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SUMMER 2016 CATALOG
“Speak, Immortal One,
and tell the tale once more in our time.”
—Invocation of the Muse, Homer’s Odyssey,
translated by Stanley Lombardo (2000)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION
Leo Tolstoy / How Much Land Does a Man Need . . . . 5
Anton Chekhov / The Little Trilogy . . . . 6
Anna Swir / Building the Barricade and Other Poems . . . . 7
FICTION IN TRANSLATION
HubertKlimko-Dobrzaniecki/Lullaby for a Hanged Man . . . . 9
JanaJuráňová/Ilona: My Life with the Bard . . . . 10
André Gide / Morasses . . . . 11
POETRY IN TRANSLATION
SylvaFischerová/Stomach of the Soul . . . . 13
JarosławMikołajewski/Froth: Poems . . . . 14
Gellu Naum / Athanor & Other Pohems . . . .15
MartinWoodside,ed./Of Gentle Wolves . . . . 16
NON-FICTIONINTRANSLATION
Efraín Bartolomé / Ocosingo War Diary: Voices from Chiapas . . . . 18
ORIGINAL FICTION
MargaretMcMullan/Aftermath Lounge . . . . 20
Anthony Bonds / The Moonower King . . . . 21
ORIGINAL POETRY
ErikaLutzner/While Everything Slipped Away From Me . . . . 23
DerickBurleson/USE . . . . 24
RobinDavidson/City That Ripens on the Tree of the World . . . . 25
ElizabethMyhr/the vanishings & other poems . . . . 26
CLASSICS IN
TRANSLATION
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How Much Land
Does a Man Need
by Leo Tolstoy
TranslatedbyBorisDralyuk
Foreword by Brian Evenson
Fiction/66pages/2010
ISBN-13:978-0983099901
“The greatest story that the literature
of the world knows.” —JamesJoyce
“HowMuchLandDoesaManNeed
isasmallgem,astorythatfeelsat
oncequicklyrecitedandverysureof
itself,andCalypsoEditionsandBoris
Dralyukaretobecongratulatedfor
givingitanewandbetterEnglish-
language life.” —BrianEvenson
CalypsoEditionspresentsanewtranslationofthisfrequentlyoverlookedclassic.
In How Much Land Does a Man Need,originallypublishedin1886,Tolstoydeparts
fromtherealistmodeofhisgreatnovels—War and Peace and Anna Karenina—and
adoptsthemarkedlyoralnarrativestyleofskaz,alanguageatoncerichandeasily
accessibletothesimplefolkhenowwishedtoaddress.Whileprevioustranslators
havesmoothedouttheidiosyncrasiesoftheform,BorisDralyuk’stranslation
retainsthecolorandvoicesovitaltothetale.
Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910)isaRussianauthorregardedasoneoftheworld’snest
novelists.Theshortstory,How Much Land Does a Man Need,waspennedlongafter
hisambitiousnovels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina and within a year of his
novella,The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
The Little Trilogy
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by
BorisDralyuk
Fiction/86pages/2014
ISBN-13:978-0988790315
“ReadingChekhovwasjustlikethe
angels singing to me.”
—EudoraWelty
“Chekhov makes everything work
—theair,thelight,thecold,the
dirt,etc.Showthesethingsandyou
don’thavetosaythem.”
—FlanneryO’Connor
Anton Chekhov(1860-1904)isuniversallyregardedasamasteroftheshort
story,andnowhereishisrichcontributiontothegenreonfullerdisplaythan
intheso-calledLittle Trilogy(1898):“TheManinaCase,”“Gooseberries,”and
“AboutLove.”Theseinterconnectedstoriesreecttheentirerangeofhisgifts,
hisabilitytoholdcomedyinbalancewithtragedy,towrestbeautyfromugliness,
andtotransformthepatheticintothesublime.
Writtenratherlateinhiscareer,The Little Trilogyalsoservesasakindofartistic
autobiography,chartingtheevolutionofhisownapproachtostory-tellingfrom
humorouscaricature,toTolstoyansentimentality,toauniquelyChekhovian
studyof“individualcases,”inwhichgeneralitiesaredispensedwithandjudgment
is withheld.
