International Anthology

This 1980 issue published the work of contributors from 28 countries, including Wislawa Szmborska, Nobel Laureate and author of View With a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems. The editors of the issue now wish that the cover had been a color plate of one of Frida Kahlo's work (which do appear in color inside). Because of those color plates, this was a very expensive issue. Publication costs were partially funded by matching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, and the Oregon Arts Commission.

Jean Hegland

Jean Hegland is the author of Into the Forest, published by CALYX, and then sold in 1996 to Bantam publisher for $350,000, a sum which saved the CALYX press from closure. Hegland's first novel tells the story of two young sisters who have learned to survive the collapse of society, on their own in the Northern California forest. The book was named a finalist in the Small Press Book Awards, and a Book for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library.

Bearing Witness/Sobreviviendo

The first anthology of Native American/Chicana/Latina women's work. Guest Editors: Native American Literature: Jo Cochran, Diane Glancy, Mary Tall-mountain; Latina/Chicana Literature: Bettina Escudero, Naomi Littlebear Morena, Kathleen Reyes; Art Editor: Ada Medina.

Women and Aging

The first anthology to address ageism from a feminist perspective. Includes work by Ursula K. Le Guin, Meridel Le Sueur, Marge Piercy, and more than 50 other women writers. The cover art by Elizabeth Layton is also printed as the poster "Her Strength is in Her Conventions."

The Forbidden Stitch

The first anthology of Asian American women's work to be published in the United States. Winner of The American Book Award 1990. The cover is a Chinese embroidered purse c. 1930. The stitch is in a butterfly design; a butterfly is the symbol for "written word" in Chinese. Guest editors: Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Mayumi Tsutakawa.