Recent Books
Local Ecologies: Artistic Investigations of Eastern Massachusetts
Edited by Kirsten Swenson and Rebecca Uchill
Local Ecologies: Artistic Investigations of Eastern Massachusetts is an innovative multimedia exploration of the entangled natural and cultural ecologies of Eastern Massachusetts. The book’s rich archive of essays, interviews, and artistic projects reveals the region’s layered Indigenous, colonial, and industrial histories, showing how art can deepen understanding of place. The volume foregrounds multiple ways of knowing and making place—through observation, research, memory, and collective action—offering the reader models for ongoing engagement with the region and beyond.
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Tributaries
New England Jazz Collaborative
Tributaries, the debut release from the New England Jazz Collaborative (NEJC), is a bold statement from an innovative new force in contemporary large ensemble jazz. The album showcases six original works by member composers Jeremy Cohen, Darryl Harper, Matan Rubinstein, and Sam Spear. The compositions traverse an expansive musical landscape—from New Orleans-inspired collective improvisation and lyrical balladry to Third Stream experimentation, funk, and West African highlife.
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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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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
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention: November 12-16, 2026
ACP will attend the 2026 ASEEES Convention in Chicago!