by Calypso | Jan 13, 2012 | Calypso Close-Ups, Uncategorized
“In all, this is certainly a volume worth reading, and Swir’s humane yet unsentimental poems are among the best “war poetry” written during the twentieth century.” -World Literature Today Read the article here
by Calypso | Jan 11, 2012 | Calypso Close-Ups, News, Poetry, Review
“By examining the nature of the exiled, Myhr attempts a difficult task, but the vanishings is successful in achieving a voice that speaks to a new generation of poets. Despite the shaky, shifting grounds it often describes, the voice is one of confidence and...
by Calypso | Oct 6, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Review
G.C. Waldrep praises Calyspo Editions and other small presses for committing to the publication of book-length works in translation. In particular, he notes that in Martin Woodside’s Of Gentle Wolves: An Anthology of Romanian Poetry, “there is a sensual...
by Calypso | Aug 27, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Review
I commend Calypso for having the courage to produce high quality ground-breaking books in these difficult economic times and in the face of the increasing market share of the E-book.
by Calypso | Jul 27, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Poetry
Rutgers University praises translator Martin Woodside “Love may be a language in itself, but learning your wife’s native language, living in her homeland, and then compiling and translating an anthology of the nation’s finest poems for publication must...
by Calypso | Apr 13, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Poetry, Review, Translation
Though our second book, Anna Swir’s Building the Barricade and Other Poems, has been out in the world just a short time, praise continues to emerge for this fine translation by Piotr Florczyk. From John Wilson at Christianity Today “Instead of emotion...
by Calypso | Mar 31, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Poetry
Chilean art collective, Casagrande, chose Warsaw as the site for its 2009 art project, Bombing of Poems. This project targets cities that have once suffered from aerial bombardment and aims to give new meaning to the city’s tragic past. In 2009, the city...
by Calypso | Mar 31, 2011 | Calypso Close-Ups, Uncategorized
In these two videos Piotr Florczyk’s reads from his new translation, Anna Swir’s Building the Barricade and Other Poems in both English and Polish. Beauty Dies Thoughts of a Fourteen Year Old Nurse
by Calypso | Mar 19, 2011 | News, Translation
CzechPosition.com interviews Martin Woodside about Calypso Editions’ published and upcoming titles. “We actually didn’t plan on the international focus represented by our first three titles, and our fourth and last title for 2011 will break the pattern...
by Calypso | Feb 22, 2011 | Reading
It’s been an incredible time for Calypso, thanks to the warm reception of our first title at our book launch organized by our Brooklyn-based founding member Bryan Patrick Miller. We’re already in the second printing of our first book, a new translation of...
