Part I) Paris Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by dates in December
Part II) Creative Writing Workshops in Europe
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications & calls for work
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Part I) Events & READINGS by DATE in DECEMBER 2009 :
*1 December at 19h30. Bilingual event for IVY Writers with Julien Blaine (French) & Stephen Rodefer (American, living in Paris). These two authors are undeniably of immense importance to this turn of the century. They are not only writers of significant & engaging works, but are also performers, translators, publishers, visual artists, organizers, & controversial figures. See complete bios along with photos from past readings & shows at http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/. Critics have said: “Rodefer attempts to look ‘beyond the spoil, beyond the wreck of otherness & difference’ ...to dwell in a morass of particular desires…The perspective of the poem shifts from the individual to the historical/ communal prospect in a narrative analepsis: ‘It is the city like a little cloud, a ditch of forcemeat by the hill’”—Andrew Lawson, (for more on Rodefer, see http://rodefer.ms11.net/) « Les mots débordent Julien Blaine, envahissent l'espace, se mêlent à des sculptures, copulent avec des poupées Hopis, s'intègrent à des performances vidéos, deviennent expositions, revues, réappropriation d'espaces, avant-garde, révolution mondiale, secousses telluriques, explosions cosmiques... » —Gloria Mundi, le matricule des anges (For more on Blaine: http://www.averse.com/j-blaine/) AT: Le Next, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris. M° Etienne Marcel, RER Les Halles. http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/
1 Dec through Dec 11th : DONATE TOYS: Mon-Fri 10h30-17h; Thur to 19h; Sat 10h-noon. Since 2002, the Petits Princes organization has run a charity drive to gather new toys for children who are hospitalized over the Christmas holidays. You may donate new toys by bringing them to the town hall of the 6th arrondissement. & while you’re there, go upstairs to the Salon du Vieux-Colombier on the first floor, where there is almost always a worthwhile artistic or cultural exhibit on display, with free entry.AT: the foot of Staircase B (Escalier B), Mairie du 6e, 78 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice http://www.mairie6.paris.fr/mairie06/jsp/site/Portal.jsp
*2 déc à 19h : Rencontre avec MAYLIS DE KERANGAL et JOY SORMAN pour la parution de l'ouvrage qu'elles ont dirigé Femmes et sport. Regards sur les athlètes, les supportrices et les autres (Hélium) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*3 Dec 7 pm sharp. On the occasion of the publication of her new book, The Cost of Living Mavis Gallant will deliver a reading of her work. Mavis Gallant is admired & beloved as one of the masters of the modern short story. She is a prolific writer, & her 1996 Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant was more than eight hundred pages long. Even so, this weighty volume left out many wonderful stories that appeared in now out-of-print volumes or in The New Yorker, where Gallant has been a regular contributor for the last half century. Now The Cost of Living, with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri, provides an extensive new sampling of this great writer's work. Gallant's has always been a cosmopolitan sensibility, & these stories take us from Quebec to postwar Europe, with side trips to Germany & the south of France, before landing in Paris, where Gallant has long lived. A further group of stories are set in New York & New England during the Mad Men era. Everywhere the book reveals Gallant's subtly penetrating psychological insight & unsentimental sympathy for the excluded & exiled, not to mention her wicked sense of humor. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*3 déc : à partir de 18h. Rencontre avec NOELLE CHATELET, l’auteur de « Au pays des vermeilles » Editions du Seuil + un débat avec Monique Nemer A très bientôt ! L'équipe des Cahiers de Colette. AT : La Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23/25 rue Rambuteau, 75004 Paris, Tel : 0142729506 http://www.lescahiersdecolette.com/
*3 déc : de 19h à 20h : « Les premiers outrages » : Rendez-vous réguliers, les jeudis de l'Oulipo, chers aux amateurs de jeux de l'esprit et de littérature potentielle, continuent d'explorer des thèmes d'actualité, proposant lectures et créations originales. AT : Le BNF, Site François Mitterand, Grand auditorium, M° Bibliothèque. Entrée libre.
*4 décembre à 20h Rencontre avec Jacques Lamalle, Cabu, Kiro et Kerleroux autour de Le Canard Enchaîné : 50 ans de dessins La Vème république en 2000 dessins 1958 – 2008 Editions des Arènes A l’occasion de la sortie du « Canard Enchaîné » en version brochée, Jacques Lamalle, qui a dirigé l’édition, et les incontournables Cabu, Kiro et Kerleroux viennent vous raconter les aventures de l’impertinent volatile et dédicacer comme il se doit… Soirée humour garantie ! AT : Le Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.
4 décembre à partir de 19h30 : Le numéro 6 de la revue Geste est arrivé ! Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à fêter sa sortie en musique. Geste #6 Ralentir / Présent de l'esclavageAu programme Ouverture de la Générale à 19h30 Présentation de Geste 6 à 20h30 Piano: Frédéric Lagnau "Les charmes de la marche" et autres pièces "Dance floor au ralenti" avec Yasmine Hugonet (danse) et Cosmo Helectra (musique) Enfin fanfare (peut-être), slows (sûrement) et grande et belle fête ! Le lieu est immense et non chauffé. Pensez à venir équipés: grosses chaussettes, pulls de sport d'hiver, moufles, grande envie de danser ! Il y aura du vin chaud et soupes à disposition. Comme les consignes de sécurité sont assez strictes, nous ne pouvons pas accueillir plus de 80 personnes à la fois. Pour faciliter l'organisation, pouvez-vous nous indiquer si vous comptez venir? Merci beaucoup! Au plaisir de vous y retrouver! L'équipe de Geste http://www.revue-geste.fr/ Soirée co-organisée avec Emmanuel Ferrand http://lageneralenordest.over-blog.fr// AT: la Générale Nord-Est, 14 avenue Parmentier, 75011 Paris, M° Voltaire.
*4 déc : à partir de 18h Rencontrer PASCAL BRUCKNER, l’auteur de « Le paradoxe amoureux » Editions Grasset A très bientôt ! L'équipe des Cahiers de Colette. AT : La Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23/25 rue Rambuteau, 75004 Paris, Tel : 0142729506 http://www.lescahiersdecolette.com/
4th, 5th & 6th December: Stéphane Bordarier will be present with Michael Woolworth at the Artist Book International at the Georges Pompidou Center. BIO: An American-born master printer & publisher based in Paris, Michael Woolworth established his atelier in 1985. Since then, his studio has collaborated with American & European artists & made hundreds of original fine prints & artists’ books. His shop specializes in lithography techniques on hand presses, & also produces woodcuts, monotypes, linocuts, etching & multiples. http://www.michaelwoolworth.com/ Follow this by seeing Woolworth’s artbook show “Paris. Unplugged!” (an exhibition at the Michael Woolworth atelier, 2, rue de la Roquette, from Dec 12-22). The 4-6th December is AT: the Artist Book International, at Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, M° Rambuteau.
5 DEC, à PARTIR DE 14H00 : Art Show, to not be missed. SCREW ART BASEL MIAMI IS PLEASE TO INVITE YOU TO THE VERY AMUSING DOUBLE TROUBLE PRIVATE BITS & AUTRE CHOSES with MATTHEW ROSE & BERNARD MATUSSIERE. AVEC LES SPECIAL GUESTS : SARAH DE TELIGA & MAX MULHERN AT : 37 RUE FROIDVAUX 75014 PARIS, AU FOND DU COUR RSVP : MATTHEW.ROSE.PARIS@GMAIL.COM & request door code by email.
*5 déc : 15h-17h (reading starts around 15h30) Come hear our atelier productions in a cabin setting at Ménilmontant: with readings by Fernandes, Rhodes-Pitts, & Riggs & raise a glass to say hello-goodbye to a fruitful spot, headquarters to Tamaas (http://www.tamaas.org/), now moving to central Paris. Bios: MEGAN FERNANDES is a PhD candidate at UofCA, Santa Barbara. She is currently writing a dissertation on modernist poetry, cognitive science, & theories of consciousness & sensation. At present Megan is an Arts & Culture writer for Vingt Paris publications & is conducting research at the Center for Literature & Cognition at Université Paris VIII. Her poetic work grows out of dialogue with poets such as Medbh McGuckian & Stephen Dunn. SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS’ writing has appeared in Transition, The New York Times, & The Boston Globe. She has received awards from the Independent Press Association, the Rona Jaffe Foundation & the Lannan Foundation. Originally from Houston, she graduated from Harvard University & was a Fulbright Scholar in the UK. She is in Paris through the International Artists-in-Residence program at Centre Recollets, sponsored by the Mairie de Paris & the Foreign Ministry. Sharifa is writing a trilogy on African-Americans & utopia; her first book, Harlem is Nowhere, will be published in 2011 by Little, Brown & Company. SARAH RIGGS is a poet, translator, & visual artist: author of Waterwork (Chax, 2007) & Chain of Miniscule Decisions in the Form of a Feeling (Reality Street, 2007). 60 Textos (Ugly Duckling Presse, for 2010), along with 28 télégrammes & 43 Post-Its were first published in France (éditions de l’Attente, trans. Françoise Valéry, 2006-9) The installation of her drawings, Isibilités, in collaboration with sound, video & cuisine, took place at the galerie éof in autumn 2007. A member of the bilingual poetry association Double Change & director of Tamaas, an international cross-cultural foundation, Riggs currently teaches at NYU in Paris. AT: 84 rue de Ménilmontant, 20th Arr., code AB 834, door across from lawn m° Ménilmontant, bus 96 Questions, direct to sarah.riggs@wanadoo.fr
*5 déc à partir de 17h30 : Venez rencontrer DIDIER ERIBON l’auteur de « Retour à Reims » Editions Fayard. A très bientôt ! L'équipe des Cahiers de Colette. AT : La Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23/25 rue Rambuteau, 75004 Paris, Tel : 0142729506 http://www.lescahiersdecolette.com/
*6th Dec at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Sarah Canner "What Maisie Knew" (screenplay) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*7th at 20h30 SpokenWord invites you out every Monday to share work in any language: theme of the night (You don't have to stick to the theme though) is: "Change” See the SpokenWord blog at http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ or check out their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Spoken-Word-in-Paris/165517768215 They also have a meetup site which will email you info on upcoming events or member events, so join up at: http://www.meetup.com/Spoken-Word-in-Paris/ AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. M° Belleville or Pyrénées
*9 December. 19h00: Patricia's Paris Conections Cocktail (This Week A Dinner Also). With Special Guest: Mystery Writer CARA BLACK, author of numerous novels, most recently "Murder in The Latin Quarter". €20.00 includes an exciting evening with Cara, a great dinner & meeting & connecting with new international people in Paris. Contact : Patricia Laplante-Collins via parissoirees@gmail.com or cell phone at +33 (0)6 43 79 35 18 to reserve & receive location information.
9th Dec at 8:30pm. Stand-up comedy at La Java with visiting comedian “Jimeoin”. See full details on Karel Beer’s website http://www.anythingmatters.com/ Tickets 20€ (15€ students & card carrying members) AT: La Java, 105, faubourg du Temple Paris 10. To get on mailing list for future comedy events & concerts: kbeer@free.fr
*9 Dec at19h30: Jane Alison discusses her memoir, The Sisters Antipodes. Author BIO: When Jane Alison was four, her family met another that seemed identical: a diplomat father, beautiful mother, & two little girls, one who shared the same birthday as Jane. Within months, the parents had switched partners, divorced, remarried, created two new families, & moved far away from each other. People magazine called Alison's memoir "wrenching, luminous... Alison explores the incalculable damage done: the fraught, shifting alliances; her guilt as both dads apparently favored her over her doppelganger stepsister; the crippling shadow her childhood still casts." Read Jane Alison's Modern Love essay titled "Swapping Fathers, Swiftly," which was adapted from her memoir & appeared in the NYT as linked off of the American Library events listing on the AL site. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*9 déc à 20h : 4ème rencontre dans le cadre de Poète/Publique : Frédéric Forte vous invite à rencontrer Sébastien Smirou et Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens (P.O.L). Chaque dernier mercredi du mois à 20h, Frederic Forte vous invite à rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres… Pour en savoir plus : http://web.lecomptoirdesmots.fr/lien.php?id=241&coid=nfWyL5nUQgIMPkCrnCyr&xid=dEbfxACWQTvyOyga53FN&jid=ScrNVGJwTfKxgPsHm2BR&eid=ivywritersparis@gmail.com et toujours : http://web.lecomptoirdesmots.fr/lien.php?id=242&coid=88q7LRyeRhKFGr4T3e4U&xid=dEbfxACWQTvyOyga53FN&jid=ScrNVGJwTfKxgPsHm2BR&eid=ivywritersparis@gmail.com AT : Le Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.
