“The baby’s dragged the sheets to the kitchen, and now she’s stuffing them into the washer.
One hand lifting a wad of yellow cotton,
the other reaching down for more and more.
Breathing heavy, she’s feeding vast swaths by the armful, bent halfway
into the mouth of the machine.
A strip of skin exposed where her shirt’s ridden up.
An edge of diaper sticking out of her pants.
Who can watch a child and not feel fear?”
“The baby’s dragged the sheets to the kitchen, and now she’s stuffing them into the washer.
One hand lifting a wad of yellow cotton,
the other reaching down for more and more.
Breathing heavy, she’s feeding vast swaths by the armful, bent halfway
into the mouth of the machine.
A strip of skin exposed where her shirt’s ridden up.
An edge of diaper sticking out of her pants.
Who can watch a child and not feel fear?”
A Chinese nursery song; boxed wine; Soho, 1971; tropical storms named Debby; touching the dead; Kentucky, 1915; discount wedding and groomsmen in purple suits; a nurse named Evangeline and Longfellow’s plodding dactyls, the belt buckle of a dead man; the 1990s and Ross Perot — All this and more in this CALYX Live reading of
Tuesday, March 24 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT | Join us on Zoom here. Sisterhood in Print: Celebrating 50 Years of CALYX Press! Since 1976, CALYX Press has been a bold, unwavering force in feminist publishing—amplifying the voices of women, including lesbian and queer women—even when doing so meant standing firm in the
Join us at the Corvallis Museum for a symposium and fundraising gala that celebrate 50 years of art and literature by women and nonbinary creators. CALYX is turning 50! On March 11, 1976, four women writers and artists created a platform specifically designed to spotlight the voices of marginalized creators. CALYX Press has been the
