''Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women'' is an American

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

published in

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. The journal was established in 1976 and by 2012 had published the work of some 4,000 female authors. The journal's publishing arm, CALYX Books, has published 40 titles to date. ''Calyx'' publishes poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, art, and reviews.

Publication history

''Calyx'' was the collective vision of four women in Corvallis, Oregon that attempts to discover emerging writers—including work by women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, young and old women.Feminist Voices & Visions: CALYX Exhibit Text.
/ref> Established in 1976, ''Calyx'' is a bi-annual publication.

Notable contributors

Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the Univers ...

Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...

Natalie Goldberg Natalie Goldberg (born January 4, 1948) is an American popular author and speaker. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Life Goldberg has studied Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years and practiced wit ...

* Sharon Olds

Footnotes

External links

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An Interview with Margarita Donnelly, Director of CALYX
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