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 | Apr 7, 2013 | Calypso Close-Ups, Review
We are grateful to Scapegoat Review for publishing a thoughtful review of our latest title, Froth: Poems by Jarosław Mikołajewski. The author of the review, poet and editor Jillian Mukavetz, calls the collection “a playful, tangled and tender-humored love...
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 | 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...
