August 8, 2013

Elizabeth Myhr, a founding member of Calypso Editions (www.calypsoeditions.org), is a poet, editor, and publisher. Calypso is a collective, virtual press with a global perspective whose mission is to bring poetry into translation for the American creative bloodstream. Myhr based Calypso on excellence in book design, translations, and emerging authors for English audiences. Calypso has published poetry and short fiction in English, Russian, Polish, and Romanian, including works by Tolstoy and Anna Swir. Books& Culture listed Myhr’s first book, the vanishings (Calypso), as one of its three top poetry books of 2011. Myhr lives in Seattle with her family.

Christopher J. Jarmick has been organizing readings for more than twelve years. His latest book of poetry is Ignition: Poem Starters, Septolets, Statements and Double Dog Dares (2010) He also recorded the spoken-word CD Radio Pictures: Aural Anxieties (2009) with Michael C. Ford. His poems, articles, interviews, and book reviews have appeared in Many Trails to the Summit (Rose Alley Press), Rattle, Ravens Chronicles, and online. A former Los Angeles television producer with credits that include award-winning PBS documentaries and segments for Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy, and other programs, Chris moved to Seattle in 1994, and now lives in Kenmore, Washington.