Trevor Calvert

Author's Bio

Trevor Calvert is a poet and librarian living in California's East Bay. He earned an MFA at Mills College under Stephen Ratcliffe and Elizabeth Willis. While at Mills, Trevor worked first as an intern and then as Co-Editor for Manifest Press which among other titles published the first book of Brazilian poetry by a female author, On the Shining Screen of the Eyelids (by Josely Vianna Baptista and translated by Chris Daniels). Currently Trevor co-edits Spooky Actions Books with Ammie Stobaugh.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Rarer and More Wonderful (Scrambler Books, 2008)

Anthologies:

Bay Poetics (Faux Press, 2006), Involuntary Vision: After Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Avenue B Press, 2003)

Journals:

Back Room Live, Beeswax Magazine, Blaze VOX, Studio One

Prizes:

Finalist, poetry, Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) Book of the Year, 2009. Semi-finalist, Verse Prize, 2004.

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Listing last updated: May 1, 2013

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Raised in:

Sonora, CA

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