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
Reproductive Rites: Writing the Right to Choose – A Series of 4 Generative Writing Workshops Presented on Zoom by CALYX Press, Facilitated by Laura Rosenthal This series of four generative writing workshops and a final group reading will support participants interested in writing about reproductive choices and experiences, regardless of genre. We invite both experienced
Burning Down the Haunted House (Trope): How Architecture Amplifies Horror: Craft Talk *** NEW DATE October 24, 2025 *** Virtual (Zoom)COST: $40 This 75-minute craft talk explores how architectural elements in literature reflect and intensify horror, tracing a path from Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” to contemporary works like “In the Dream House” and “Model
Photo credit: OSU CLA photographer, Blake Brown. Balancing academic deadlines, work responsibilities, and a personal life is no small feat for a college student. Yet during her undergraduate years at Oregon State University, Tayah Kohler not only kept pace—she distinguished herself. Through a funded internship with CALYX Press, a historic feminist publishing house based in
CALYX is excited to feature an exploratory new interview with novelist Jean Hegland. Hegland’s new novel, Here in This Next New Now, a companion book to her 1996 debut, Into the Forest, has been released in France. Debbra Palmer’s interview with Hegland covers a wide range of topics, including dystopian themes, fire, taboo, community, gender,
Our very first CALYX Live reading brought the powerful voices of women writers off the page and into the Zoom room—and we’re still glowing. To everyone who joined us: thank you. Your presence, your listening, your applause—it meant everything. To our readers: your words lit the room with courage, truth, and artistry. You reminded us
Thursday, May 15th – Zoom5:30-7:00 pm Pacific – 8:30-10:00 pm Eastern———->>> Zoom Registration – This is a free event <<<———- Join us for an insightful panel discussion exploring the resilience, creativity, and necessity of women’s voices in times that challenge artists and writers. New York Times Best Selling Author, Eula Biss, is the author of
CALYX is excited to feature an immersive new interview with poet Jennifer A. Reimer by Piotr Gwiazda. Reimer’s new collection, Keşke (Airlie Press, 2022), features poems that are, in Gwiazda’s words, formally inventive, often dialogic if not multivoiced, working with lyric and epic traditions. His interview with Reimer covers her experiences in Turkey, the modern retelling
CALYX Press has decided to leave Twitter X and make the move to BlueSky, a rapidly growing social platform. As a feminist press that has been publishing works of literature by women, trans, and non-binary writers for over 50 years, CALYX has always valued creating spaces for dialogue, connection, and inspiration. The decision to shift
Last month, CALYX Journal hit a major milestone that we’ve been working toward for years: we now have subscribers in all 50 states! This achievement became official in December 2024, when we welcomed readers from Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma—the final states to join our community of supporters. Reaching every corner of the country
Friday, April 19: 5-7pm The Benton County Historical Society is hosting an opening reception for artist Betty LaDuke’s newest exhibit, Bringing the World Together at the Philomath Museum (1101 Main Street Philomath, Oregon). LaDuke will give a short talk about her work at 6pm. LaDuke’s current exhibitions focus on social justice from multiple perspectives, with
Katey Schultz speaks at the Corvallis Museum March 9th, 2024, on the topic of research’s role in the creative process.
The third entry in the Writing Queer Joy Workshop, an online series presented by CALYX Press.
CALYX Celebrates Fire, Fury, and Resilience with Oregon Artist Betty LaDuke Please join us in ekphrastic appreciation of the artist Betty LaDuke, whose most recent exhibition, Fire, Fury, and Resilience: Totem Witnesses and Turtle Wisdom, will be at the Corvallis Museum from October 7, 2022 – January 22, 2023. The exhibit opens with an artist’s
The 19th Amendment centennial is coming up on August 18, 2020, which in publishing timelines is practically tomorrow. We at CALYX thought we were going to spend the centennial celebrating our progress with the first female president; we find ourselves instead looking forward to an anniversary that is much for suited to the discussion of
Hello to all! On the behalf of CALYX, I get to make an exciting announcement… we have an upcoming project: the publication of our new Social Justice Reader! No title yet, the reader is still young, just a sapling of an idea being tended to, and at the moment we vaguely refer to it as
