 2012 - A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics by CAConradCAConradCAConrad is an American poet, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the recipient of the Gil Ott Book Award for The Book of Frank . He is also the author, with poet Frank Sherlock, of The City Real & Imagined , Advanced Elvis Course , and numerous other chapbooks and collections...
, forthcoming April 2012 - Snowflake / different streets by Eileen MylesEileen MylesEileen Myles is an American poet who has also worked in fiction, non-fiction, and theater.She won a 2010 Shelley Memorial Award.-Early life and career:...
, forthcoming April 2012 - Into the Snow selected poems by Gennady Aygi, Translated by Sarah Valentine, available November 2011
- Micrograms by Jorge Carrera AndradeJorge Carrera AndradeJorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978...
, Translated by Alejandro de Acosta and Joshua BeckmanJoshua BeckmanJoshua Beckman is an American poet. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including Take It, Shake, and Things Are Happening, which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He is also the author of two collaborations with New York–based poet Matthew Rohrer, including Nice Hat...
, available November 2011 - Poet by Default by Tristan CorbièreTristan CorbièreTristan Corbière , born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, was a French poet born in Coat-Congar, Ploujean in Brittany, where he lived most of his life and where he died....
, Translated by Noelle KocotNoelle KocotNoelle Kocot is an American poet. She is the author of five full-length collections of poetry, including most recently, The Bigger World and Sunny Wednesday . She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default...
, October 2011 - Notes From Irrelevance by Anselm BerriganAnselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan is a poet and teacher. He grew up in New York City, where he currently resides with his wife, poet Karen Weiser. From 2003 to 2007, he served as artistic director at the St. Mark's Poetry Project...
, September 2011 - Destroyer and Preserver by Matthew RohrerMatthew RohrerMatthew Rohrer is an American poet.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Iowa.His first book of poetry, A Hummock in the Malookas , was selected by Mary Oliver...
, March 2011 - I Heart Your Fate by Anthony MccannAnthony McCannAnthony McCann is an American poet. He is the author of two collections of poetry, including Father of Noise, and Moongarden. He is also the author of Gentle Reader!, a book of erasures of the English Romantics, written with fellow poets Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer...
, March 2011 - The Bigger World by Noelle KocotNoelle KocotNoelle Kocot is an American poet. She is the author of five full-length collections of poetry, including most recently, The Bigger World and Sunny Wednesday . She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default...
, March 2011 - Selected Poems by Mary RuefleMary RuefleMary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
, September 2010 - The Cloud Corporation by Timothy DonnellyTimothy DonnellyTimothy Donnelly is an American poet. He earned his BA from The Johns Hopkins University and his MFA in Poetry from Columbia University's MFA Program for Poets & Writers...
, September 2010 - Thin Kimono by Michael Earl CraigMichael Earl CraigMichael Earl Craig is an American poet from Livingston, Montana. Craig is the author of Can You Relax in My House , Yes, Master , and Thin Kimono .-External links:** at Muumuu House...
, September 2010 - Quintessence of the Minor: Symbolist Poetry in English by Garrett CaplesGarrett CaplesGarrett Caples is an American poet. Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1972, he currently lives in Oakland. An editor at City Lights Books, Caples curates the new American poetry series, City Lights Spotlight...
, September 2010 - Nine Worthies by Caroline KnoxCaroline KnoxCaroline Knox is an American poet based in Massachusetts. She is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently, Quaker Guns , and forthcoming, Nine Worthies...
, September 2010 - Christopher Sunset by Geoffrey NutterGeoffrey NutterGeoffrey Nutter is an American poet, born in Sacramento and based in New York. He is the author of three collections of poetry, including A Summer Evening , Water's Leaves & Other Poems , and Christopher Sunset...
, April 2010 - Black Life by Dorothea LaskyDorothea LaskyDorothea Lasky is an American poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 27, 1978. Lasky earned her BA in Classics and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers, and her Ed.M...
, April 2010 - Museum of Accidents by Rachel ZuckerRachel ZuckerRachel Zucker is an American poet born in New York City in 1971. She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently, Museum of Accidents . She also co-edited the book Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections with fellow poet, Arielle Greenberg...
, October 2009 - Bluets by Maggie NelsonMaggie NelsonMaggie Nelson is an American poet, art critic, lyric essayist and nonfiction author of books such as Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions, The Red Parts: A Memoir, The Art of Cruelty, Something Bright, Then Holes, Jane: A Murder, The Latest Winter, Shiner, and Bluets.Nelson has...
, October 2009 - Selected Poems by Dara WierDara WierDara Wier is an American poet and the author of eleven books of poetry, including most recently SELECTED POEMS from Wave Books. Awards include the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from the American Poetry Review, Pushcart Prize, San Francisco Poetry Center Prize. Her work is in Best American Poetry...
, September 2009 - Sunny Wednesday by Noelle KocotNoelle KocotNoelle Kocot is an American poet. She is the author of five full-length collections of poetry, including most recently, The Bigger World and Sunny Wednesday . She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default...
, April 2009 - Poemland by Chelsey MinnisChelsey MinnisChelsey Minnis is an American poet. Her collections of poetry include Zirconia, Bad Bad and Poemland. Zirconia won the 2001 Alberta Prize for Poetry....
, April 2009 - Take It by Joshua BeckmanJoshua BeckmanJoshua Beckman is an American poet. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including Take It, Shake, and Things Are Happening, which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He is also the author of two collaborations with New York–based poet Matthew Rohrer, including Nice Hat...
, April 2009 - New Exercises by Franck Andre Jamme, translated by Charles Borkuis, December 2008
- Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee by James TateJames TateJames Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky...
, December 2008 - State of the Union: 50 Political Poems edited by Joshua BeckmanJoshua BeckmanJoshua Beckman is an American poet. He is the author of six collections of poetry, including Take It, Shake, and Things Are Happening, which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He is also the author of two collaborations with New York–based poet Matthew Rohrer, including Nice Hat...
and Matthew ZapruderMatthew ZapruderMatthew Zapruder is an American poet, editor, translator, and professor. His second poetry collection, The Pajamaist , won the 2007 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and was chosen by Library Journal as one of the top ten poetry volumes of 2006...
, September 2008 - City of Corners by John GodfreyJohn GodfreyJohn Ferguson Godfrey, PC is a Canadian educator, journalist and former Member of Parliament.- Education :He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Senator John Morrow Godfrey , was a Canadian pilot, lawyer and politician. John Godfrey graduated from Upper Canada College in 1960...
, August 2008 - The Most of It by Mary RuefleMary RuefleMary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
, June 2008 - Quaker Guns by Caroline KnoxCaroline KnoxCaroline Knox is an American poet based in Massachusetts. She is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently, Quaker Guns , and forthcoming, Nine Worthies...
, April 2008
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