# Daphne Kalotay

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Daphne Kalotay, "Blue Hours" (Triquarterly, 2019)

It’s 1991, and recent college graduate Mim wants to be a writer, but for now she is folding clothes at Benetton. She notices the trash-filled streets and befriends exotic Kyra, who joins Mim’s disparate group of roommates, all squeezed together in a crumbling NYC apartment. Their relationship gets …

Issue 65. November 2017 : One City One Story: Relativity

Our partners the Boston Book Festival chose Daphne Kalotay’s “Relativity” as the selection for the 2017 One City One Story project. The story appeared in print--for the first time--in free booklets available throughout Boston. But you can listen to Daphne read it aloud herself here--and only here--…

Issue 15. August 2011 : DAPHNE KALOTAY Sunshine Cleaners

Daphne Kalotay's "Sunshine Cleaners" takes place in a laundromat in Brookline (02446), where cultures tumble together in misunderstanding and miscommunication. Sergei ponders the mysteries of America in everything from simple signs to interactions between men and women, while the Tall Girl struggle…

Daphne Kalotay, "Blue Hours" (Triquarterly, 2019)

It’s 1991, and recent college graduate Mim wants to be a writer, but for now she is folding clothes at Benetton. She notices the trash-filled streets and befriends exotic Kyra, who joins Mim’s disparate group of roommates, all squeezed together in a crumbling NYC apartment. Their relationship gets …

Daphne Kalotay, "Blue Hours" (Triquarterly, 2019)

It’s 1991, and recent college graduate Mim wants to be a writer, but for now she is folding clothes at Benetton. She notices the trash-filled streets and befriends exotic Kyra, who joins Mim’s disparate group of roommates, all squeezed together in a crumbling NYC apartment. Their relationship gets …

Day 12: Getting & Giving Feedback with Daphne Kalotay and Margot Livesey

How to (and how not to) give and receive feedback, with authors and teachers Daphne Kalotay and Margot Livesey. For a list of my fave craft books and the most recent works by our guests, go to our Bookshop page. Margot Livesey grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands.  She is the author of nin…

Daphne Kalotay discusses "Relativity" in her collection The Archivists

Daphne Kalotay discusses the first pages of her award-winning short story, “Relativity,” from her recently released collection The Archivists. We talk about using humor in otherwise heavy material, the power of blending stories, how language frames a character’s mindset and personal tragedies, and …

Use Your Words: A Virtual Workshop & A Vital Call to Action

Tonight, Writers for Blue is offering a special opportunity to learn about writing your first pages. We’ll have four award-winning authors, including myself, Aaron Hamburger, Nancy Johnson, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jayne Anne Phillips, workshopping seven first-page writing submissions in support o…

Daphne Kalotay and Short Story Power in The Archivists

Why do some stories fit perfectly into 15 pages, while others insist on becoming novels? In this episode of Why Authors Write, bestselling author Daphne Kalotay pulls back the curtain on deciding when an idea demands a novel, and when a short story is the perfect fit. Daphne traces her path from wr…