* 10 décembre 2009 à partir de 19 heures A l'occasion de la parution de « READ » (A journal of inter-translation : 2007 TAMAAS & 1913 BOOKS) rencontre avec Vincent Broqua, Frédéric Forte, Sarah Riggs, Cole Swensen, Habib Tengour AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris, m° : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie
10 Dec 19.30, Ten42 Productions presents the film ‘The Frost is All Over” Directed by John Comiskey Performers: Tony MacMahon, David Power & Eamonn Hunt 7€, performance: approx. 75 mins “The Frost is all Over” is a seamlessly interwoven performance of traditional Irish music, poetry & images. The thoughtful selection of tunes is interspersed with a specially commissioned suite of poems, enhanced by archive imagery. A captivating contemporarily framed performance steeped in resonances of the past. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
*10 Dec 7 pm sharp. Author Nam Le will present The Boat & will be introduced by Charles D'Ambrosio. The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection The Boat take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea. They guide us to the heart of what it means to be human ? & herald the arrival of a remarkable new writer. Nam Le was born in Vietnam, & raised in Australia. His work has appeared in Zoetrope, A Public Space, One Story, Conjunctions, & the Pushcart Prize & Best American Nonrequired Reading anthologies. Currently the fiction editor of the Harvard Review, he divides his time between Australia & the United States.AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
10 déc à 20h30 CONCERT par les SORBONNE SCHOLARS « WHEN DAVID HEARD » Hommage à Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) Direction Pierre ISELIN. Avec la participation de François Bonnet, luth. Entrée libre AT : Amphithéâtre Richelieu, 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris 5e, RER Luxembourg, M° Cluny-La Sorbonne or St Michel.
10 Dec: Toastmasters International: Guests are welcome & are not expected to give a speech! Parisienne Jane Grey took First Place at the Toastmasters regional Area B4 Humorous Speech Contest on October 24. This was a competition among all the English-speaking clubs in France. She delivered “Pigeon Sex & the City,” explaining the birds & the bees about the birds to a great audience in the gorgeous Irish Embassy of Paris. See her winning moment on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWObMp-4Hac Meeting info: http://www.toastmasters75.org/
11 Dec : 18h30 - 21h We (Grace Teshima & Doublas Brodoff) proudly invite you to a Press Conference & Celebration on the happy occasion of the inauguration of LES ANGES VERTS des rues - a new Association founded to support the work & expositions of the art of Douglas Brodoff honoring the streetcleaners of Paris. Join us for short presentation followed by a drink & refreshments. Douglas Brodoff proposes to bring his exposition in Homage to the Sanitation Workers of Paris in an expanded format to each & every Mairie of Paris. A tour of the exposition of Paintings & Photos which would climax with an Expo at the Hotel de Ville. The proposed Expositions in each Mairie would include paintings & photos inspired by the special work being done in the particular neiborhood of that expo. AT: La Mairie du 2eme, 8 rue de la Banque m° – Bourse, for more information visit lesangesvertsdesrues.com or else http://petitshommesverts.free.fr/. Please also enjoy the blog http://petitshommesverts.blogspot.com/ or sign up on our facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193687164560&ref=mf
*12 Dec at 20h THE SAW PROJECT (Le projet de la scie) de Chim NWABUEZE:. avec Itaru OKI: Trompette. Une poésie-musique: concerts et "works-in-progress" réguliers (mensuel/bimensuel) autour de la scie musicale de Chim NWABUEZE, son instrument de prédilection. En collaboration avec des artistes clefs, des voix distinctes (Bobby FEW, Harry SWIFT, Ramon LOPEZ, Joëlle LEANDRE, Tatsuya NAKATANI...) l'axe principal de ce projet est et a toujours été la poésie et la musique, leur complementarité aussi bien que ce qui les sépare, déchire--c'est-a-dire leurs contours incandescents--à la recherche d'une synergie avec d'autres formes artistiques. AT : Le lieu: Studio Coriandre, 86 rue Gaston Lauriau, Montreuil, Tel: 06 17 80 61 49 M°: Marie de Montreuil. Participation: 10 euros /8 euros: tarif reduit
*12th Dec : guest author Esther Tellerman, reading with a musical score by poet-performeuse Anna 0, guest at the last Night of Poetry during the 10th Biennial event. http://www.biennaledespoetes.fr/ for programme info, time & directions.
*14 décembre, 18h, à La Comédie Française, Salle Richelieu, lecture (45 mn) d’extraits de « Mort d’un jardinier » par Alexandre Pavloff, lecture suivie d’un débat avec le comédien, l’auteur et un journaliste du Monde des Livres. ("Lectures d'acteurs" en partenariat avec Le Monde des Livres).
*14th Dec at 20h30 SpokenWord invites you out every Monday to share work in any language: theme of the night (You don't have to stick to the theme though) is: "Future(s)" See the SpokenWord blog at http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ or check out their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Spoken-Word-in-Paris/165517768215 They also have a meetup site which will email you info on upcoming events or member events, so join up at: http://www.meetup.com/Spoken-Word-in-Paris/ AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. M° Belleville or Pyrénées
*15 décembre, à partir de 19 heures. nous vous attendons à la Librairie Pensées Classées, à Paris, pour une lecture et une signature du « Zaroff » par Julien d’Abrigeon, avec la présence du Tampographe Sardon muni d’une valise entière de ses tampons – à vous arracher dans un combat sans merci. On vous accueillera comme des comtes en claque. L'événement est détaillé sur http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185574497849&ref=mf AT : Librairie Pensées Classées, 9 rue Jacques Cœur, 75004 Paris, M° Bastille
*16 décembre 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Sébastien Smirou & Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens / P.O.L. Dans le cadre de "poète/public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.
*16 Dec at19h30 Journalist & author Sandy Tolan discusses his book, 'The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, & the Heart of the Middle East.' Sandy Tolan examines the Middle East conflict through the prism of one small, stone house in Ramla. Built in 1936 by an Arab family, the house was acquired by a Jewish family after the city became part of Israel in 1948. Bashir, the Arab family's son, & Dalia, the Jewish family's daughter, have been engaged in an intense political dialogue for four decades. Tolan chronicles their debate & rare friendship in a narrative the Washington Post said added "a much-needed, human dimension to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*20th Dec at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Corneliu Mitrache: "Playboys of the Middle East" (screenplay) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*21 Dec 7 pm sharp. Husband & wife, writers, Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman will present a joint talk & reading, a rare event. Michael Chabon's latest book is Manhood for Amateurs. A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts & pieces, Manhood for Amateurs is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon: Insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays. Ayelet Waldman's latest book is Bad Mother. In the tradition of recent hits like The Bitch in the House & Perfect Madness comes a hilarious & controversial book that every woman will have an opinion about, written by America's most outrageous writer. In our mothers' day there were good mothers, neglectful mothers, & occasionally great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers. If you work, you're neglectful; if you stay home, you're smothering. If you discipline, you're buying them a spot on the shrink's couch; if you let them run wild, they’ll get into drugs. A book that’s sure to spark the same level of controversy as her now legendary Modern Love piece, in which she confessed to loving her husband more than her children, “Bad Mother” illuminates the anxieties that riddle motherhood today, while providing women with the encouragement they need to give themselves a break. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
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Part II) Writing workshops in Europe! (listed by start date) :
February 5–7, 2010: SIGN UP NOW for the GENEVA Writers’ Conference at Webster University, Bellevue/Geneva, Switzerland, with Julia Bell, Thomas E. Kennedy, Annette Kobak, Geeta Kothari, Robert Root, Richard Scrimger, Susan Tiberghien, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, John Hartley Williams, plus agents/editors/publishers (U.S./U.K./Paris), workshops, panels, readings, networking, 180 writers from around the world. For info, visit http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/.
The Writers’ Atelier. See writing groups in Paris & sign up at Meetup : http://writers.meetup.com/561/fr/calendar/11438783/
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work
SUBMIT NOW : The Kenyon Review: Our 2009-2010: reading period starts September 15 & runs through January 15. We consider short fiction & essays (up to 7,500 words), poetry (up to 6 poems). Please group your poems in a single document not individually. Plays (up to 35 pages), Excerpts (up to 35 pages) from larger works, translations of poetry & shortprose. Query for payment rates. Details: http://kenyonreview.org/krsubmit/submissions/guidelines.php
OUT ONLINE: Christine Herzer, of Paris, has 5 poems in the new issue of H_NGM_N, enjoy: http://www.h-ngm-n.com/h_ngm_n-9/christine-herzer.html Also, consider sending work of your own for future issues to this fabulous online magazine!
TinFish Press Announces: two exciting books going to the printer this week: Kaia Sand, REMEMBER TO WAVE, $16 & Elizabeth Soto, EULOGIES, $14. Details here:http://www.tinfishpress.com/hot_off_the_press.html Pre-publication prices are $14 for Sand's book, $10 for Soto's, or $22 for both. Please support our efforts to publish experimental poetry from the Pacific by pre-ordering these titles. Tinfish Press, Susan M Schultz, 47-728 Hui Kelu Street #9, Kane`ohe, HI 96744 USA, or via the "purchase" button on our website.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! The Paris based journal UPSTAIRS AT DUROC seeks submissions of innovative writing, including poetry, short stories, flash fiction, prose poems & hybrid forms. Poetry: send up to 5 poems in a single Word attachment, one poem per page. Short Stories: send up to two pieces of no more than 2000 words each. Flash fiction: send up to 5 pieces in a single Word document, one piece per page. We also seek visual art: drawings, etchings & photographs. We publish in black/white, plus one color piece (cover). Send artwork in jpeg format. Email all submissions to: wice@wice-paris.org with "Attention: Upstairs at Duroc Submission" in the subject line. Deadline January 31.
SALE: Jennifer Huxta: LIMITED EDITION PRINTS SET SAIL!: Huxta just got back from Alebtong, in Northern Uganda, where she worked as a field volunteer for 6 weeks, photographing & teaching a photography workshop at A River Blue (www.ariverblue.org), an arts empowerment organization serving people displaced by the conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army & the Ugandan government. Thanks to a donation of instant film from Fujifilm USA, the students explored & photographed daily life in the community. They completed a photo mural, a painted mural & a journal project, & wrote their biographies with accompanying portraits. Every day, Huxta worked together with them on different projects: uprooting onions & bundling them for sale at the market, cutting grass, harvesting eggplants. She was constantly taking photos of their activities as well as photographing in & around Alebtong. With the holidays right around the corner, Jennifer Huxta is now am offering a selection of 11x14" prints at a reduced rate to help support her upcoming projects & A River Blue- a percentage of all sales will be donated to A River Blue. Each photograph costs $100 plus shipping & handling, & each is printed on high-quality paper. The deadline to order prints is 8 December 2009 at midnight EST. Prints will be shipped by 18 December at the latest. To purchase prints, please click on the paypal links on her blog, http://laclandestine.blogspot.com/ where you can also see images. If you would like to pay by cash or check, please contact me directly by email: jh[at]jenniferhuxta[dot]com
ALISAIR NOON’s second print chapbook, “In People's Park”, is now available from Penumbra Editions: http://www.penumbramagazine.co.uk/#Contents & his translations of the German poet Monika Rinck have also now been published by Barque Press: http://www.barquepress.com/16poems.html
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November 2009 Readings & Events in Paris!!!
Part I) Paris Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by dates in November
Part II) Creative Writing Workshops & other courses in Europe
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work
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New! PLEASE NOTE: THE THREE SECTIONS I HAVE POSTED AS 3 SEPARATE BLOG POSTS, so that it is easier & faster for you to locate the information you are seeking!