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“TotranslateAnnaSwiristotranslateacemetery’sstoriesasnakedlyandstarkly
asanyhumancan.Itistotreadonhallowed,stunnedground—thegroundofan
earthstrickennotbyitsownnaturebutbyourspecies’ownwarring,bombarding
instincts.OnlyreverencecouldleadsomeoneproperlyintothereachesofSwir’s
numbedwitnessoftheatrocitiesofWWII.PiotrFlorczykhasthereverenceand
skilltobringSwirintoEnglishversewithcrystallinewitnessandwarnings.”
—KatieFord,authorofBlood Lyrics and Colosseum
Anna Swir(Świrszczyńska)wasbornin1909inWarsaw,Poland,toanartistic
thoughimpoverishedfamily.Sheworkedfromanearlyage,supportingherself
while she attended university to study medieval Polish literature. In the 1930s
sheworkedforateachers’association,servedasaneditor,andbeganpublishing
poetry.SwirjoinedtheResistanceduringWorldWarIIandworkedasamilitary
nurseduringtheWarsawUprising;atonepointshecamewithinanhourofbeing
executedbeforeshewasspared.Inadditiontopoetry,Swirwroteplaysandstories
forchildrenanddirectedachildren’stheater.ShelivedinKrakowfrom1945until
herdeathfromcancerin1984.
Building the Barricade
and Other Poems
by Anna Swir
TranslatedbyPiotrFlorczyk
ForewordbyJerichoBrown
Poetry / 68 pages / 2011
ISBN-13:978-0983099918
“Inall,thisiscertainlyavolumeworth
reading,andSwir’shumaneyet
unsentimental poems are among the
best “war poetry” written during the
twentiethcentury.”
—World Literature Today
“William Blake was inclined to see human
sins as phases through which humans pass
and not as something substantial. In . . .
Anna Swir there is a similar empathy and
forgiveness.”
—Czesław Miłosz
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FICTION IN
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Lullaby for a Hanged Man
byHubertKlimko-Dobrzaniecki
Translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood
Fiction/86pages/2015
ISBN-13:978-0988790391
“Thisrequiem-bookisunclassiable,
justlikeitsauthor,whowasinturn
turkeyplucker,diamondsmuggler,and
artdealerandwhostudiedIcelandic
language,theologyandphilosophy
...Ormaybeitis,butinthiscase,
we must leave the world of literature
andconsiderthisnovelasaklezmer
concertinNewYork’sCentralPark.
Aworldofeclecticpoetry,obeat/
quirky,attherootsofoldEurope,
funny,tender,violentlymelancholic.”
—JulietteMorillot,La Revue
LullabyforaHangedMan...tellsthestoryofthreeEastEuropeans–aPolish
musician,aCroatianartistandabuddingPolishwriter(theauthor’salterego)–
tryingtobuildanewlifeforthemselvesfarfromhome,indarkandcoldIceland.
Dedicatedtotheauthor’sfriend,thecomposerandviolinistSzymonKuran,this
sensitiveexplorationoffriendship,love,insanityanddeathaswellasadepiction
oftheimmigrantexperienceandanartisticandspiritualquest,isbyturnswildly
comic,movingandpoetic.ThebookwasnominatedfortheCogitoPublicMedia
awardaswellasfortheprestigious“Passport”prize.
Hubert Klimko-DobrzanieckiisaPolishwriter,theauthorofseveralnovels,
novellas,andcollectionsofshortstories.Hehaspublishedtwovolumesofpoetry
inIcelandic,aswellasachildren’sbookandacrimenovel.Klimko-Dobrzaniecki’s
books have been translated into ten languages. He has been nominated or
shortlistedforanumberofPoland’stopliteraryawards,includingtheNike,the
country’stopliteratureprize;theCogitoPublicMediaAward;theAngelusCentral
EuropeanLiteratureAward;andtheprestigious“Passport”prizeawardedbythe
weeklyPolityka.HeiscurrentlybasedinViennawithhisfamily.
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ILONA:
My Life with the Bard
byJanaJuráňová
Translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood
Fiction/154pages/2014
ISBN-13:978-0988790353
“JanaJuráňováhassetouttosubvert
thetraditionaldivisionofroles,
focusing,insteadofP.O.Hviezdoslav,
onhiswifeIlonaOrszághová,a
perceptive,intelligentandsensitive
observerwitharichinnerlife.”
