by Calypso | Mar 15, 2022 | Calypso Close-Ups, Current Submission, Fiction, News, Open Reading, Press, Reading, Short Fiction, Submission, Translation
Calypso Editions wants to read your manuscripts! We’re a nonprofit literary press with a special interest in literature in translation and literature with an international perspective. Our upcoming reading period, from April 1 – June 20 2022, is open to...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Calypso | Aug 29, 2015 | Fiction, Interview, Translation
A man who has as many tricks up his sleeve as the author he most recently translated, Tadzio Koelb has successfully sieved André Gide’s Paludes (1895) from the French original into his eloquently transported English translation, Morasses. We caught up with the...
by Calypso | Aug 3, 2015 | Calypso Close-Ups, Fiction, Translation
Calypso Editions is thrilled to announce its newest title, André Gide’s Paludes (1895), translated as Morasses by Tadzio Koelb, with an introduction by John Reed, who sees this satirical work “as a historical curiosity, an allegory of literary Paris—of nineteenth...
