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Downward angled shot of multimedia artist Renee Jin next to a sculpture exploring the concept of involution.

From the Magazine

Defining involution through sculpture

February 19, 2025

A Rochester graduate student and acclaimed sculptor examines a topic that is increasingly relevant to Chinese society.

Diptych of the book cover art for "Melvill" by Rodrigo Fresán and "Muzzle for Witches" by Dubravka Ugresic, both translated and published by Open Letter Press and longlisted by the National Book Critics Circle translation prize.

Two Open Letter books nominated by National Book Critics Circle

December 21, 2024

Rochester’s literary translation press edited and published two of the longlisted books for the organization’s 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel Prize, a Rochester press, and a translation controversy

October 11, 2024

The latest Nobel Prize in Literature laureate has unexpected ties to the University’s literary translation press.

Elevated view of ROC City Concert performs playing music for incarcerated individuals.

Eastman brings music to underserved Rochesterians

ROC City Concerts brought performances to correctional facilities, recovery houses, and more this spring.

Man in cage reaches up toward piano player in scene from Paper Pianos.

Musical documentary with Rochester roots gets a Pulitzer Prize nod

Paper Pianos, a live-performance musical documentary written and co-created by the International Theatre Program’s Nigel Maister, tells the story of an Afghan musician and refugee Milad Yousufi.

Closeup of Morris Eaves smiling with William Blake illustrations in the background.

Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered

February 27, 2024

The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist” accessible to a wide audience.

Crystal Sellers Battle with her arms crossed in the Eastman School of Music's Miller Center.

Music schools founded on the Western classical model face special challenges

February 26, 2024

Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music.

Still from Psycho horror film showing Norman Bates greeting Marion Crane and Sam Loomis at hotel desk.

The work of horror films

February 20, 2024

A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the "monster" of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.

Detail of Caravaggio's "The Conversion of Saint Paul" shows Saul sprawled on the ground beneath a horse's legs, blinded and with his arms raised. A crop of the painting serves as the cover art for Jennifer Grotz's "Still Falling: Poems."

A poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy

February 20, 2024

Still Falling, English professor Jennifer Grotz’s fourth collection of poems, illuminates the connection between art and time.

Ezra Tawil in a yellow and black checkered shirt smiles at the camera in a room with wood-paneled walls.

Ezra Tawil, English professor of substance and style, remembered

February 5, 2024

The scholar of American literature had a special talent for connecting with colleagues and students alike.

illustration of a book with a red tail of Satan hanging out of the book like a bookmark to represent the light verse of Melissa Balmain's latest collection.

Provoking and coping through light verse

December 12, 2023

Rochester English instructor ‘explores the lighter side of dark times’ with her latest collection of poems.

Black and white portrait of Norwegian author and 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Jon Fosse staring directly at the camera.

How Nobel Prize–winning author Jon Fosse was found in translation

October 6, 2023

Open Letter’s Chad Post on discovering the Norwegian author for English audiences—and the importance of foreign translation presses today.