—PavelMatejovič
“Anextraordinaryaccountofawomanwhosacricesherowncreativeand
intellectualpotentialtosupportherhusband–thelatenineteenthcenturySlovak
poetPavolOrszághHviezdoslav.Herunrealizeddreams,desires,andambitions,
however,ndasurprisingoutletinJanaJuráňová’sbook,onethatseemsevenmore
relevanttodaythanacenturyago.Writteninamelancholictonewithsubtletinges
ofirony,whichthetranslationcapturesbrilliantly,Ilona:MyLifewiththeBardisa
delightful read.” —HanaPíchová,UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill
Jana JuráňováisanacclaimedSlovakwriter,playwright,essayist,translatorand
publisher.ShealsoservedaseditoroftheliterarymagazineSlovensképohľadyand
freelancecontributortoRadioFreeEurope.HernovelBeadswomen was nominated
fortheAnasoftLiteraAwardandreceivedtheBibliotékaawardforwomen’sction
in 2006. My Life with Hviezdoslav(2008)wasshortlistedforthe2009AnasoftLitera
AwardfororiginalSlovakction.JanaJuráňová’stranslationsfromEnglishinclude
VirginiaWoolf’sThree Guineas and Gender Trouble by Judith Butler as well as books by
MargaretAtwoodandJeanetteWinterson.
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Morasses
by André Gide
TranslatedbyTadzioKoelb
IntroductionbyJohnReed
Fiction/80pages/2015
ISBN-13:978-0988790384
“TadzioKoelbhasfoundavoicein
EnglishforGidethatartfullyrecreates
theeleganceoftheproseinMorasses
and also the humor. An assured and
delightful translation.” —IdraNovey
“Urbane,paradoxical,perverse—inMorasses,AndréGidepioneeredthepost-
modernnovelacenturybeforeanyoneelse.Koelb’stranslationmakesthis
dicult,amusingexampleofthe‘literatureofexhaustion’delightfullyavailableto
the reader of English.” —EdmundWhite
André Gide(1869—1951)wasoneofFrance’smostcontroversialandinuential
writers.Anovelist,playwright,critic,essayist,translator,andco-founderof
LaNouvelleRevueFrançaise,hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature,
andbecametherstlivingauthortoseehiscollectedworkpublishedbythe
BibliothèquedelaPléiade.FollowingtripstoAfricaandtheUSSR,hepublished
anti-colonialandanti-Sovietworksthatearnedhimenemiesofeverypolitical
stripe.TheCatholicChurchplacedhisworkonitsIndexofForbiddenBooks
shortlyfollowinghisdeath,claiming,“Hemadeofhissinacoecient(andnot
theleast)partofhisfame.”
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POETRY IN
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Stomach of the Soul
bySylvaFischerová
Translated by the author
with Stuart Friebert & A. J. Hauner
Poetry / 162 pages / 2014
ISBN-13:978-0988790346
“SylvaFischerováisapoetlikeno
other.Sheisnotjustoneofthemost
importantEuropeanpoetsalive,she
is also one of the few European poets
whoareagreatfuntoread,without
compromisingthetruth,without
sellingoutthemagic.Sheentertains
intheoldway,teachingthelesson...
Fisherovateachesmesomethingnew
eachtimeIopenherbook.Thisisa
poet to live with.” —IlyaKaminsky
ThesenewpoemsfromFischerováareerceintheircompletedevotiontothe
revelation of a new way of seeing the world. They represent no less than the
redeningofsignicantideassuchasfate,death,poetry,andevengod,reshaped
throughthejarringlyoriginalvisionoftheworldthatdrivestheseremarkable
poems.ThecomingtogetherofFischerováandFriebert—oneofourmost
distinguishedliterarytranslators—isgreatnewstoofortheloversofpoetry
amongus.Weusedtosay:Thesearethekindsofpoemsthatliterallytransportyou
to other realms of seeing and feeling and knowing. Hold onto your hats.
