by Calypso | Sep 2, 2021 | Calypso Close-Ups, News, Review
The poetry book, Killing Plato by Chantal Maillard and translated by Yvette Siegert, entails two poem sequences. The first poem, “Killing Plato” centers around a pedestrian who has been hit by a truck and is dying in the middle of the road. The narrator is retelling...
by Calypso | Jul 6, 2021 | Calypso Close-Ups, News
Yeah, you heard it right! Calypso Editions will be at the North Park Book Fair! Join us on Saturday, July 17, 2021 from 10AM to 5PM (PDT) at North Park Way between 29th St. and Ray St. for free events and activities fun for all ages. Put together by the amazing teams...
by Calypso | May 14, 2021 | Calypso Close-Ups, Interview, News
Jeffrey Thomas Leong is a poet, writer, and translator who earned his MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. While earning his degree, Leong began a project to translate poems found etched into the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station. These...
by Calypso | May 5, 2020 | Calypso Close-Ups, News
Dear Calypso friends, It’s been a minute! I’m Jenny Minniti- Shippey, author of After the Tour, and one of the new members of Calypso’s editorial board. True to Calypso’s cooperative, collaborative model, the press has brought four members on...
by Calypso | Feb 8, 2017 | Calypso Close-Ups, News, Poetry, Reading, Robin Davidson, Titles, Translation
Calypso Editions is going to AWP in Washington DC! We will be sharing table 713-T with our friends from Poetry International and The Food Poet. Please stop by to check out our books, share a recipe or poem, or just to say ‘hi’! This year, we are featuring our...
by Calypso | Jan 13, 2017 | Calypso Close-Ups, News
Throughout the United States and a number of other countries on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, January 15, 2017, writers will meet to protect our democratic freedoms. To represent the Houston community, over 70+ Houston poets and writers of diverse backgrounds...
by Calypso | Sep 2, 2016 | Current Submission, Submission
Calypso Editions Press Manuscript Submission Reading Period is now open for the month of September! Please submit your manuscript of English-language poetry (between 45-75 pages) or prose (short-stories/novellas/novels, up to 52,000 words) as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf...
by Calypso | Apr 20, 2016 | Fiction, News, Open Reading, Poetry, Submission, Translation
May Open Submission Period – Translation: Please submit your manuscript of translated poetry (between 45-75 pages) or prose (short-stories/novellas/novels, up to 52,000 words) as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file during the month of May. Include biographical notes for...
by Calypso | Apr 10, 2016 | Submission
FAVORITE POEM PROJECT – HOUSTON: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HOUSTONIANS’ BEST-LOVED POEMS Is there a special poem in your life that you would like to share with others? Many of us have found a particular poem to be deeply meaningful at key moments in our lives—and we return to...
by Calypso | Dec 14, 2015 | Calypso Close-Ups, Poetry
Having our human dignity “shattered through fear” is not a new phenomenon as Sarah Jameel writes in her open love letter on Medium. Throughout the world every moment of every day, people are murdered, terrorized, abandoned, diseased, starving. Throughout the world...
