CALYX Journal, the feminist literary periodical, was founded forty years ago on March 11, 1976, by four women intent on providing a forum for the many wide-ranging and diverse voices that make up women writers and artists. To celebrate, CALYX and Ooligan Press have been diligently working to ready Memories Flow in Our Veins: Forty […]
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Lady-Powered Publishing: Local Women Who Are Leaving Their Mark on the Publishing Industry
By Emily Warchot
Women have been involved in publishing since the seventeenth century. Elizabeth Glover brought the first printing press to the colonies and opened The Cambridge Press. As a woman, she had to receive special permission to open her business. The eighteenth century introduced Elizabeth Timothy, who is now recognized as the first female newspaper publisher in […]
Emma Watson Enchants the Feminist World with Our Shared Shelf
By Gloria Mulvihill
You’ll be hard-pressed to find something about Emma Watson not to like. She is our beloved Hermione, as well as Brown educated, UN Women’s goodwill ambassador, a feminist, an advocate for equality, and an all around beautiful human being. She started HeForShe.org, a platform that provides advocates for gender equality a place to share their […]
It’s Never Too Early to Start Marketing
By Sarah HaleComing into our fourth week of the project, we’ve accomplished a lot of collective brainstorming. The conclusion that we’ve come to is that this is a project that is part of a larger community and conversation, and we want our voice to be heard in that community–and not just for this particular book, of course, […]