Sept 29Poets Follies Reading with RAUL ZURITA
Sept 29, 2011
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Grosse Pointe Artists Association located on 16900 Kercheval St, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

Raúl ZuritaRaúl Zurita is winner of the Chilean National Poetry Prize and is arguably the most powerful poetic voice in Latin America today. He will be reading from his Marick title "INRI" and other works.

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Sept 30Calypso Editions publishes Seattle-based author Elizabeth Myhr’s debut collection
Sept 30, 2011
Elizabeth MyhrElizabeth Myhr is a Seattle native. She grew up playing jazz piano and attended Garfield High School where she was a member of Garfield’s acclaimed jazz band. She completed her undergraduate degree at The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in English, and began writing poetry in her twenties. She has published in many journals and literary reviews including Alaska Quarterly Review, Knock Magazine, LBJ and Poetry International. She received her MFA in poetry from Seattle Pacific University in 2009 and went on to become a founding member of Calypso Editions. She currently works as an editor for several print and online publishing companies and journals, including Marick Press, Web Del Sol Review of Books, and Raven Chronicles. Myhr works as a freelance product development manager and managing editor and lives in Seattle with her family.

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Oct 1Calypso Editions releases contemporary Romanian poetry in English translation
Oct 1, 2011
Seattle, WAThe finest voices in contemporary Romanian poetry are now available in an English translation from Calypso Editions. Of Gentle Wolves: An Anthology of Romanian Poetry brings together an eclectic collection of writers, from dynamic young poets such as Radu Vancu and Chris Tanasescu to venerable masters such as Ana Blandiana and Gellu Naum. Calypso is thrilled to bring these fresh translations, featuring a number of authors appearing in English for the first time, to an American audience.br />
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