Joel Calahan
Joel Calahan’s translations from the Italian have appeared in such journals as Circumference, Aufgabe, AGNI, Cambridge Literary Review, and Lana Turner. The Bees, his chapbook of Book IV of Virgil’s Georgics, was published in 2024 by Verge Books. Calahan served as coeditor of Chicago Review from 2010 to 2013, where he published special issues on poet A. R. Ammons, composer Elliott Carter, and contemporary Italian poetry and fiction in translation. He lives in San Diego, California. (updated 4/2026)
AGNI has published the following translations:
Frisian Horse
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan
Crimean Sestina
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan
On an Ancient Vase
Poetry by Giovanna Frene • Translated from the Italian by Joel Calahan