Part I) Events & READINGS in Paris by date in November 2009
Du 29 oct. au 2 nov. de 8h00 à minuit... Film Festival : Cineffable, French lesbian film festival. Only open to women (sorry guys) For full info on the films being shown, to volunteer to help out, or events in conjunction with this annual festival, see their site : http://www.cineffable.fr
Du 28 october au 3 novembre, MON PREMIER FESTIVAL de cinéma, un festival de cinéma pour enfants de 2 à 12 ans. A découvrir ou à revoir "Toto le Héros" '(si vous écoutez bien vous entendrez des échoes de l'oeuvre de James Joyce "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man") (le 30 et 31 oct), "Brigadoon" "Au revoir les Enfants" (le 2 nov), "L'homme qui rétrécit" (le 31 oct, les 1 & 2 nov), "Les aventures de Pinocchio" (le 3 nov), "Le voleur de bicyclette" (le 31 oct et les 2 & 3 nov) et un film muet de 1922 de Robert Flaherty "Nanouck l"Esquimau" (le 1 & 2 nov). Découvrir tout le programme sur www.monpremierfestival.org
*2 Nov at 7pm Novelist Michael Smith, The Giro Playboy. The Giro Playboy recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east of London (where the streets are paved with gold) and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. Along the way he falls in love, drinks a lot of beer, eats too many sweets, ponders the meaning of life on the dole and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition – all the time measuring his life in cigarettes. Michael has contributed to The Observer newspaper, The Idler and Zembla, Dazed & Confused and Good For Nothing. His new book Birds is due to be published with Faber and Faber in 2011. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*4 Nov 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Colin Smith on ‘England’s Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-1942.’ BIO: As a journalist, Colin Smith worked for The Observer for 26 years, where he became an Assistant Editor. He has reported from many conflicts in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. His highly praised books include, most recently, Singapore Burning, about the British retreat in Malaya. He divides his time between Cyprus and Guernsey. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*FOR KIDS: 10h30 & 14h30 (ages 3-5) Wednesday Story Hour 4th, 11th, 18th 25th Nov: Drop-in sessions for kids to spend an hour with friends and some good books. No sign-ups needed. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*5 nov 11h As part of the « Belles Etrangères » series, meet & hear American Author Percival Everett, présenté par Philippe Leconte Organisée par la librairie Le Livre Écarlate Librairie Le Livre Écarlate 31 rue du Moulin Vert - Paris 14ème arr. Renseignements : 01 45 42 75 30 Programme disponible sur http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 nov 16h Mee & hear American authors Andrew Sean Greer & Colson Whitehead, présentés par Pierre-Yves Pétillon. Organisée par la librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, AT : Les Cahiers de Colette, 23 rue Rambuteau - Paris 75004 Renseignements : 01 42 72 95 06 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 nov 17h Meeting & reading with American authors Forrest Gander (Novelist, poet, essayist) & Eleni Sikelianos (poet, lyric biography), présentés par Marc Delouze. Organisée par les Parvis Poétiques avec la librairie Vendredi AT : Fondation Boris Vian, 6 bis cité Véron (entrée au 92 bd de Clichy) - Paris 75018. Renseignements : 01 42 54 48 70 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 Nov at 7pm: Janet Skeslien Charles will present her book Moonlight in Odessa. Odessa, Ukraine, is the humor capital of the former Soviet Union, but in an upside-down world where waiters earn more than doctors and Odessans depend on the Mafia for basics like phone service and medical supplies, no one is laughing. After months of job hunting, Daria, a young engineer, finds a plum position at a foreign firm as a secretary. But every plum has a pit. In this case, it's Mr. Harmon, who makes it clear that sleeping with him is job one. Daria evades Harmon's advances by recruiting her neighbor, the slippery Olga, to be his mistress. But soon Olga sets her sights on Daria ?s job. Daria begins to moonlight as an interpreter at Soviet Unions(TM), a matchmaking agency that organizes "socials" where lonely American men can meet desperate Odessan women. Her grandmother wants Daria to leave Ukraine for good and pushes her to marry one of the men she meets, but Daria already has feelings for a local. She must choose between her world and America, between Vlad, a sexy, irresponsible mobster, and Tristan, a teacher nearly twice her age. Daria chooses security and America. Only it ?s not exactly what she thought it would be & A wry, tender, and darkly funny look at marriage, the desires we don't acknowledge, and the aftermath of communism, Moonlight in Odessa is a novel about the choices and sacrifices that people make in the pursuit of love and stability. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*5 nov, à partir de 18 h Come meet the author/artist Zoé Chantre! Les éditions Graine d’encre sont heureuses de vous annoncer la publication du livre La Mélancolie, de Zoé Chantre. Nous vous invitons à venir fêter sa sortie en présence de l’auteur AT : la librairie Le Monte-en-l’air, 6, rue des Panoyaux, Paris XXe, M° Ménilmontant
* 5 nov à partir de 19h : A l'occasion de la parution de « Autant la mer » (Editions P.O.L) rencontre avec François Matton AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00. M° St Paul or Pont Marie
*5 nov 19h-21h : Les jeudis de l'Oulipo, thème « Annette entre deux pays », Dans le cadre des "Jeudis de l'Oulipo" la Cie L'amour au travail-Jacques Jouet (L'amour au travail, La chatte bottée, Arlequin poli par l'amour/personnage) bénéficie d'une "carte blanche exceptionnelle" pour la toute première représentation parisienne de sa nouvelle création théâtrale et musicale. « Habille-toi, on va au cirque ! ». Une nuit, Annette entend sa mère lui donner cet ordre énigmatique et merveilleux, un de ceux que tout enfant rêverait d'entendre pour son plus grand plaisir. Le cirque, ce sera pourtant tout autre chose : il sera la métaphore ludique d’un voyage d’émigrants clandestins. Le cirque, c’est aussi le lieu de travail imaginaire du père qui est déjà à destination. Au bout de la marche, c’est la frontière. La frontière d'un pays de tous les espoirs… Jacques Jouet explore ici un thème épineux, actuel. Pour évoquer de manière plus ouverte ces voyages migratoires clandestins, tels qu'ils continuent d'avoir lieu avec les drames et les hypocrisies politiques que l'on sait, il a choisi de nous raconter ce périple par le biais du regard d'enfants, qui imaginent le cirque qu'ils croient rejoindre... Ce spectacle est conçu pour un large public à partir de 8 ans. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium. M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand) Plus d'infomations sur leur site: http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=soiree_thematique_1179.htm
5 Nov 18.30 – 20.00, Vernissage Into Irish Drawing. Into Irish Drawing showcases the work of twenty-two contemporary artists based in Ireland who specialize in drawing. The curator of the exhibition, Arno Kramer, highlights the fact that the discipline of drawing has realised fascinating new developments in the last ten years. His choice of works is not intended to be an objective summary of present-day Irish drawings; it is a qualitative choice. The works presented here have been selected for their visual quality and for the original and recognizable style of the artist. Drawings reveal each mark an artist makes, like unfiltered transmissions from head to paper, via the hand; this exhibition displays the final results of testing and experimenting on both large and small scales in one of the oldest art disciplines. The artists presented are: Stephen Brandes, Claire Carpenter, Gary Coyle, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Brian Fay, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Anita Groener, Katie Holten, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Eoin McHugh, Bea McMahon, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan, Eamon O’Kane, Niamh O’Malley, Kathy Prendergast, Jim Savage, Gerda Teljeur and Martin Wedge. admission free (show 6 November – 18 December 09) AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*5 nov 20h Projection d’un film choisi et commenté par Percival Everett Organisée par le cinéma Action Christine AT : Action Christine, 4, rue Christine - Paris 6ème arr. Renseignements : 01 43 25 85 78 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*6 nov 19h30 Hommage à J.G.Ballard, écrivain de science-fiction et d'anticipation sociale disparu en avril 2009. Lectures ponctuées d'interventions sonores avec Patrick Bouvet, Emmanuel Rabu/Basile Ferriot, textes de Daniel Foucard, lus par Véronique Levy, musique portradium et, Frédéric Junqua. Rencontres « Jeudi de Chasing Napoleon / Millenium People » Pour plus d'information : http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/programme/index.php?page=evecourt.php&id_eve=2728&session=41&agenda=yes Remerciements à Laure Limongi. Accès / Entrée sur présentation de billet de l'exposition dans la limite des places disponibles.Auditorium. AT : Le Palais de Tokyo, site de création contemporaine,13, avenue du Président Wilson PARIS. M° Iéna, RER C, Pont de l’Alma, Bus 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92,
*6 novembre à partir de 18h La librairie vous invite à rencontrer Georges DIDI-HUBERMAN à l'occasion de la parution de Survivance des lucioles Éditions de Minuit AT : Les Cahiers de Colette, 23 rue Rambuteau - Paris 75004 M° Rambuteau.
