Calque Press - A small and occasional press

Calque Press

Limited editions, pamphlets, zines. Art, translation, poetry & nature

forthcoming

Batyr Berdyev's prison poems, published in support of the Prove They Are Alive! campaign

available

Little Miriam's Nose - A Puzzle

forthcoming

Liza Neklessa's pamphlet-length poem about desire and nature

Author Highlight: Liza Neklessa

Liza Neklessa's pamphlet-length poem, A sieve filled with berries, is about desire and nature, the first flush of a love affair, the way the world seems brighter and cleaner when you might start to see it through someone else's eyes. Liza is interested in feminist discourse, and she works in the space between visual art and poetry with topics of objectification, gender-based violence, and gender stereotypes. You can find more about the author in her personal page.

Translated from the Russian by Philippa Mullins, the book includes Neklessa's own images which comment on and enlarge the scope of the poem.

Image by Liza Neklessa

Submissions to Calque Pamphlets

Our Pamphlet Collection, Calque Pamphlets, is now officially accepting submissions. We would like in particular to encourage authors of fiction, translators, poets, and writers of non-fiction, essays and ekphrasis, who do not see themselves represented, or represented enough, in this form at present. We are extremely keen on translation and new writing, bilingual and multilingual authors, and/or those who have English as a second or parallel language. Read our call for submissions.

Calque Pamphlets logo by Vince Haig.

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