Joel Calahan
@joelcalahan.com
Apprentice philologist. Poetry translation and history teaching. Chair-leg hero.
Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review
reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading
[ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]
Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review
reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading
[ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]
When I type, I only use left-aligned margins.
When I write by hand, I only use these pencils.
When I write by hand, I only use these pencils.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When I type, I only use left-aligned margins.
When I write by hand, I only use these pencils.
When I write by hand, I only use these pencils.
Yep. Another reason why Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was the defining movie of my childhood
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Yep. Another reason why Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was the defining movie of my childhood
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Happy Middle-Aged Candy-Giving Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Happy Middle-Aged Candy-Giving Halloween
Afternoon Celebration
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Afternoon Celebration
HERE (2023) by Bas Devos offers a perfect model of how a lonely, shy guy can win a girl’s heart: listen silently while she teaches you about mosses and make her soup.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
HERE (2023) by Bas Devos offers a perfect model of how a lonely, shy guy can win a girl’s heart: listen silently while she teaches you about mosses and make her soup.
My great uncle was a Secret Service agent shadowing LBJ when he was vice president.
Here’s a still of him conferring with LBJ behind JFK during the “We choose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University
Here’s a still of him conferring with LBJ behind JFK during the “We choose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University
October 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
My great uncle was a Secret Service agent shadowing LBJ when he was vice president.
Here’s a still of him conferring with LBJ behind JFK during the “We choose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University
Here’s a still of him conferring with LBJ behind JFK during the “We choose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University
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October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
reading that story with this viral text template in mind 🫠
Really floored to see the Griffin Poetry Prize award translators, listing the “written by” author as ancillary to the work. A sensible but profoundly unexpected practice.
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Really floored to see the Griffin Poetry Prize award translators, listing the “written by” author as ancillary to the work. A sensible but profoundly unexpected practice.