6 nov à partir de 14h : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Salon du livre organisé par l'Association française des femmes diplômées d'Université à la Mairie du VIè. Info : www.affdu.fr
6 nov, de 18:00 - 21:00 : Dans le cadre de l’exposition « Art Stories, fantasmes dévoilés … » Rencontre avec Isabelle TUROVER Au programme : - Conférence sur la Figuration Narrative. Par Jeff Le Mat, Docteur en Psychosociologie et Ethnosociologie, photographe et auteur. - Concert live « meeTing quoTaTions » : Claire (chanteuse, artiste peintre et scénographe) et Hamilton (musicien et vidéaste), un univers post-cyber-indus, qui mêle guitare et sons électroniques, ... AT : Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller PARIS11 MER JEU VEN SAM de 13h à 19h et MAR DIM de 16h à 19h M° Bastille 01 43 57 08 51 dorothysgallery@gmail.com or www.dorothysgallery.com
7 Nov 10h00-19h00 Used Book Sale all day at The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
7-9 Nov: EXTRAS/CASTING: The web series MY BITCHY WITCHY PARIS VACATION is looking for adult volunteers (men and women) 25 and older (no maximum age) to be extras. The shoot is in English. There are no speaking roles so if you understand English but aren't comfortable speaking it, don't worry! Participants will be listed in the film's credits. Dates: Nov 7, 3:00pm-10:00pm Nov 8, 9:00am-4:00pm Nov 11, 11:00am-5:00pm Yes, participating for a single day is possible. More info: www.bitchywitchy.com. If interested, please write to: alexisniki@gmail.com
*8th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by filmmaker and screenplay writer Kartik Singh. “CALLBACK”: is about 24 hours in the life of a brilliant but as yet unknown 40 year actress vying for a leading role in a major Hollywood film that is shooting in Paris. Things seem very hopeful indeed when Grace receives a message requesting a callback. Only one problem. The meeting is to take place at the casting director’s hotel room at midnight. What is Grace prepared to do to get the part that could change her life? Starring: Grace : Maud Buquet; CJ:Marc Duret; Florent : Julien Vialon; Miyoko : Hana Bruderer; & Felucci: Bob McAndrew. For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
* 9 Nov 7pm BILINGUAL EVENT with Marina Temkina, author of “What do you Want” (Ugly Duckling Presse) and French poet Zeno Bianu. BIOS: Marina Temkina is a poet/artist-immigrant from Russia. She is the author of four poetry books in her native Russian, and two artists’ books made in collaboration with Michel Gerard that have been published in France. Marina shows her visual art and concrete poetry internationally and received a National Endowment for the Arts in 1994 and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. Her new book What Do You Want? is published by Ugly Duckling Press in America and consists of the texts Marina wrote as installations for exhibitions. She lives in New York writing in Russian and in English.Zeno Bianu is a French poet and translator. He has published over 50 works that look at poetry, theatre and the Orient – they include Infiniment proche (Gallimard), La Troisième rive (Fata Morgana), Le Battement du monde (Lettres vives), Les Poètes du Grand Jeu (Poésie / Gallimard), Chet Baker, déploration (Le Castor astral) et Répertoire des apparitions, with drawings by Michel Mousseau (Dumerchez). He has been translated into English by Cid Corman, Pierre Joris and Jack Hirshman.AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*10 nov 14h as part of the Belles Etrangeres series, Les élèves du lycée Janson de Sailly rencontrent Forrest Gander : Novelist, poet, essayist See http://www.forrestgander.com for more. Organisée par l’Académie de Paris et le lycée Janson de Sailly avec la librairie Lamartine, Renseignements : 01 44 62 40 67 http://www.ac-paris.fr Europe et International http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*10 nov à partir de 19h. November reading with Yves Di Manno alongside Jerome Rothenberg at Michèle Ignazi's bookstore in the Marais to coincide with publication in November of DiManno’s “Objets d'Amérique”, which includes a full translation of Rothenberg’s “Oracle for Delfi”: A l'occasion de la parution de « Objets d'Amérique » (Editions José Corti) rencontre avec Yves di Manno en présence de Jerome Rothenberg AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris, M° : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie
*10 nov 19h Projection du film des Belles Etrangères réalisé par Michael Smith avec les écrivains invités : « De New-York à Los Angeles, douze écrivains américains » et lectures d’extraits de l’anthologie des Belles Etrangères. Organisée par La Scène du Balcon AT : Centre cerise, 46 rue Montorgueil, Paris 75002, Renseignements : 01 42 96 34 98 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*10 nov at 19h: BILINGUAL READING with Double Change : American author Forrest Gander will read with French author Bénédicte Vilgrain. Michelle Noteboom, American poet & translator, will read Keith Waldrop’s translation of chapter 3 of Une Grammaire tibétaine with Bénédicte Vilgrain. BIOS: GANDER: Born in the Mojave Desert in Barstow, CA, Forrest Gander grew up in Virginia and spent significant periods in San Francisco, Dolores Hidalgo (Mexico), and Eureka Springs, Arkansas before moving to Rhode Island. He holds degrees in both English lit and geology. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Eye Against Eye, Torn Awake, and Science & Steepleflower, all from New Directions, Gander also writes novels (As a Friend), essays (A Faithful Existence) and translates. His most recent translations are Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems of Coral Bracho (Finalist, PEN Translation Prize), No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura López Colomé, and, with Kent Johnson, two books by the Bolivian wunderkind Jaime Saenz: The Night and Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz. See http://www.forrestgander.com for more. VILGRAIN: La Grammaire tibétaine de Bénédicte Vilgrain, montage de préceptes grammaticaux avec des proverbes et un conte, paraît depuis 2001 en épisodes et chez différents éditeurs (Contrat main, l'Attente, en revues). Ngà, le huitième épisode, est paru en avril 2009 aux éditions Héros-Limite. En 1984 était paru Le Maître de la pluie, un montage de superstitions chinoises (adapté de relevés de missionnaires jésuites) pour le théâtre d’ombres (Ipomée-Albin-Michel). Bénédicte Vilgrain traduit du tibétain, de l’allemand et de l’anglais, notamment pour la maison d’édition Théâtre Typographique qu’elle a fondé en 1984 et qu’elle dirige avec Bernard Rival (www.thty.fr). AT : Point Éphémère (upstairs, in dance studio), 200 Quai de Valmy – 75010 Paris, M° Jaurès ou Louis Blanc. Entrée libre. Programme disponible sur http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/ or www.doublechange.org
*10 nov 19h30 Meet American author Yuri Slezkine présenté par François Deweer, Organisée par la librairie du Globe AT : Librairie du Globe, 67, boulevard Beaumarchais Paris 75003. Renseignements : 01 42 77 36 36 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
10 Nov: 18.30, admission free ExpoTALK– Rosetta Beaugendre présente l’exposition Into Irish Drawing AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*12 Nov 7 pm sharp. Margo Berdeshevsky reads at Village Voice from her new collection of short stories, “Beautiful Soon Enough”. She will be introduced by the American poet Jerome Rothenberg. Of “Beautiful Soon Enough”, Robert Olen Butler writes: "A thrillingly cutting-edge work of photos and short-short stories flowing together into an extended erotic dream that limns the inner lives of women deeply yearning for connection and authenticity. A splendid book..." Marilyn Hacker writes, "This is writing with emotional power, great beauty and immediacy, found in the here-and-now, woven with extraordinary awareness of what is precisely not beautiful in human life. So MUCH verbal beauty, with the eternal quality of the tale or fable." BIO: A lifelong voyager, born in New York City, Margo is currently living in Paris. She is the author of a first poetry collection, an award winning writer, whose honors include Fiction Collective Two's American Book Review/Ronald Sukenick Award for Innovative Fiction (given to Beautiful Soon Enough,) the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America (selected by Marie Ponsot,) 5 Pushcart Prize nominations and special mention in Pushcart 2008. Her poetic novel, Vagrant, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*12 Nov at 19h30: Wice “Writers on Writing” series invites Janet Skeslien Chales to talk about how to take a subject that fascinates you as a writer and transform it into a subject that will fascinate your reader, whether through fiction or nonfiction. She will also talk about the process of writing and research. Janet is the author of Moonlight in Odessa. Originally from Montana, Janet Skeslien Charles has lived in Paris since 1999. She has led writing workshops at the American Library, WICE, and Shakespeare and Company. The backdrop of her new novel Moonlight in Odessa (Bloomsbury) is the booming business of e-mail order brides, an industry where love and marriage meet sex and money. While at the University of Montana, Janet Skeslien Charles translated letters from desperate Russian women to lonely American men. She also interpreted for Russian women married to Americans. After finishing her degree in English literature, she spent two years in Odessa, Ukraine, as a Soros Fellow. During this time, she spoke with Western men who went to socials. She also met women who found husbands through international matchmaking organizations. The interviews with these men and women before and after the wedding make up the framework of her novel. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*12 nov 19h Rencontre avec les auteurs américains Hannah Tinti et Percival Everett, présentés par Hubert Artus, Organisée par Rue89 et le Centre national du livre avec la librairie Les Cahiers de Colette AT : Centre national du livre, 53 rue de Verneuil, Paris 75007 Renseignements : 01 49 54 68 68 http://www.centrenationaldulivre.fr/ or for full info : http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
12 Nov 19.30, The Green Fields of France in the presence of the director Alan Gilsenan
admission free, reservation recommended, in English, 50 mins Marking Armistice Day, The Green Fields of France is a poetic documentary film about the Irish who died in World War One, with the voices of Frank McGuinness, John Banville and Peter Fallon as Irish poets Patrick MacGill, Francis Ledwidge and Thomas Kettle. The film was produced by Yellow Asylum Films as part of the RTE ‘True Lives’ series. Alan Gilsenan will introduce the screening and answer questions afterwards. 1998 50 mins. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*13 Nov at 21h00. Jazz-Poetry Concert: Moe Seager's Blue Note Metaphor Jazz Band. The Blue Note Metaphor Band plays Moe Seager's poems arranged in Bop, Blues and Love Ballads. With: Moe Seager - Poet- Vocalist, Rasul Siddik – Trumpet, Bobby Few – Piano, Harry Swift - Bass AT: Cafe Universel, 267 rue Saint Jacques, M°s: RER Port Royal & RER Luxembourg. Tel for more info: 01 43 25 74 20. Free Admission!
*13 Nov at 6p.m.NOTE THE TIME CHANGE: Reading by 3 American authors for "Les poètes inventent l'Europe," series, with Marilyn Hacker, Jerome Rothenberg and Ellen Hinsey. BIOS: AT: La Maison de la poésie, Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris. http://www.maisondelapoesieparis.com/
13 nov à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de MICHEL GUILLAUME "Abandon". AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*14 nov at 15h : Bilingual English/French reading Eleni Sikelianos & Béatrice Trotignon. Reading /meet the author of poetry & lyric biography, Eleni Sikelianos, présentée par sa traductrice, Béatrice Trotignon. Béatrice Trotignon animera une rencontre avec la poète américaine contemporaine Eleni Sikelianos (qu’elle a traduit aux Editions Grèges), composée d'une lecture bilingue du California Poem / Poème Californie avec une scénographie originale. Cette lecture est dans le cadre des Belles Etrangères, organisant du 9 au 21 novembre des rencontres avec 12 écrivains américains dans plusieurs villes de France. Pour accéder au programme complet par date, ville et auteur invité par les Belles Etrangères, consulter: www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr AT : la Maison de la Poésie à Paris (Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 75003) Entrée libre et gratuite.
*14 Nov at 20h THE SAW PROJECT (Le projet de la scie) de Chim N. au Studio Coriandre, propose une poésie-musique: concerts et "works-in-progress" réguliers (mensuel/bimensuel) autour de la scie musicale, son instrument de prédilection. En collaboration avec des artistes clefs, des voix distinctes (Bobby FEW, Harry SWIFT, Ramon LOPEZ, Joëlle LEANDRE, Tatsuya NAKATANI...) l'axe principal de ce projet est et a toujours été la poésie et la musique, leur complementarité aussi bien que ce qui les sépare, déchire--c'est-a-dire leurs contours incandescents--à la recherche d'une synergie avec d'autres formes artistiques. With Joëlle LEANDRE: Contrebasse & Chim NWABUEZE: Scie Musicale, Etc. Participation: 10 euros /8 euros: tarif reduit "J'ai toujours voulu sortir la scie musicale/lame sonore du contexte du cirque et d'une certaine image "convenue" qui l'a trop souvent confinée au rang de simple curiosité. J'ai donc tenté une autre approche, très personnelle, et d'autres mises-en-jeu. The Saw Project est l'expression, parmi d'autres, d'un tel plaisir". AT : Le lieu: Studio Coriandre, 86 rue Gaston Lauriau, Montreuil, Tel: 06 17 80 61 49 M°: Marie de Montreuil
*16 Nov at 19H/ Jerome Rothenberg is reading with Jean-Pierre Faye for PEN Club français and Double Change at 6, Rue François Miron, 75004 Paris. Watch for complete info on http://www.penclub.fr/ or Double Change’s site www.doublechange.org.
* 16 Nov 7pm Prize-winning novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner reading from her work-in-progress novel inspired by her father’s bookshop in Egypt in the Fifties and discussing her writing on the 1001 Nights. Marina Warner writes fiction, children’s books, criticism and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of female myths and symbols. Marina is also currently writing a book about magic and magicians, with the working title Stranger Magic. Marina has received a CBE and was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. www.marinawarner.comMuch of Marina Warner’s writing is concerned with an analysis of the mythology, folklore and archetypes surrounding the feminine throughout history. Her non-fiction books include Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form (winner of Fawcett Book Prize), From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers and No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock. Researching fairy tales at the Getty Research Institute, Marina became only the second woman to deliver the BBC’s Reith Lectures, published as Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time. Other books include Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds, a collection of writing spanning 25 years Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature & Culture & Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors and Media into the Twenty-first Century. Her fiction includes The Lost Father (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize), Indigo, The Leto Bundle, Mermaids in the Basement & Murderers I Have Known and Other Stories. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*16 nov 17h. Rencontre avec Yuri Slezkine et Annette Wieviorka présentés par Alain Blum Organisée par les éditions La Découverte et l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS) AT : EHESS, 105 Boulevard Raspail - Paris 75006. Renseignements : 01 49 54 25 25 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/ for program and bio.
