Trevor Calvert

Poet

Albany, CA
California US

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 & Prizes

Anthologies:
Bay Poetics (Faux Press, 2006)
,
Involuntary Vision: After Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Avenue B Press, 2003)
Book:
Rarer and More Wonderful (Scrambler Books, 2008)
Journals:
Back Room Live
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Beeswax Magazine
, ,
Studio One
Prizes won: 

Finalist, poetry, Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) Book of the Year, 2009.

Semi-finalist, Verse Prize, 2004.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
Sonora, CA
California
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Last update: Sep 17, 2014