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 | 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...
by Calypso | Nov 9, 2015 | Calypso Close-Ups, Interview
Committed to providing a voice to those who are oppressed, Julia Sherwood often teams with husband Peter Sherwood to translate literary fiction as well as film scripts, essays, journalism and academic texts from various Eastern European languages. She also works for...
by Calypso | Oct 26, 2015 | Calypso Close-Ups, Interview
A native of Kraków, Poland, Piotr Florczyk came to the U.S. when he was sixteen. He is a prolific writer and translator with numerous books and smaller pieces in various publications like The New Yorker, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Slate. A founding editor of...
by Calypso | Oct 12, 2015 | Calypso Close-Ups, Interview, Poetry, Translation
Martin Woodside is involved with the mysterious inner workings of Calypso Editions. An accomplished poet in his own right, Martin lived in Romania for a year and since then has been committed to exposing readers to the gritty and powerful writers of that country. He...