16 Nov : Journées du livre européen : L’Europe gourmande Regina Sexton The Journées du livre européen were set up to promote European literature and encourage intercultural dialogue. For this second edition (14 – 21 Nov 09), the theme is gastronomy and the cookery book. Food historian Regina Sexton is the author of ‘A Little History of Irish Food’. Designed to entice people to try cooking as they did in Ireland years ago, her book looks at food from the farm and farmyard, the garden and the dairy, hunting and fishing, as well as soups, breads, desserts and drinks. Combining food with social history, Regina Sexton has also gathered numerous quotes from historical sources and traditional Irish lore. An Bord Bia invites you to taste Irish cheeses and other delicacies - an Irish gastronomic treat. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*16 nov 19h Meet and hear American authors Hannah Tinti & Colson Whitehead, présentés par Nathalie Crom. Organisée par la Bibliothèque publique d’information (BPI) avec la librairie Flammarion, AT : BPI – Centre Beaubourg, Centre Georges Pompidou - Petite Salle (niveau -1) - Paris 75004. Renseignements : 01 44 78 44 49 http://www.bpi.fr or http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
17 Nov at 19h30 : Bilingual reading, IVY Writers with Christophe Marchand-Kiss and Beverley Bie Brahic ! BIOS: Beverley Bie Brahic is the author of a collection of poems, Against Gravity (Worple Press, 2005), and of ten translations from the French, most recently Hélène Cixous’s Hyperdream (Polity Press, 2008) and Francis Ponge’s prose poems, Unfinished Ode to Mud (CBeditions, 2008, shortlisted for the 2009 Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation). Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Southern Review, Notre Dame Review, The TLS, Verse, Fence, and elsewhere. She has been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts grant and a residency at Yaddo. A Canadian she lives in Paris, and Stanford, California. Other books of translation by Brahic include: Julia Kristeva’s This Incredible Need to Believe (Columbia UP, 2009), Jacques Derrida’s Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius (Columbia UP, 2006, and 6 books by Hélène Cixous: Manhattan (Fordham, 2007), Dream I Tell You (Columbia UP, 2006), The Day I Wasn’t There (Northwestern UP, 2006), Reveries of the Wild Woman (Northwestern UP, 2006), Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint ( Columbia UP, 2004), and Hélène Cixous with Roni Horn: Agua Viva (Rings of Lispector) (Steidl Verlag, 2006) Christophe Marchand-Kiss est né en 1964. Il a dirigé la collection « L’Œil du poète » aux Éditions Textuel. Auteur de performances, traducteur de l’anglais (Herman Melville, Edgar Poe, John Cage, Gertrude Stein, Peter Greenaway, Yoko Ono, Erns Jandl (de l'allemand) et de jeunes poètes américains), il est l’auteur de Regard fatigué (Aleph, 1998), Traduire en poésie (collectif, Farrago, 2001),Léo Ferré, la musique avant tout(Textuel, 2004),Gainsbourg, le génie sinon rien (Textuel 2006). Livres récents :• aléas, Le bleu du ciel, Bordeaux, 2007.• Moins quelque chose, première partie, Idp éditeur, 2007.• Gainsbourg, le génie sinon rien, éditions Textuel, Paris, 2005.• alter ago suivi de biography, éditions Textuel, Paris, 2005.• Text and Line in Figurated Poems and Calligrams, in Spatula, edited by Gordon Shrigley, Marmalade, London, 2004. • Poésie ? détours (collectif), Textuel, Paris, 2004.• Haus/raus-aus, avec Natacha Nisic, La lettre volée, Bruxelles, 2003.• Léo Ferré, la musique avant tout, Textuel, Paris, 2003.• Ich bin nicht Innerlich (collectif) - à propos de Gottfried Benn, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 2003. AT: Le Next, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris. M° Etienne Marcel, RER Les Halles. http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com
*18 Nov at 19h30: Design authority Stephen Bayley discusses his new book, Woman as Design, a completely original look at how design has appropriated the female form If woman had been designed, what was the brief? Stephen Bayley discusses how the female body works as a sign, a symbol, a designed object. He takes us from Aphrodite to the Delta of Venus to the industrialization of the brest (in bra form), examining pin-ups and stereotypes, and reappraising that most familiar, yet mysterious of things, the female body -- a masterpiece of design, the perfect marriage of form and function. For over thirty years, Stephen Bayley's articles and books have changed people's perceptions of design. With Terence Conran, he created the influential Boilerhouse Project in London's V&A and the unique Design Museum which resulted from it. An award-winning commentator on art and design, he was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts in 1989. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*18 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec PASCALE MOLINIER et PATRICIA PAPERMAN sur la question du "care". AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*FOR KIDS: the 19th of Nov 10h30-11h00 (ages 1-3) Mother Goose Lap Sit : Rhymes, songs, and stories in English. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*19 nov 16h Les étudiants de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS) rencontrent Richard White Organisée par l’EHESS AT : EHESS, 105 bd Raspail – Paris 75006. M° St Placide. Renseignements : 01 49 54 25 25 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*19 Nov 7 pm sharp. Author Etel Adnan will present two of her books, Seasons and Master of the Eclipse & Other Stories. The latter is a new collection of stories about displacement, love, loss, poetry and war, from the Lebanese poet and painter who has been called "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab-American author writing today" (Melus) The stories in Master of the Eclipse are populated by filmmakers, poets, girls, professors, and prostitutes who live in Beirut, Paris, Sicily, California, Saddam's Iraq, and New York. The world of these stories is ours, with the same occupations and wars--a "world that would be a cemetery" were it not also a place where taxis are "yellow flowers floating down the avenues." From the collection's title story, a long meditation on history and war, power and poetry, to its concluding tale, a strangely quiet vision of a tree floating in a Damascus stream, Etel Adnan's painterly vision, her cosmopolitan flexibility, and her philosophical bent are on full display. This is a woman, after all, trained in philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley, who became a painter, and then a poet. Her voice comes to us as something the opposite of her title: She is a master of light and revelation, of language, variety, and color. To see is to think writes Etel Adnan in Seasons. This means that she keeps her attention at the constant intersection of our selves with climate and environment. The result is a kind of inner platonic dialogue between the senses and the mind, one s skin and the world.AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*19 nov 19h30 Hear American author Percival Everett/ Rencontre avec Percival Everett présenté par Valérie Martin Organisée par la librairie Voyelle AT : Librairie Voyelle, 98 rue des Entrepreneurs - Paris 75015. Renseignements : 01 48 56 05 74 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*19th November at 7:30 pm at the American Library: REMINDER FOR SCREENWRITERS Judith Merians presents the third in her monthly series of lectures. The French Connection: Discover why a film has to have a protagonist and an antagonist who are of equal strength to make the story compelling. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/index.php?view=details&id=154%3Aa-night-at-the-movies-with-judith-merians&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=807. AT : The American Library.
20 nov : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Colloque Renée Vivien organisé par les éditions ErosOnyx (association Nixetnox) au Reid Hall, Paris VIè
*20 Nov 7 pm sharp. Dr. Nafisi will discuss her new memoir “Things I've Been Silent About” as well as touch on issues relating to current events in Iran. Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution. A girl's pain over family secrets; a young woman's discovery of the power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by political upheaval - these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir, as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and "reminds us of why we read in the first place" (Newsday). “Things I've Been Silent About” is also a powerful historical portrait of a family that spans many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79, which turned Azar Nafisi's beloved Iran into a religious dictatorship. Writing of her mother's historic term in Parliament, even while her father, once mayor of Tehran, was in jail, Nafisi explores the remarkable "coffee hours" her mother presided over, where at first women came together to gossip, to tell fortunes, and to give silent acknowledgment of things never spoken about, and which then evolved into gatherings where men and women would meet to openly discuss the unfolding revolution. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*20 nov 18:00-21:00 Rencontre avec Claude Como : Projections, lectures, intermède musicalEntrée libre pendant l’expo Art Stories : fantasmes dévoilés ... (expo jusqu’au 6 décembre 2009) COMO KITO TUROVER MILSHTEIN Commissaire, Véronique Grange-Spahis AT : Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller PARIS11 MER JEU VEN SAM de 13h à 19h et MAR DIM de 16h à 19h M° Bastille 01 43 57 08 51 dorothysgallery@gmail.com or http://www.dorothysgallery.com/
*21 Nov: 17 h. Danielle Mémoire au Centre Pompidou! Danielle Mémoire sera l'invitée du Festival Rosebud. AT : Galerie Sud, Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
21 November, opening at 10:30am “Revue d'ici là #4”: Preview. Show continues until Thursday, January 21 at 1:00pm. AT: 19 rue Eugène Varlin 75010 Paris
22 Nov : 17 h. Olivier Cadiot au Centre Pompidou. Olivier Cadiot reviendra sur son parcours dans le cadre du festival Rosebud. AT : Galerie Sud, Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
*22nd Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Georgia Smith: "Natural Religion" For more, see: www.movingparts.org.uk or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*23 nov 18h30-20h : L'Arsenal de la poésie. Grands poètes d'aujourd'hui « Salah Stétié » avec Maxime Del Fiol, Poète ; Antoine de Meaux, Poète ; et Raphaëline Goupilleau, Comédienne, Lecteur. Soirée en hommage au poète Salah Stétié en sa présence. Ce nouveau cycle propose d'accueillir à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal les grands poètes vivants. entrée libre MAIS réservation obligatoire au 01 53 79 49 49. AT : Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 1, rue Sully75004 Paris, Tél : 33(0)1 53 79 39 39 M° Lignes 7, (Sully-Morland), 1, 5, et 8 (Bastille), Bus : 67, 86, 87
* 23 Nov 7pm A bilingual poetry reading: French poet Celine Zins, will be reading in French from her collection of poetry Adamah and her American translator Peter Schulman will be reading his English version. Celine and Peter will also talk about the caveats and collaborative techniques of translation. Celine Zins is a widely published poet/writer in France and is a translator for writers such as Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Carlos Fuentes, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Adamah was originally published by Gallimard in French and has just been released in a bilingual edition by Gival Press. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
FOR KIDS: 25th Nov 3:30 p.m. WH Smith’s November Kids' Club Theme: Where the Wild Things Are 'Max and the MaxiMonsters' (in theatres 16th December) Kids' Club is a free monthly reading in English for children ages 4 to 8 held on the last Wednesday of every month, though Dec will meet the 9th of Dec, too, due to holiday travels. RSVP to have kids attend the Nov event by writing to books@whsmith.fr with 'November Kids' Club RSVP' AT: WH Smith, 248, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris M° Concorde Exit: rue Cambon for more: http://www.whsmith.fr/evenementsE.htm
25 Nov 4pm (exceptional event) Left Bank walking tour and book signing with Michael Schuermann, author of Paris Movie Walks – starting and ending at Shakespeare and Company. Join us for a special tour with Michael Schuermann, author of Paris Movie Walks. Michael will take you to his specially chosen Parisian haunts, passing Notre Dame Cathedral and exploring the Rive Gauche as he describes classics such as An American in Paris, A Bout de Souffle and of course Before Sunset which was partly shot at Shakespeare and Company. The walk is free and will last for 60-90 minutes and will start and finish at Shakespeare and Company with a book signing. Just turn up and come along!AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*25 nov 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Fred Léal & Franck Pruja & Françoise Valéry / l’Attente Dans le cadre de "poète//public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020. http://poete-public.blogspot.com/ for more & to read Forte ‘s installments on this continued « residency » experience.
*25 Nov at19h30: French journalist and author of De la Culture en Amérique, Frédéric Martel discusses American culture from Roosevelt to Obama -- how the arts have been created, financed and received by Americans.Based on his travels throughout the United States, and compiled from four years of research and over 700 interviews, Martel's De la Culture en Amérique is a provocative look at the factors that shape modern American culture. It is also a challenge to the conventional French view that culture must be financed and organized by government. BIO: A former French cultural attaché in Boston, Frédéric Martel's articles have appeared in l'Express, The Nation, and Le Monde. He is currently a professor at Sciences-Po, Paris and the HEC's MBA. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*25 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec EVELYNE LE GARREC pour la publication de son livre Séverine (1855-1929). Vie et combats d'une frondeuse (L'Archipel). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*26 Nov à 19h30. Celine Dubois, Anne Portugal et Stacy Doris au Centre Pompidou A l'occasion de l'accrochage "elle@centrepompidou", Caroline Dubois, Anne Portugal et Stacy Doris interpèteront Paramour (POL), le livre de Stacy Doris. 19 heures 30Musée du Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
*27 nov à 18 h L’INVITÉE DU MOIS DE NOVEMBRE 09 : Denise DESAUTELS. Denise Desautels vient de recevoir le prix Athanase-David, l’un des 11 Prix du Québec décernés à des personnalités de la science et de la culture pour l'ensemble de leur carrière.Derniers livres parus : L'oeil au ralenti, Éd. du Noroît, Montréal 2007 Le coeur et autres mélancolies, Éd. Apogée, Rennes 2007. présentation de Quai Rimbaud, texte de Denise Desautels avec cinq aquatintes de Gabriel Belgeonne, coédition Roselin et Tandem 2009. AT : Salon Page(s) Espace Charenton 327, rue de Charenton 75012 Paris informations et invité du mois sur le site http://www.claude-ber.org/
*27 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec FRANCK CHAUMONT pour la parution de son essai Homo-ghetto. Gays et lesbiennes dans les cités : les clandestins de la République (Le Cherche midi). Pendant deux ans, Franck Chaumont, persuadé qu'il existe une société à deux vitesses sur la question de l'homosexualité, a recueilli les témoignages de Nadir, Sébastien, Dialo, Nadia... Tous et toutes ont en commun le mensonge et la schizophrénie liés à leur double vie et à la peur d'être démasqués : ce sont les homos des cités de Clermont-Ferrand, Paris ou Toulouse. Il nous restitue ici leurs témoignages et ne manque pas de souligner le lien entre homophobie et sexisme. La deuxième partie du livre est consacrée à un état des lieux de cette république à deux vitesses. Franck Chaumont a été journaliste à Beur FM et à RFI ; il a dirigé la communication de Ni putes ni soumises jusqu'en 2007. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
Part II) Creative Writing Workshops & other courses in Europe
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work
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New! PLEASE NOTE: THE THREE SECTIONS I HAVE POSTED AS 3 SEPARATE BLOG POSTS, so that it is easier & faster for you to locate the information you are seeking!
