Yale Press Log

James Prosek in print and in studio

James Prosek, author and illustrator for Yale University Press' recently released Tight Lines: Ten Years of the Yale Anglers' Journal, wrote a short essay for the Outdoors section of the New York Times. The piece, published on November 28th, describes in painterly prose his trip to Alaska with an old mentor:

When I was 14, I was caught fishing illegally in a drinking-water reservoir by a game warden named Joe Haines. Instead of giving me a ticket, he took me under his wing.

I learned a lot of things from Haines: how to find edible mushrooms in the woods or four-leaf clovers in the yard; how to catch blue crabs and find razor clams; and how to spear, skin and cook eels.

To continue reading the piece, click here.

In addition, Prosek and Alexis Surovov came on WNPR's Where We Live to talk about fly fishing, the Yale Anglers' Journal, and Tight Lines. To listen to that show, click here.

Prosek also came into the studio for the Yale Press Podcast, which you can hear by clicking here.

James Prosek at the Peabody

From the Yale Peabody Museum's website:

Fly Fishing at the 41st Parallel

Realizing that he had happily fished his entire life only around his home of Easton, Connecticut, James Prosek decided to take a fishing trip around the world along the 41st parallel — that’s where trout thrive.

He headed east, traveling through southern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Japan, and returning through the western United States, stopping frequently along the way to indulge his passion for fishing.

Come hear about this grand adventure and pick up a copy of the newly released Tight Lines: Ten Years of the Yale Anglers’ Journal, illustrated by Prosek.

Thursday, November 15 at 5pm. Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave & Sachem St., New Haven, CT

Listen to a Yale Press Podcast with James Prosek

Tight Lines, illustrated by James Prosek; Edited by Joseph Furia, Wyatt Golding, David Haltom, Steven Hayhurst, Joseph Kingsbery, and Alexis Surovov; With a Foreword by Nick Lyons; With a Preface by James Prosek and Joseph Furia

Since the first copy of the Yale Anglers’ Journal appeared in 1996, readers with an interest in fish and fishing have opened the pages of each issue with anticipation and delight. YAJ’s founders suspected that others would share their passion for literature and art...

Yale Press Podcast, Episode 9

Episode 9 of the Yale Press Podcast is now available.

In Episode 9, Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Trita Parsi about about his behind-the scenes revelations about events in the Middle East and the geopolitical competition between Israel, Iran, and the United Staes, and with (2) James Prosek, author, watercolorist, and musician about the Yale Anglers' Journal tenth anniversiary as well as its rise as one of world's premier literary journals devoted to the sport.

Download it for free here, on iTunes, and everywhere else that podcasts can be found.

Comments are welcome.

Show Notes for Episode 9 of the Yale Press Podcast

Posted by Chris Gondek, Producer/Host of the Yale Press Podcast.

I can't deny that my heartbeat quickened when I heard the theme music to the show again. I was putting together the main show, and when I put in the opening theme and started the fade, I felt very happy. Two months is far too long between shows. I go through withdrawl.

You'd be hard pressed to find a book that is as timely as Trita Parsi's Treacherous Alliance, a book that everyone who wants a sense of what is really going on between Israel and Iran should pick up and read. Then, once the adrenaline has subsided, the essays in Tight Lines are music to the ear of any angler. I know that I'll be picking up a copy to send to a college roommate of mine who is a devoted fly fisherman. When you look at all he has accomplished, James Prosek could very well be the coolest angler on the planet.

Show Notes for Episode 6, "Globalization Past and Present"

Posted by Chris Gondek, Producer/Host of the Yale Press Podcast

Globalization is one of those terms that is easy for people to use as shorthand for things about the world they do not like, and a word that, given the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections, I'm afraid is going to be bandied about even more indiscriminantly than in the past. I hope this episode and these books can help people realize that a lot of what we hear about is just the most recent chorus of a very old song. Nayan Chanda's book in particular, is great for helping to put these forces into their historical perspective. Harold Cook points out how the needs of global business increased society's knowledge of the material world, and Alan Klein's book is fascinating in how it sees the future of baseball taking place outside of the U.S. No real production stories in this episode. All the interviews took place on the same day and they all went fairly smoothly. Those listeners with sharp ears, however, may pick out a certain name that doesn't sound like the rest of the show. I plead the fifth on that one. Chris