Wesleyan Poetry Books in Order

Wesleyan Poetry contains 14 books, published between 1982 and 2022. The first book is Coffee 3 A M (1982) and the newest is In a Few Minutes Before Later (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1982–2022
Pages on record
443 in 6 of 14 books

Wesleyan Poetry is a poetry line holding 14 catalogued books published between 1982 and 2022. Brenda Hillman is credited on 12 of them and Joy Harjo on 1. The line runs from Coffee 3 A M (1982) through White Dress (1985), In Mad Love and War (1990), Death Tractates (1992), Loose Sugar (1997) and Cascadia (2001) to In a Few Minutes Before Later (2022). Recorded subjects include American poetry, modern poetry and women authors; six counted volumes have a median length of 74 pages.

How many Wesleyan Poetry books are there?

Wesleyan Poetry has 14 books, released between 1982 and 2022.

Wesleyan Poetry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Wesleyan Poetry books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Coffee 3 A M1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982
  2. 2
    White Dress1985 · 57 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198557
  3. 3
    Black Holes, Black Stockings1985 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198587
  4. 4
    Fortress1989 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198970
  5. 5
    In Mad Love and War1990 · 65 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199065
  6. 6
    Death Tractates1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992
  7. 7
    Bright Existence1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993
  8. 8
    Loose Sugar1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  9. 9
    Cascadia2001 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200177
  10. 10
    Pieces of Air in the Epic2005 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200587
  11. 11
    Practical Water2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  12. 122013
  13. 132018
  14. 14
    In a Few Minutes Before Later2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Do you have to read Wesleyan Poetry books in order?

You should read the Wesleyan Poetry books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Wesleyan Poetry book also stands alone.

Where to start with Wesleyan Poetry

Start with Coffee 3 A M (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Wesleyan Poetry book?

In a Few Minutes Before Later (2022) is the newest Wesleyan Poetry book released so far.

Is there a new Wesleyan Poetry book coming?

No next Wesleyan Poetry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Wesleyan Poetry at a glance

Paused
No new Wesleyan Poetry title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Wesleyan Poetry books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
443 pages across the 6 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 74 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wesleyan Poetry books, 4 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 14 titles, 12 are credited to Brenda Hillman and 1 to Joy Harjo. One title carries no credit.

What the Wesleyan Poetry books are about

6 of the 14 Wesleyan Poetry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.