Part I) Events & READINGS in Paris by date in November 2009
Du 29 oct. au 2 nov. de 8h00 à minuit... Film Festival : Cineffable, French lesbian film festival. Only open to women (sorry guys) For full info on the films being shown, to volunteer to help out, or events in conjunction with this annual festival, see their site : http://www.cineffable.fr
Du 28 october au 3 novembre, MON PREMIER FESTIVAL de cinéma, un festival de cinéma pour enfants de 2 à 12 ans. A découvrir ou à revoir "Toto le Héros" '(si vous écoutez bien vous entendrez des échoes de l'oeuvre de James Joyce "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man") (le 30 et 31 oct), "Brigadoon" "Au revoir les Enfants" (le 2 nov), "L'homme qui rétrécit" (le 31 oct, les 1 & 2 nov), "Les aventures de Pinocchio" (le 3 nov), "Le voleur de bicyclette" (le 31 oct et les 2 & 3 nov) et un film muet de 1922 de Robert Flaherty "Nanouck l"Esquimau" (le 1 & 2 nov). Découvrir tout le programme sur www.monpremierfestival.org
*2 Nov at 7pm Novelist Michael Smith, The Giro Playboy. The Giro Playboy recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east of London (where the streets are paved with gold) and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. Along the way he falls in love, drinks a lot of beer, eats too many sweets, ponders the meaning of life on the dole and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition – all the time measuring his life in cigarettes. Michael has contributed to The Observer newspaper, The Idler and Zembla, Dazed & Confused and Good For Nothing. His new book Birds is due to be published with Faber and Faber in 2011. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*4 Nov 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Colin Smith on ‘England’s Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-1942.’ BIO: As a journalist, Colin Smith worked for The Observer for 26 years, where he became an Assistant Editor. He has reported from many conflicts in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. His highly praised books include, most recently, Singapore Burning, about the British retreat in Malaya. He divides his time between Cyprus and Guernsey. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*FOR KIDS: 10h30 & 14h30 (ages 3-5) Wednesday Story Hour 4th, 11th, 18th 25th Nov: Drop-in sessions for kids to spend an hour with friends and some good books. No sign-ups needed. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*5 nov 11h As part of the « Belles Etrangères » series, meet & hear American Author Percival Everett, présenté par Philippe Leconte Organisée par la librairie Le Livre Écarlate Librairie Le Livre Écarlate 31 rue du Moulin Vert - Paris 14ème arr. Renseignements : 01 45 42 75 30 Programme disponible sur http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 nov 16h Mee & hear American authors Andrew Sean Greer & Colson Whitehead, présentés par Pierre-Yves Pétillon. Organisée par la librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, AT : Les Cahiers de Colette, 23 rue Rambuteau - Paris 75004 Renseignements : 01 42 72 95 06 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 nov 17h Meeting & reading with American authors Forrest Gander (Novelist, poet, essayist) & Eleni Sikelianos (poet, lyric biography), présentés par Marc Delouze. Organisée par les Parvis Poétiques avec la librairie Vendredi AT : Fondation Boris Vian, 6 bis cité Véron (entrée au 92 bd de Clichy) - Paris 75018. Renseignements : 01 42 54 48 70 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*5 Nov at 7pm: Janet Skeslien Charles will present her book Moonlight in Odessa. Odessa, Ukraine, is the humor capital of the former Soviet Union, but in an upside-down world where waiters earn more than doctors and Odessans depend on the Mafia for basics like phone service and medical supplies, no one is laughing. After months of job hunting, Daria, a young engineer, finds a plum position at a foreign firm as a secretary. But every plum has a pit. In this case, it's Mr. Harmon, who makes it clear that sleeping with him is job one. Daria evades Harmon's advances by recruiting her neighbor, the slippery Olga, to be his mistress. But soon Olga sets her sights on Daria ?s job. Daria begins to moonlight as an interpreter at Soviet Unions(TM), a matchmaking agency that organizes "socials" where lonely American men can meet desperate Odessan women. Her grandmother wants Daria to leave Ukraine for good and pushes her to marry one of the men she meets, but Daria already has feelings for a local. She must choose between her world and America, between Vlad, a sexy, irresponsible mobster, and Tristan, a teacher nearly twice her age. Daria chooses security and America. Only it ?s not exactly what she thought it would be & A wry, tender, and darkly funny look at marriage, the desires we don't acknowledge, and the aftermath of communism, Moonlight in Odessa is a novel about the choices and sacrifices that people make in the pursuit of love and stability. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*5 nov, à partir de 18 h Come meet the author/artist Zoé Chantre! Les éditions Graine d’encre sont heureuses de vous annoncer la publication du livre La Mélancolie, de Zoé Chantre. Nous vous invitons à venir fêter sa sortie en présence de l’auteur AT : la librairie Le Monte-en-l’air, 6, rue des Panoyaux, Paris XXe, M° Ménilmontant
* 5 nov à partir de 19h : A l'occasion de la parution de « Autant la mer » (Editions P.O.L) rencontre avec François Matton AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00. M° St Paul or Pont Marie
*5 nov 19h-21h : Les jeudis de l'Oulipo, thème « Annette entre deux pays », Dans le cadre des "Jeudis de l'Oulipo" la Cie L'amour au travail-Jacques Jouet (L'amour au travail, La chatte bottée, Arlequin poli par l'amour/personnage) bénéficie d'une "carte blanche exceptionnelle" pour la toute première représentation parisienne de sa nouvelle création théâtrale et musicale. « Habille-toi, on va au cirque ! ». Une nuit, Annette entend sa mère lui donner cet ordre énigmatique et merveilleux, un de ceux que tout enfant rêverait d'entendre pour son plus grand plaisir. Le cirque, ce sera pourtant tout autre chose : il sera la métaphore ludique d’un voyage d’émigrants clandestins. Le cirque, c’est aussi le lieu de travail imaginaire du père qui est déjà à destination. Au bout de la marche, c’est la frontière. La frontière d'un pays de tous les espoirs… Jacques Jouet explore ici un thème épineux, actuel. Pour évoquer de manière plus ouverte ces voyages migratoires clandestins, tels qu'ils continuent d'avoir lieu avec les drames et les hypocrisies politiques que l'on sait, il a choisi de nous raconter ce périple par le biais du regard d'enfants, qui imaginent le cirque qu'ils croient rejoindre... Ce spectacle est conçu pour un large public à partir de 8 ans. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium. M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand) Plus d'infomations sur leur site: http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=soiree_thematique_1179.htm
5 Nov 18.30 – 20.00, Vernissage Into Irish Drawing. Into Irish Drawing showcases the work of twenty-two contemporary artists based in Ireland who specialize in drawing. The curator of the exhibition, Arno Kramer, highlights the fact that the discipline of drawing has realised fascinating new developments in the last ten years. His choice of works is not intended to be an objective summary of present-day Irish drawings; it is a qualitative choice. The works presented here have been selected for their visual quality and for the original and recognizable style of the artist. Drawings reveal each mark an artist makes, like unfiltered transmissions from head to paper, via the hand; this exhibition displays the final results of testing and experimenting on both large and small scales in one of the oldest art disciplines. The artists presented are: Stephen Brandes, Claire Carpenter, Gary Coyle, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Brian Fay, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Anita Groener, Katie Holten, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Eoin McHugh, Bea McMahon, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan, Eamon O’Kane, Niamh O’Malley, Kathy Prendergast, Jim Savage, Gerda Teljeur and Martin Wedge. admission free (show 6 November – 18 December 09) AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*5 nov 20h Projection d’un film choisi et commenté par Percival Everett Organisée par le cinéma Action Christine AT : Action Christine, 4, rue Christine - Paris 6ème arr. Renseignements : 01 43 25 85 78 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*6 nov 19h30 Hommage à J.G.Ballard, écrivain de science-fiction et d'anticipation sociale disparu en avril 2009. Lectures ponctuées d'interventions sonores avec Patrick Bouvet, Emmanuel Rabu/Basile Ferriot, textes de Daniel Foucard, lus par Véronique Levy, musique portradium et, Frédéric Junqua. Rencontres « Jeudi de Chasing Napoleon / Millenium People » Pour plus d'information : http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/programme/index.php?page=evecourt.php&id_eve=2728&session=41&agenda=yes Remerciements à Laure Limongi. Accès / Entrée sur présentation de billet de l'exposition dans la limite des places disponibles.Auditorium. AT : Le Palais de Tokyo, site de création contemporaine,13, avenue du Président Wilson PARIS. M° Iéna, RER C, Pont de l’Alma, Bus 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92,
*6 novembre à partir de 18h La librairie vous invite à rencontrer Georges DIDI-HUBERMAN à l'occasion de la parution de Survivance des lucioles Éditions de Minuit AT : Les Cahiers de Colette, 23 rue Rambuteau - Paris 75004 M° Rambuteau.