—BruceWeigl
Sylva Fischerová(born1963)isoneofthemostformidableCzechpoetsofher
generation.AdistinguishedclassicistwhoteachesatCharlesUniversityinPrague,
shewritespoetrywithavividimaginationaswellasanhistoricalreach.Shehas
publishedeightvolumesofpoetryinCzech,andherpoetryhasbeentranslatedand
published in numerous languages.
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Froth: Poems
by JarosławMikołajewski
Translated by
PiotrFlorczyk
Poetry / 102 pages / 2013
isbn-13:978-0983099994
“ThisiscontemporaryEuropean
poetryatitsbest...tender,
unpredictable,hymn,alovepoem,a
momentoflaughter,ofrevelation.”
—IlyaKaminsky
“Frothisamixtureofshort,striking
poemsandlong,meditativepieces,
bothequallyinterestingintheirown
right.Becausehispoemsarepersonal
yetuniversal,readerswillabsorba
sliverofMikołajewski’slifewhilealso
learning about themselves.”
—RachelGellman,
World Literature Today
Frothgathersthirty-twoofJarosławMikołajewski’sbestpoems.AdamZagajewski
writes,“Who’sJarosławMikołajewski?Isheanangrypoet?No,notreally.Ishe
paterfamilias?Yes,heis,butthisdoesn’ttellusmuchabouthispoetry.Reading
hispoemswefollowhisitinerary,wegowithhimtoRome—he’sathomeinthe
ItalianculturethoughhisrsthomeisinWarsaw,weseehiswife,hisdaughters,
werememberhisfather.Mikołajewski’spoetryisalive.Thisisahugepraise,maybe
thehighestone:it’snotanacademicenterprise.Hispoemsarekicking,running,
appealingtous,readers.Hispoemslive.”
Jarosław Mikołajewski (b.1960)isapoet,shortstorywriter,essayist,journalist,
and translator from the Italian. His ten volumes of poetry have been met with wide
acclaimbothinPolandandabroad,winningthepoetmanyprizes,amongthem
theCapitalCityofWarsawLiteraryAwardandtheKazimieraIłłakowiczówna
Award.Hiscollectionofessays,Rzymska komedia(RomanComedy,2011),inspired
byhisprolongedstaysinRomeandTheDivineComedy,earnedhimanomination
forthemostsiginicantliteraryprizeinPoland,theNikeAward.Jarosław
MikołajewskilivesinWarsaw.
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Athanor & other pohems
by Gellu Naum
Translated by
MartinWoodsideandMARGENTO
Poetry / 107 pages / 2013
ISBN-13:978-0983099970
“Forthosewhothoughtprovocatively
experimental writing left Romania
withthepersonofTristanTzara,in
1915,orPaulCelan,aslateas1947—
whichisprettymuchallofuswho
readpoetryinEnglish—theworkof
Gellu Naum is a revelation. In these
wonderful translations we feel the
lifeofthepoeticimaginationowing
freelylongafterDada,Surrealism,
andtheirdiscontentshadfadedinto
mannerorsilenceelsewhere.Naumis
Tzara’struestheir,withthegravityof
Apollinaire and the eye of Breton.”
—GCWaldrep
“In Athanor & Other Pohems,thereisathrillofdiscoveryinthepresenceofa
mindandvoicethatbringsnewcomplexitiesandtonalitiestowardtherebirthof
something that we thought we knew and that even now astounds us.”
—JeromeRothenberg
Gellu Naum (1915-2001)isoneofRomania’smostimportantpoetsandakey
gureinthesurrealistmovement,GelluNaumremainsalmostentirelyunknown
toEnglishspeakingaudiences.SamplingsomeofNaum’sbestworkfromaunique
literarycareerspanningovermorethan60years,thiscollectionoersalong
overdueintroductiontooneofthegreatestguresin20thcenturyEuropean
poetry.
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Of Gentle Wolves:
An Anthology of Romanian
Poetry
Translated and Edited by
MartinWoodside
Poetry / 76 pages / 2011
ISBN-13:978-0983099925
“Ascintillating,eclecticsamplerof
voicesfromacrosshalfacentury
ofachievementbyoneofEurope’s
strongest and most vital poetry
traditions.” —AdamSorkin
About the Book:
Amidstahistoryofupheaval,fromRomansubjugationtothefallofcommunism
in1989,Romania’sfosteredaperseveringspiritandastrongpoetictradition.
“EveryRomanianisbornapoet,”goesapopularidiom,andOfGentleWolves:
AnAnthologyofRomanianPoetryaimstobringtheverybestofthecountry’s
contemporarypoetstogetherinasinglevolume.
Individual poems from Of Gentle Wolves: An Anthology of Romanian Poetry have
appeared in Brooklyn Rail,Poetry International,Poesis International(Romania),and
qarrtsinluni.TranslatedauthorsinthisanthologyincludeMarinSorescu,Gellu
Naum,ConstantinAcosmei,RaduVancu,AngelaMarinescu,DanComan,Ioan
Moldovan,O.Nimigean,RobertŞerban,LeonidDimov,GabrielDecuble,Ana
Blandiana,ChrisTanasescu,NicolaeCoande.
Editor & translator Martin Woodside’spoetrychapbookStationary Landscapes
cameoutin2009(PuddingHousePress),andhespent2009-10onaFulbrightin
Romania.HeliveswithhisfamilyinPhiladelphiawherehe’spursuingaPhDin
ChildhoodStudiesatRutgers-Camden.
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NON-FICTION IN
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CALYPSO
Ocosingo War Diary:
Voices from Chiapas
by Efraín Bartolomé
Translated by
Kevin Brown
Non-ction/222pages/2014
ISBN-13:978-0988790339
“ApoetfromChiapas,EfraínBartolomé,
livedthroughthe[Zapatista]uprisinginan
intense and painful way. His poetry took
onadeephistoricaldimensionwithout
ceasingtobepoetry.”
—AlbertoRuySánchez
“InOcosingoWarDiary:Voicesfrom
Chiapas vibrantly immediate idioms
andrhythmscomealive.KevinBrown’s
translationbridgestheuidborder
betweenprose-poemandprosenarrative.”
—ThaliaPandiri,SmithCollege
About the Book:
EfraínBartolomé,apoetfromChiapas,livedthroughtheentirebeginningofthe
Zapatistauprisingin1994.Hisfamily,likemanyinthevillageofOcosingo,received
deaththreatsfromtheZapatistaguerrillaswhodemandedtheyjointhematriskof
beingdeclaredenemiesoftheRevolution.Thisbook,equalpartspoetryanddiary,is
hisaccountofthatconict.
Efraín Bartolomé,bornin1950inOcosingo,StateofChiapas,Mexico,isan
internationallyrecognizedpoetandprize-winningenvironmentalactivist.Hisverses
havebeencollectedinthefollowingvolumes:Agua lustral(HolyWater:Poems,1982-
1987);Ocio: arder(PoetAre:Poems,1982-1997);andEl ser que somos(BeingWhoWe
Are).BartoloméistherecipientoftheMexicoCityPrize;AguascalientesNational
PoetryAward(1984);CarlosPellicerPrizeforpublishedwork(1992);GilbertoOwen
NationalLiteraryPrize(1993);andtheJaimeSabinesInternationalPoetryPrize
(1996).In1998hereceivedtheChiapasArtsPrizeand,in2001,hereceivedthe
InternationalLatinoArtsAwardintheUnitedStates.
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ORIGINAL
FICTION
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Aftermath Lounge
byMargaretMcMullan
Fiction/146pages/2015
ISBN-13:978-0988790360
“Ilovethesestories.They’resosmart,
beautiful,true—andsoreal—that
they seemed like part of my own
history.Ifelthomesickinthebest
way,oodedwithakindofsaddened
joy.Theysnuedthegimlet-eyedadult
andbroughttolifeagain,forawhile,
thewondrouschild.” —BradWatson,
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
AftermathLoungeisabeautiful,compellingcollection,theemotionsaspowerfully
chargedasthewindsofahurricane.MargaretMcMullanwritesmovinglyabout
thoselivinginandpullingthemselvesoutofdestructionandchaosandlossto
salvagealltheycanofloveandredemption.Fromthevoicesoforphanedchildren
totheleastlikelymantodonaSantaClaussuit,therearemomentsofdevastation,
comicreliefandgrace.” —JillMcCorkle, Life After Life
“InAftermathLoungeeachshortstory,likeahomingpigeon,returnstotheGulf
CoasttoexplorehowitspeoplestrugglewiththeghostofHurricaneKatrina.
Withrivetingprose,MargaretMcMullantrackstheweblikeconnectionsoffamily
andfriendshauntedbythestormfromPassChristian,Mississippi,toChicago.
—WilliamFerris,The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists
Margaret McMullanistheauthorofsixaward-winningnovelsandeditorofthe
newanthologyEveryFather’sDaughter.ShecurrentlyholdstheMelvinPeterson
EndowedChairinLiteratureandWritingattheUniversityofEvansvilleinIndiana.
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The Moonower King
A Novella
by Anthony Bonds
Fiction/98pages/2012
ISBN-13:978-0983099949
“Intautandinspiredlanguage,Anthony
Bondsgivesusanuninchingvision
ofhumanityandonefamily’sfate.A
compacttalethatmanagestobeas
vastastheTexaslandscapeitevokes,
TheMoonowerKingposesage-old
questionsaboutloyaltyandlove,and
answers them with a story that is
surprising,entertaining,andmoving.A
wonderful debut.” —KatherineTowler,
author of Snow Island
“TheMoonowerKingisanincrediblyimaginativenewbookbyanexcitingyoung
writer.Getreadytoforacrazyride.It’sfast-movingandintelligent.AnthonyBonds
issomeonetowatchoutfor.” —DanielChacón
About the Book:
WhenAshMoonelearnsthathistwinbrotherOscar’sbotchedsuicideattempt
haslefthimconnedtoawheelchair,Ashisforcedtoleavehislifeasawriterin
Brooklynforthefamily’sdilapidatedemuranchinaremoteEastTexastown.Atrst
areluctantcaretaker,Ashmustconfronttheonce-familiarfacesthatinspiredhis
rstbook,butsoonlearnstheterribleanddevastatingtruthsabouthisfamily’sdark
legacy.AshisbrotherOscar’scontinuedobsessionwithdeaththreatenstoruinboth
theirlives,Ashmustmakeachoice:abandonhisbrotherorriskhisownhumanity
tocreateapeacebetweenthem.AnthonyBondsisawriterandbookdesigner.He
worksasapublishingeditorinSanDiegowhereheliveswithhiswife.
Anthony Bonds is a writer and book designer. He works as a publishing editor in
SanDiegowhereheliveswithhiswife.
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ORIGINAL
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While Everything Slipped
Away From Me
byErikaLutzner
Poetry / 78 pages / 2016
ISBN-13:978-1944593001
“WhileEverythingSlippedAway
FromMeisastoryaboutgrief,love
and loss. It speaks of unbearable
tragedy.Thisisacollectionoflyrical
poems about the aftermath of 9/11.
Howcanonegoonwhenoneloses
theloveofone’slife?Thiscollection
delvesintothatquestion.Perhaps
outofgriefsomethingbeautifulcan
grow.” —NinAndrews
“Lutznerapproachestheunapproachablespacethatiswhatofwhichwasonce
whole.Hereweshareourskinnedkneesinash.Weeatthenewslikeitisamass
processedmechanicalattribute.Shewrites,‘tellmehowtocapturesadness.’The
storyisoneofatruelove,lostin9/11;oneofdesolationanddivinity.”
—JillianMukavetz
Erika Lutzner is the editor of Scapegoat Review. She is the author of two
chapbookswithdancinggirlpressandhasathirdcomingoutlaterthisyear.She
alsohasachapbookwithKattywompusPress.Herworkcanbefoundinvarious
journalsacrosstheinternetsuchasEclectica Journal,failbetter,andwicked alice.
ShegrewupinGarrettPark,Maryland,nexttoPorcupineWoodsandbehindthe
traintracks.She’saformerviolinistandformerchef.Currently,sheisawriter
livinginBrooklynwithhertwocatsNikkiandNeo.
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USE
byDerekBurleson
Poetry / 60 pages / 2012
ISBN-13:978-0983099956
“Burlesonseeswhatweallsee,or
arewillinglyblindto,orcannotbear
to see: that we are here for only a
moment,thatwearemeaningless
in the very same instant that we are
nearly godlike with meaning.”
