Recent Books
Amherst Suite: Emily Dickinson, Spanish Translation & Poetic Transcreation
Emily Dickinson and Alberto Blanco, edited and translated by Jennifer Rathbun, introduction by Ilan Stavans
Amherst Suite: Emily Dickinson, Spanish Translation & Poetic Transcreation is a dialogue between Emily Dickinson and Alberto Blanco, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed contemporary poets. At the book’s heart is a selection of Dickinson’s most emblematic poems, masterfully translated into Spanish by Blanco—fifty-five poems to celebrate each year of Emily Dickinson’s life. Following these translations is Blanco’s collection of original poems dedicated to Dickinson, "Amherst Suite," translated into English by Jennifer Rathbun for the first time.
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Unbroken Nostalgia: Haitian Kreyòl Poetry in Cuba
Hilario Batista Félix, edited and translated by Mariana F. Past
Unbroken Nostalgia: Haitian Kreyòl Poetry in Cuba is the first English translation and scholarly edition of the collection Nostalji san pwen ni vigil: pwezi kreyòl nan peyi Kiba (2016) by Hilario Batista Félix. Grounded in oral storytelling traditions, Unbroken Nostalgia brings to light the collective memory and complicated hybridity of the Haitian community in Cuba and upholds Haitian Kreyòl as a language of resistance.
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Somewhere: A Novel
Paloma Vidal, translated by Jordan B. Jones
In Paloma Vidal's unforgettable novel Somewhere, an Argentine-Brazilian woman narrates her struggles to determine her identity and maintain relationships while moving between three languages and as many locations: Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires, her birthplace.
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Unserious Ecocriticism: Humor, Play & Environmental Destruction in Art & Visual Culture
Edited by Jessica Landau and Maria Lux
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice are complex, messy, and gravely important issues. In addressing these concerns, traditional ecocriticism understandably has taken itself very seriously. Unserious Ecocriticism, by contrast, highlights alternative responses to the challenges of environmental collapse and catastrophe.
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Open Access Books for a Democratic Future
Titles to read for understanding threats to US democracy
Published December 4th, 2024
What is Virtual Reality Good For?
Brian Beams on the past, present, and future potential of VR
Published October 16th, 2024
New Series Announcement: Urgent Knowledges
Translation series that highlights Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and similarly marginalized intellectual traditions in the geocultural area known as Latin America, including the Caribbean.
Published September 12th, 2024
Conferences
Amherst College Press representatives will be attending the following conferences. Email us if you'd like to meet up.
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention: November 20-23, 2025
ACP was on site for the 2025 ASEEES Convention in Washington, D.C.
Northeast Modern Language Association's Annual Convention: March 5-8, 2026
ACP was on site for this year's NeMLA Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania