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
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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]
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Joel Calahan
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· Dec 17
Verge Books
www.vergebooks.com
Very proud to announce the publication of my chapbook The Bees, out now from Verge Books. It’s a translation of Book IV of Vergil’s Georgics, full of practical tips for beekeepers, and lovely lyric depictions of hive life.
Purchase, repost, spread the word!
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Purchase, repost, spread the word!
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Just landed in Minneapolis. Anyone working on ICE watch or other mutual aid efforts, hit me up. Contacts are in my bio.
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Just landed in Minneapolis. Anyone working on ICE watch or other mutual aid efforts, hit me up. Contacts are in my bio.
January 13, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Logging in to blue sky
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Logging in to blue sky
I remember December ‘24, that was like 8 years ago
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I remember December ‘24, that was like 8 years ago
She has definitely come out against ICE in clear terms but does the mealy-mouthed thing where she refuses to say what she’d do with the power of leadership. The correct answer is: consequences.
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
She has definitely come out against ICE in clear terms but does the mealy-mouthed thing where she refuses to say what she’d do with the power of leadership. The correct answer is: consequences.
Congrats Sara, I will continue voting for you as long as you promise to abolish ICE and put those gestapo freaks behind bars. This is the most important job you have right now.
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Congrats Sara, I will continue voting for you as long as you promise to abolish ICE and put those gestapo freaks behind bars. This is the most important job you have right now.
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Kate Bush if she wrote the song in 2025
Bought a scooter to go up the hill but the scooter won’t go up the hill!!!
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Kate Bush if she wrote the song in 2025
Elon Musk choked…on stage at open mic night, that dude CANNOT tell a joke to save his life
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Elon Musk choked…on stage at open mic night, that dude CANNOT tell a joke to save his life
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To love, and bear; to hope, till Hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
—Percy Shelley
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
—Percy Shelley
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
To love, and bear; to hope, till Hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
—Percy Shelley
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
—Percy Shelley
“Sauvignon bloc” lmao
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
“Sauvignon bloc” lmao
the rivers of my life:
Little Blue
Missouri
Mississippi
Salt
San Diego
Little Blue
Missouri
Mississippi
Salt
San Diego
the roanoke river, could reasonably throw in the james. also grew up near tinker creek
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
the rivers of my life:
Little Blue
Missouri
Mississippi
Salt
San Diego
Little Blue
Missouri
Mississippi
Salt
San Diego
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You may not know this but there are a significant amount of ICE agents who lost previous security jobs because they sat on someone
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
You may not know this but there are a significant amount of ICE agents who lost previous security jobs because they sat on someone
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It’s gotta feel really good to be so hated that you have to wear a mask in public all of the time so your neighbors don’t know what your job is.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
It’s gotta feel really good to be so hated that you have to wear a mask in public all of the time so your neighbors don’t know what your job is.
He’s young and healthy, and Jerome is too / when the pres / orders as he says / what’s a fed chair s’posed to do?
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
He’s young and healthy, and Jerome is too / when the pres / orders as he says / what’s a fed chair s’posed to do?
is this a kitchen table issue yet? or are we still doing the bull pawing at the ground motion over the price of eggs?
Just a parent postponing his kid’s birthday party because his parents don’t think it’s currently safe to ask his classmates to travel across the city to visit our house.
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
is this a kitchen table issue yet? or are we still doing the bull pawing at the ground motion over the price of eggs?
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Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
This is down the street from my son’s high school. It’s so disgusting that this is just happening in the open. You’re just going to pump gas, and it could be you or someone in the car next to you, and what kind of life is this??
Earlier today, Border Patrol arrested a man in the parking lot of a gas station in St. Paul. They busted out his drivers side window, ultimately dragging him out of the car, pulled him to the ground, and dragged him into one of BP's SUVs.
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is down the street from my son’s high school. It’s so disgusting that this is just happening in the open. You’re just going to pump gas, and it could be you or someone in the car next to you, and what kind of life is this??
should be easy since doing embarrassing things comes so naturally to you, Dan
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
should be easy since doing embarrassing things comes so naturally to you, Dan
GLOW-UP (1966), dir. Antonioni
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
GLOW-UP (1966), dir. Antonioni
tbf the essay goes on to acknowledge “nurture” (meaning cultural expectations) limiting women, but this opening section evaluating the actual accomplishments is woefully blind to many incredible artists, authors, and composers—like you mention!
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
tbf the essay goes on to acknowledge “nurture” (meaning cultural expectations) limiting women, but this opening section evaluating the actual accomplishments is woefully blind to many incredible artists, authors, and composers—like you mention!
