To Keep You in This World

"So many wonderfully poignant poems here in Ann Calandro's new book of poetry, To Keep You in This World. Poems about getting old, poems about meals, poems about love-poems that concentrate on a mysterious "you" that oh so gradually becomes the reader, concluding with this request: "Please step inside/This poem with me." -R. M. Ryan, author of Vaudeville in the DarkAnn Calandro is a writer, mixed media collage artist, and classical piano student. For many years she worked as a writer and copyeditor in medical publishing, medical communications, and advertising. Her fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have been published in literary journals and anthologies. Her artwork has appeared in juried exhibits and literary journals. Shanti Arts Press published three children's books that she wrote and illustrated. In 2025, Serving House Books published her collection of short fiction Lost in Words. Born and raised in New York City, Calandro received a master's degree in English from Washington University in St Louis. See her artwork at ann-calandro.pixels.com