6 nov à partir de 14h : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Salon du livre organisé par l'Association française des femmes diplômées d'Université à la Mairie du VIè. Info : www.affdu.fr
6 nov, de 18:00 - 21:00 : Dans le cadre de l’exposition « Art Stories, fantasmes dévoilés … » Rencontre avec Isabelle TUROVER Au programme : - Conférence sur la Figuration Narrative. Par Jeff Le Mat, Docteur en Psychosociologie et Ethnosociologie, photographe et auteur. - Concert live « meeTing quoTaTions » : Claire (chanteuse, artiste peintre et scénographe) et Hamilton (musicien et vidéaste), un univers post-cyber-indus, qui mêle guitare et sons électroniques, ... AT : Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller PARIS11 MER JEU VEN SAM de 13h à 19h et MAR DIM de 16h à 19h M° Bastille 01 43 57 08 51 dorothysgallery@gmail.com or www.dorothysgallery.com
7 Nov 10h00-19h00 Used Book Sale all day at The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
7-9 Nov: EXTRAS/CASTING: The web series MY BITCHY WITCHY PARIS VACATION is looking for adult volunteers (men and women) 25 and older (no maximum age) to be extras. The shoot is in English. There are no speaking roles so if you understand English but aren't comfortable speaking it, don't worry! Participants will be listed in the film's credits. Dates: Nov 7, 3:00pm-10:00pm Nov 8, 9:00am-4:00pm Nov 11, 11:00am-5:00pm Yes, participating for a single day is possible. More info: www.bitchywitchy.com. If interested, please write to: alexisniki@gmail.com
*8th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by filmmaker and screenplay writer Kartik Singh. “CALLBACK”: is about 24 hours in the life of a brilliant but as yet unknown 40 year actress vying for a leading role in a major Hollywood film that is shooting in Paris. Things seem very hopeful indeed when Grace receives a message requesting a callback. Only one problem. The meeting is to take place at the casting director’s hotel room at midnight. What is Grace prepared to do to get the part that could change her life? Starring: Grace : Maud Buquet; CJ:Marc Duret; Florent : Julien Vialon; Miyoko : Hana Bruderer; & Felucci: Bob McAndrew. For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
* 9 Nov 7pm BILINGUAL EVENT with Marina Temkina, author of “What do you Want” (Ugly Duckling Presse) and French poet Zeno Bianu. BIOS: Marina Temkina is a poet/artist-immigrant from Russia. She is the author of four poetry books in her native Russian, and two artists’ books made in collaboration with Michel Gerard that have been published in France. Marina shows her visual art and concrete poetry internationally and received a National Endowment for the Arts in 1994 and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. Her new book What Do You Want? is published by Ugly Duckling Press in America and consists of the texts Marina wrote as installations for exhibitions. She lives in New York writing in Russian and in English.Zeno Bianu is a French poet and translator. He has published over 50 works that look at poetry, theatre and the Orient – they include Infiniment proche (Gallimard), La Troisième rive (Fata Morgana), Le Battement du monde (Lettres vives), Les Poètes du Grand Jeu (Poésie / Gallimard), Chet Baker, déploration (Le Castor astral) et Répertoire des apparitions, with drawings by Michel Mousseau (Dumerchez). He has been translated into English by Cid Corman, Pierre Joris and Jack Hirshman.AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*10 nov 14h as part of the Belles Etrangeres series, Les élèves du lycée Janson de Sailly rencontrent Forrest Gander : Novelist, poet, essayist See http://www.forrestgander.com for more. Organisée par l’Académie de Paris et le lycée Janson de Sailly avec la librairie Lamartine, Renseignements : 01 44 62 40 67 http://www.ac-paris.fr Europe et International http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*10 nov à partir de 19h. November reading with Yves Di Manno alongside Jerome Rothenberg at Michèle Ignazi's bookstore in the Marais to coincide with publication in November of DiManno’s “Objets d'Amérique”, which includes a full translation of Rothenberg’s “Oracle for Delfi”: A l'occasion de la parution de « Objets d'Amérique » (Editions José Corti) rencontre avec Yves di Manno en présence de Jerome Rothenberg AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 Paris, M° : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie
*10 nov 19h Projection du film des Belles Etrangères réalisé par Michael Smith avec les écrivains invités : « De New-York à Los Angeles, douze écrivains américains » et lectures d’extraits de l’anthologie des Belles Etrangères. Organisée par La Scène du Balcon AT : Centre cerise, 46 rue Montorgueil, Paris 75002, Renseignements : 01 42 96 34 98 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*10 nov at 19h: BILINGUAL READING with Double Change : American author Forrest Gander will read with French author Bénédicte Vilgrain. Michelle Noteboom, American poet & translator, will read Keith Waldrop’s translation of chapter 3 of Une Grammaire tibétaine with Bénédicte Vilgrain. BIOS: GANDER: Born in the Mojave Desert in Barstow, CA, Forrest Gander grew up in Virginia and spent significant periods in San Francisco, Dolores Hidalgo (Mexico), and Eureka Springs, Arkansas before moving to Rhode Island. He holds degrees in both English lit and geology. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Eye Against Eye, Torn Awake, and Science & Steepleflower, all from New Directions, Gander also writes novels (As a Friend), essays (A Faithful Existence) and translates. His most recent translations are Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems of Coral Bracho (Finalist, PEN Translation Prize), No Shelter: Selected Poems of Pura López Colomé, and, with Kent Johnson, two books by the Bolivian wunderkind Jaime Saenz: The Night and Immanent Visitor: Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz. See http://www.forrestgander.com for more. VILGRAIN: La Grammaire tibétaine de Bénédicte Vilgrain, montage de préceptes grammaticaux avec des proverbes et un conte, paraît depuis 2001 en épisodes et chez différents éditeurs (Contrat main, l'Attente, en revues). Ngà, le huitième épisode, est paru en avril 2009 aux éditions Héros-Limite. En 1984 était paru Le Maître de la pluie, un montage de superstitions chinoises (adapté de relevés de missionnaires jésuites) pour le théâtre d’ombres (Ipomée-Albin-Michel). Bénédicte Vilgrain traduit du tibétain, de l’allemand et de l’anglais, notamment pour la maison d’édition Théâtre Typographique qu’elle a fondé en 1984 et qu’elle dirige avec Bernard Rival (www.thty.fr). AT : Point Éphémère (upstairs, in dance studio), 200 Quai de Valmy – 75010 Paris, M° Jaurès ou Louis Blanc. Entrée libre. Programme disponible sur http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/ or www.doublechange.org
*10 nov 19h30 Meet American author Yuri Slezkine présenté par François Deweer, Organisée par la librairie du Globe AT : Librairie du Globe, 67, boulevard Beaumarchais Paris 75003. Renseignements : 01 42 77 36 36 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
10 Nov: 18.30, admission free ExpoTALK– Rosetta Beaugendre présente l’exposition Into Irish Drawing AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*12 Nov 7 pm sharp. Margo Berdeshevsky reads at Village Voice from her new collection of short stories, “Beautiful Soon Enough”. She will be introduced by the American poet Jerome Rothenberg. Of “Beautiful Soon Enough”, Robert Olen Butler writes: "A thrillingly cutting-edge work of photos and short-short stories flowing together into an extended erotic dream that limns the inner lives of women deeply yearning for connection and authenticity. A splendid book..." Marilyn Hacker writes, "This is writing with emotional power, great beauty and immediacy, found in the here-and-now, woven with extraordinary awareness of what is precisely not beautiful in human life. So MUCH verbal beauty, with the eternal quality of the tale or fable." BIO: A lifelong voyager, born in New York City, Margo is currently living in Paris. She is the author of a first poetry collection, an award winning writer, whose honors include Fiction Collective Two's American Book Review/Ronald Sukenick Award for Innovative Fiction (given to Beautiful Soon Enough,) the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America (selected by Marie Ponsot,) 5 Pushcart Prize nominations and special mention in Pushcart 2008. Her poetic novel, Vagrant, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*12 Nov at 19h30: Wice “Writers on Writing” series invites Janet Skeslien Chales to talk about how to take a subject that fascinates you as a writer and transform it into a subject that will fascinate your reader, whether through fiction or nonfiction. She will also talk about the process of writing and research. Janet is the author of Moonlight in Odessa. Originally from Montana, Janet Skeslien Charles has lived in Paris since 1999. She has led writing workshops at the American Library, WICE, and Shakespeare and Company. The backdrop of her new novel Moonlight in Odessa (Bloomsbury) is the booming business of e-mail order brides, an industry where love and marriage meet sex and money. While at the University of Montana, Janet Skeslien Charles translated letters from desperate Russian women to lonely American men. She also interpreted for Russian women married to Americans. After finishing her degree in English literature, she spent two years in Odessa, Ukraine, as a Soros Fellow. During this time, she spoke with Western men who went to socials. She also met women who found husbands through international matchmaking organizations. The interviews with these men and women before and after the wedding make up the framework of her novel. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*12 nov 19h Rencontre avec les auteurs américains Hannah Tinti et Percival Everett, présentés par Hubert Artus, Organisée par Rue89 et le Centre national du livre avec la librairie Les Cahiers de Colette AT : Centre national du livre, 53 rue de Verneuil, Paris 75007 Renseignements : 01 49 54 68 68 http://www.centrenationaldulivre.fr/ or for full info : http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
12 Nov 19.30, The Green Fields of France in the presence of the director Alan Gilsenan
admission free, reservation recommended, in English, 50 mins Marking Armistice Day, The Green Fields of France is a poetic documentary film about the Irish who died in World War One, with the voices of Frank McGuinness, John Banville and Peter Fallon as Irish poets Patrick MacGill, Francis Ledwidge and Thomas Kettle. The film was produced by Yellow Asylum Films as part of the RTE ‘True Lives’ series. Alan Gilsenan will introduce the screening and answer questions afterwards. 1998 50 mins. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*13 Nov at 21h00. Jazz-Poetry Concert: Moe Seager's Blue Note Metaphor Jazz Band. The Blue Note Metaphor Band plays Moe Seager's poems arranged in Bop, Blues and Love Ballads. With: Moe Seager - Poet- Vocalist, Rasul Siddik – Trumpet, Bobby Few – Piano, Harry Swift - Bass AT: Cafe Universel, 267 rue Saint Jacques, M°s: RER Port Royal & RER Luxembourg. Tel for more info: 01 43 25 74 20. Free Admission!
*13 Nov at 6p.m.NOTE THE TIME CHANGE: Reading by 3 American authors for "Les poètes inventent l'Europe," series, with Marilyn Hacker, Jerome Rothenberg and Ellen Hinsey. BIOS: AT: La Maison de la poésie, Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris. http://www.maisondelapoesieparis.com/
13 nov à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de MICHEL GUILLAUME "Abandon". AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*14 nov at 15h : Bilingual English/French reading Eleni Sikelianos & Béatrice Trotignon. Reading /meet the author of poetry & lyric biography, Eleni Sikelianos, présentée par sa traductrice, Béatrice Trotignon. Béatrice Trotignon animera une rencontre avec la poète américaine contemporaine Eleni Sikelianos (qu’elle a traduit aux Editions Grèges), composée d'une lecture bilingue du California Poem / Poème Californie avec une scénographie originale. Cette lecture est dans le cadre des Belles Etrangères, organisant du 9 au 21 novembre des rencontres avec 12 écrivains américains dans plusieurs villes de France. Pour accéder au programme complet par date, ville et auteur invité par les Belles Etrangères, consulter: www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr AT : la Maison de la Poésie à Paris (Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 75003) Entrée libre et gratuite.
*14 Nov at 20h THE SAW PROJECT (Le projet de la scie) de Chim N. au Studio Coriandre, propose une poésie-musique: concerts et "works-in-progress" réguliers (mensuel/bimensuel) autour de la scie musicale, son instrument de prédilection. En collaboration avec des artistes clefs, des voix distinctes (Bobby FEW, Harry SWIFT, Ramon LOPEZ, Joëlle LEANDRE, Tatsuya NAKATANI...) l'axe principal de ce projet est et a toujours été la poésie et la musique, leur complementarité aussi bien que ce qui les sépare, déchire--c'est-a-dire leurs contours incandescents--à la recherche d'une synergie avec d'autres formes artistiques. With Joëlle LEANDRE: Contrebasse & Chim NWABUEZE: Scie Musicale, Etc. Participation: 10 euros /8 euros: tarif reduit "J'ai toujours voulu sortir la scie musicale/lame sonore du contexte du cirque et d'une certaine image "convenue" qui l'a trop souvent confinée au rang de simple curiosité. J'ai donc tenté une autre approche, très personnelle, et d'autres mises-en-jeu. The Saw Project est l'expression, parmi d'autres, d'un tel plaisir". AT : Le lieu: Studio Coriandre, 86 rue Gaston Lauriau, Montreuil, Tel: 06 17 80 61 49 M°: Marie de Montreuil
*16 Nov at 19H/ Jerome Rothenberg is reading with Jean-Pierre Faye for PEN Club français and Double Change at 6, Rue François Miron, 75004 Paris. Watch for complete info on http://www.penclub.fr/ or Double Change’s site www.doublechange.org.
* 16 Nov 7pm Prize-winning novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner reading from her work-in-progress novel inspired by her father’s bookshop in Egypt in the Fifties and discussing her writing on the 1001 Nights. Marina Warner writes fiction, children’s books, criticism and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of female myths and symbols. Marina is also currently writing a book about magic and magicians, with the working title Stranger Magic. Marina has received a CBE and was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. www.marinawarner.comMuch of Marina Warner’s writing is concerned with an analysis of the mythology, folklore and archetypes surrounding the feminine throughout history. Her non-fiction books include Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form (winner of Fawcett Book Prize), From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers and No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock. Researching fairy tales at the Getty Research Institute, Marina became only the second woman to deliver the BBC’s Reith Lectures, published as Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time. Other books include Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds, a collection of writing spanning 25 years Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature & Culture & Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors and Media into the Twenty-first Century. Her fiction includes The Lost Father (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize), Indigo, The Leto Bundle, Mermaids in the Basement & Murderers I Have Known and Other Stories. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*16 nov 17h. Rencontre avec Yuri Slezkine et Annette Wieviorka présentés par Alain Blum Organisée par les éditions La Découverte et l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS) AT : EHESS, 105 Boulevard Raspail - Paris 75006. Renseignements : 01 49 54 25 25 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/ for program and bio.