—ZintaAistars
“Burleson’spoemsareengagingbecausehereachesouttohisaudience,andthe
audienceheimaginesisaslivelyasanypoetcouldhopetohave.Therespect
whichhegiveshisreaders(andlisteners)createslayersofmeaning,andallows
hisaudiencetoparticipate—bywhich,Imean,thereisafeelingasifwearein
conversationwiththepoet.” —MercedesO’Leary
Derick Burleson’slatestbookofpoems,Melt,waspublishedbyMarickPressin
2012.Hisrsttwocollectionsofpoemsare:Never Night(MarickPress,2007),and
Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991-94(UniversityofWisconsinPress,2000).Hedirectsthe
MFAprograminCreativeWritingattheUniversityofAlaskaFairbanksandlives
inTwoRivers,Alaska.
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City That Ripens
on the Tree of the World
byRobinDavidson
Poetry / 47 pages / 2013
ISBN-13:978-0988790308
“Davidsonbringsanunusualsenseof
history,especiallyasitimpactswomen,
intoherownveryAmericanpoetry.
Herworkisdeeplyengendered,andshe
writesofordinarywomen—rootedin
earth,reachingforlight—caughtbetween
personal,social,andhistoricalforces.She
isalearnedpoet—herverseringswith
theworkofphotographers,painters,and
otherpoets—whounderstandsthework
of poetry to bring light out of darkness
andmusicoutofsilence.”
—EdwardHirsch
RobinDavidson’sCity that Ripens on the Tree of the Worldisacycleoftwenty-seven
poemsemergingoutofhertimeinKraków,Poland,andconceivedasaresponse
topoetEwaLipska’sgure,Mrs.Schubert,akindofEuropean“everywoman”
ofmodernity.ThecycleaddressesLipska’spoems,DrogapaniSchubert(Dear
Mrs.Schubert),asapolestarforDavidson’sownverse.Throughthecreationof
anequivalentpersona(Mrs.Schmetterling),sheexplorespoetryastheuncertain
intersectionofpersonalandhistoricalforces—whatLipskamightcalltheaccident
or“thespectacleofourlives,”whichonebothparticipatesinandobservesas
witness.
Robin Davidsonisco-translatorwithEwaElżbietaNowakowskaofThe New
Century: Poems(NorthwesternUniversityPress)fromthePolishofEwaLipska
and the author of Luminous Other: Poems(AshlandPoetryPress).Shehasreceived
aFulbrightprofessorshipattheJagiellonianUniversityinKrakówandaNational
EndowmentfortheArtstranslationfellowship.Sheteachescreativewritingas
AssociateProfessorofEnglishfortheUniversityofHouston-Downtown.
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the vanishings & other poems
byElizabethMyhr
Poetry / 60 pages / 2011
ISBN-13:978-0983099932
Thethemesofthiscollectionare
timeandlight,andMyhrexplores
the limits of language to express
emotionandexperience.Calypso
Editionsisacollectivelyrunpressof
sophisticatedpoetryandction,and
Myhr’sworkisnoexception.Infact,
it sets the standard.”
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“WhatMyhraccomplishes,andwhatplacesthisbookwayaboveandbeyondanyother
suchdebutinagenerationisthatsheisabletobearealistandtostepoutsideoftime
inthesamepoem,ofteninthesameline.Herworkislledwith…theurgencyofthe
late20th/early21stcentury.Werecognizethelandscapeofthe‘exile’whichisvery
muchofourownmoment.”
—Ilya Kaminsky
“Imarvelatthebeauty,fragilityandlongingofthesepoemswiththeirlost
masterpieces,thehouseonecan’tndorcan’tgetinto,theorphans,thetelephone
thatringsandrings.Notthatthepoemsregretalostloveoranyparticularpast.They
knockatsomedoorofmystery,which,becauseweexistinbodies,wesimplycan’t
open.thevanishingsisdeeplythoughtprovoking,untranslatableandbrilliant.”
—JeanneMurrayWalker
Elizabeth Myhrisapoet,editorandfreelanceproductdevelopmentmanager.
SheholdsanMFAinpoetryfromSeattlePacicUniversityandlivesinSeattle
with her family.
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