Three books recently published by Clemson University Press have been recognized with national awards.
“Insomnia in Another Town,” a poetry book by Lisa Hase-Jackson in the Clemson-Converse Literature Seriesreceived the Nelson Poetry Book Award from the Kansas Author’s Club. The Converse-Clemson Literature Series is a partnership with the Converse University Low Residency MFA program to publish poetry collections, short-story collections and creative nonfiction.
“Opera and British Print Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century,” edited by Christina Furhmann and Alison Mero, won the 2024 H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Award from the American Musicological Society. The award honors a work of scholarship each year of “exceptional merit” based upon 18th-, 19th– and 20th-century periodical literature related to music. The book examines how print culture in the 19th century helped share operatic culture and the intersections between opera and literature.
“Ezra Pound and the Spanish World,” edited by Viorica Patea, John Gery and Walter Baumann, received the 2024 Award for Best Collection of Essays on Culture in English Language from AEDEAN (the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies). The collection gathers criticism on poet Ezra Pound’s lifelong involvement with Spain and Spanish culture, as well as his own writing on Spain that is not accessible elsewhere.
“We’re very proud of all of our books, but it’s rewarding when others see how great they are, too,” said Clemson University Press Director Alison Mero. “These three awards reflect two distinct strengths of Clemson University Press — poetry and humanities scholarship.”
All three books are available for purchase from Clemson University Press.
About Clemson University Press
Established in 2000, Clemson University Press has expanded in recent years, adding approximately 25 books and journal issues per annum to its strong backlist of more than 100 titles. In 2014, the Press entered into partnership with Liverpool University Press, an award-winning publisher of distinguished scholarship since 1899. Through this strategic international partnership, the Press is a global ambassador for Clemson University, distributing increasingly diverse and impactful scholarship worldwide. In 2021, the Press became a member of the Association of University Presses, a distinguished international community of publishers committed to the highest caliber of research-based scholarship.