16 Nov : Journées du livre européen : L’Europe gourmande Regina Sexton The Journées du livre européen were set up to promote European literature and encourage intercultural dialogue. For this second edition (14 – 21 Nov 09), the theme is gastronomy and the cookery book. Food historian Regina Sexton is the author of ‘A Little History of Irish Food’. Designed to entice people to try cooking as they did in Ireland years ago, her book looks at food from the farm and farmyard, the garden and the dairy, hunting and fishing, as well as soups, breads, desserts and drinks. Combining food with social history, Regina Sexton has also gathered numerous quotes from historical sources and traditional Irish lore. An Bord Bia invites you to taste Irish cheeses and other delicacies - an Irish gastronomic treat. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. www.centreculturelirlandais.com
*16 nov 19h Meet and hear American authors Hannah Tinti & Colson Whitehead, présentés par Nathalie Crom. Organisée par la Bibliothèque publique d’information (BPI) avec la librairie Flammarion, AT : BPI – Centre Beaubourg, Centre Georges Pompidou - Petite Salle (niveau -1) - Paris 75004. Renseignements : 01 44 78 44 49 http://www.bpi.fr or http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
17 Nov at 19h30 : Bilingual reading, IVY Writers with Christophe Marchand-Kiss and Beverley Bie Brahic ! BIOS: Beverley Bie Brahic is the author of a collection of poems, Against Gravity (Worple Press, 2005), and of ten translations from the French, most recently Hélène Cixous’s Hyperdream (Polity Press, 2008) and Francis Ponge’s prose poems, Unfinished Ode to Mud (CBeditions, 2008, shortlisted for the 2009 Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation). Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Southern Review, Notre Dame Review, The TLS, Verse, Fence, and elsewhere. She has been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts grant and a residency at Yaddo. A Canadian she lives in Paris, and Stanford, California. Other books of translation by Brahic include: Julia Kristeva’s This Incredible Need to Believe (Columbia UP, 2009), Jacques Derrida’s Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius (Columbia UP, 2006, and 6 books by Hélène Cixous: Manhattan (Fordham, 2007), Dream I Tell You (Columbia UP, 2006), The Day I Wasn’t There (Northwestern UP, 2006), Reveries of the Wild Woman (Northwestern UP, 2006), Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint ( Columbia UP, 2004), and Hélène Cixous with Roni Horn: Agua Viva (Rings of Lispector) (Steidl Verlag, 2006) Christophe Marchand-Kiss est né en 1964. Il a dirigé la collection « L’Œil du poète » aux Éditions Textuel. Auteur de performances, traducteur de l’anglais (Herman Melville, Edgar Poe, John Cage, Gertrude Stein, Peter Greenaway, Yoko Ono, Erns Jandl (de l'allemand) et de jeunes poètes américains), il est l’auteur de Regard fatigué (Aleph, 1998), Traduire en poésie (collectif, Farrago, 2001),Léo Ferré, la musique avant tout(Textuel, 2004),Gainsbourg, le génie sinon rien (Textuel 2006). Livres récents :• aléas, Le bleu du ciel, Bordeaux, 2007.• Moins quelque chose, première partie, Idp éditeur, 2007.• Gainsbourg, le génie sinon rien, éditions Textuel, Paris, 2005.• alter ago suivi de biography, éditions Textuel, Paris, 2005.• Text and Line in Figurated Poems and Calligrams, in Spatula, edited by Gordon Shrigley, Marmalade, London, 2004. • Poésie ? détours (collectif), Textuel, Paris, 2004.• Haus/raus-aus, avec Natacha Nisic, La lettre volée, Bruxelles, 2003.• Léo Ferré, la musique avant tout, Textuel, Paris, 2003.• Ich bin nicht Innerlich (collectif) - à propos de Gottfried Benn, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 2003. AT: Le Next, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris. M° Etienne Marcel, RER Les Halles. http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com
*18 Nov at 19h30: Design authority Stephen Bayley discusses his new book, Woman as Design, a completely original look at how design has appropriated the female form If woman had been designed, what was the brief? Stephen Bayley discusses how the female body works as a sign, a symbol, a designed object. He takes us from Aphrodite to the Delta of Venus to the industrialization of the brest (in bra form), examining pin-ups and stereotypes, and reappraising that most familiar, yet mysterious of things, the female body -- a masterpiece of design, the perfect marriage of form and function. For over thirty years, Stephen Bayley's articles and books have changed people's perceptions of design. With Terence Conran, he created the influential Boilerhouse Project in London's V&A and the unique Design Museum which resulted from it. An award-winning commentator on art and design, he was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts in 1989. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*18 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec PASCALE MOLINIER et PATRICIA PAPERMAN sur la question du "care". AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*FOR KIDS: the 19th of Nov 10h30-11h00 (ages 1-3) Mother Goose Lap Sit : Rhymes, songs, and stories in English. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*19 nov 16h Les étudiants de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS) rencontrent Richard White Organisée par l’EHESS AT : EHESS, 105 bd Raspail – Paris 75006. M° St Placide. Renseignements : 01 49 54 25 25 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*19 Nov 7 pm sharp. Author Etel Adnan will present two of her books, Seasons and Master of the Eclipse & Other Stories. The latter is a new collection of stories about displacement, love, loss, poetry and war, from the Lebanese poet and painter who has been called "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab-American author writing today" (Melus) The stories in Master of the Eclipse are populated by filmmakers, poets, girls, professors, and prostitutes who live in Beirut, Paris, Sicily, California, Saddam's Iraq, and New York. The world of these stories is ours, with the same occupations and wars--a "world that would be a cemetery" were it not also a place where taxis are "yellow flowers floating down the avenues." From the collection's title story, a long meditation on history and war, power and poetry, to its concluding tale, a strangely quiet vision of a tree floating in a Damascus stream, Etel Adnan's painterly vision, her cosmopolitan flexibility, and her philosophical bent are on full display. This is a woman, after all, trained in philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley, who became a painter, and then a poet. Her voice comes to us as something the opposite of her title: She is a master of light and revelation, of language, variety, and color. To see is to think writes Etel Adnan in Seasons. This means that she keeps her attention at the constant intersection of our selves with climate and environment. The result is a kind of inner platonic dialogue between the senses and the mind, one s skin and the world.AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*19 nov 19h30 Hear American author Percival Everett/ Rencontre avec Percival Everett présenté par Valérie Martin Organisée par la librairie Voyelle AT : Librairie Voyelle, 98 rue des Entrepreneurs - Paris 75015. Renseignements : 01 48 56 05 74 http://www.belles-etrangeres.culture.fr/
*19th November at 7:30 pm at the American Library: REMINDER FOR SCREENWRITERS Judith Merians presents the third in her monthly series of lectures. The French Connection: Discover why a film has to have a protagonist and an antagonist who are of equal strength to make the story compelling. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/index.php?view=details&id=154%3Aa-night-at-the-movies-with-judith-merians&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=807. AT : The American Library.
20 nov : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Colloque Renée Vivien organisé par les éditions ErosOnyx (association Nixetnox) au Reid Hall, Paris VIè
*20 Nov 7 pm sharp. Dr. Nafisi will discuss her new memoir “Things I've Been Silent About” as well as touch on issues relating to current events in Iran. Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution. A girl's pain over family secrets; a young woman's discovery of the power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by political upheaval - these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir, as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and "reminds us of why we read in the first place" (Newsday). “Things I've Been Silent About” is also a powerful historical portrait of a family that spans many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79, which turned Azar Nafisi's beloved Iran into a religious dictatorship. Writing of her mother's historic term in Parliament, even while her father, once mayor of Tehran, was in jail, Nafisi explores the remarkable "coffee hours" her mother presided over, where at first women came together to gossip, to tell fortunes, and to give silent acknowledgment of things never spoken about, and which then evolved into gatherings where men and women would meet to openly discuss the unfolding revolution. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*20 nov 18:00-21:00 Rencontre avec Claude Como : Projections, lectures, intermède musicalEntrée libre pendant l’expo Art Stories : fantasmes dévoilés ... (expo jusqu’au 6 décembre 2009) COMO KITO TUROVER MILSHTEIN Commissaire, Véronique Grange-Spahis AT : Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller PARIS11 MER JEU VEN SAM de 13h à 19h et MAR DIM de 16h à 19h M° Bastille 01 43 57 08 51 dorothysgallery@gmail.com or http://www.dorothysgallery.com/
*21 Nov: 17 h. Danielle Mémoire au Centre Pompidou! Danielle Mémoire sera l'invitée du Festival Rosebud. AT : Galerie Sud, Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
21 November, opening at 10:30am “Revue d'ici là #4”: Preview. Show continues until Thursday, January 21 at 1:00pm. AT: 19 rue Eugène Varlin 75010 Paris
22 Nov : 17 h. Olivier Cadiot au Centre Pompidou. Olivier Cadiot reviendra sur son parcours dans le cadre du festival Rosebud. AT : Galerie Sud, Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
*22nd Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Georgia Smith: "Natural Religion" For more, see: www.movingparts.org.uk or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*23 nov 18h30-20h : L'Arsenal de la poésie. Grands poètes d'aujourd'hui « Salah Stétié » avec Maxime Del Fiol, Poète ; Antoine de Meaux, Poète ; et Raphaëline Goupilleau, Comédienne, Lecteur. Soirée en hommage au poète Salah Stétié en sa présence. Ce nouveau cycle propose d'accueillir à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal les grands poètes vivants. entrée libre MAIS réservation obligatoire au 01 53 79 49 49. AT : Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 1, rue Sully75004 Paris, Tél : 33(0)1 53 79 39 39 M° Lignes 7, (Sully-Morland), 1, 5, et 8 (Bastille), Bus : 67, 86, 87
* 23 Nov 7pm A bilingual poetry reading: French poet Celine Zins, will be reading in French from her collection of poetry Adamah and her American translator Peter Schulman will be reading his English version. Celine and Peter will also talk about the caveats and collaborative techniques of translation. Celine Zins is a widely published poet/writer in France and is a translator for writers such as Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Carlos Fuentes, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Adamah was originally published by Gallimard in French and has just been released in a bilingual edition by Gival Press. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
FOR KIDS: 25th Nov 3:30 p.m. WH Smith’s November Kids' Club Theme: Where the Wild Things Are 'Max and the MaxiMonsters' (in theatres 16th December) Kids' Club is a free monthly reading in English for children ages 4 to 8 held on the last Wednesday of every month, though Dec will meet the 9th of Dec, too, due to holiday travels. RSVP to have kids attend the Nov event by writing to books@whsmith.fr with 'November Kids' Club RSVP' AT: WH Smith, 248, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris M° Concorde Exit: rue Cambon for more: http://www.whsmith.fr/evenementsE.htm
25 Nov 4pm (exceptional event) Left Bank walking tour and book signing with Michael Schuermann, author of Paris Movie Walks – starting and ending at Shakespeare and Company. Join us for a special tour with Michael Schuermann, author of Paris Movie Walks. Michael will take you to his specially chosen Parisian haunts, passing Notre Dame Cathedral and exploring the Rive Gauche as he describes classics such as An American in Paris, A Bout de Souffle and of course Before Sunset which was partly shot at Shakespeare and Company. The walk is free and will last for 60-90 minutes and will start and finish at Shakespeare and Company with a book signing. Just turn up and come along!AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*25 nov 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Fred Léal & Franck Pruja & Françoise Valéry / l’Attente Dans le cadre de "poète//public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020. http://poete-public.blogspot.com/ for more & to read Forte ‘s installments on this continued « residency » experience.
*25 Nov at19h30: French journalist and author of De la Culture en Amérique, Frédéric Martel discusses American culture from Roosevelt to Obama -- how the arts have been created, financed and received by Americans.Based on his travels throughout the United States, and compiled from four years of research and over 700 interviews, Martel's De la Culture en Amérique is a provocative look at the factors that shape modern American culture. It is also a challenge to the conventional French view that culture must be financed and organized by government. BIO: A former French cultural attaché in Boston, Frédéric Martel's articles have appeared in l'Express, The Nation, and Le Monde. He is currently a professor at Sciences-Po, Paris and the HEC's MBA. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. www.americanlibraryinparis.org
*25 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec EVELYNE LE GARREC pour la publication de son livre Séverine (1855-1929). Vie et combats d'une frondeuse (L'Archipel). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*26 Nov à 19h30. Celine Dubois, Anne Portugal et Stacy Doris au Centre Pompidou A l'occasion de l'accrochage "elle@centrepompidou", Caroline Dubois, Anne Portugal et Stacy Doris interpèteront Paramour (POL), le livre de Stacy Doris. 19 heures 30Musée du Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou , 75004 Paris
*27 nov à 18 h L’INVITÉE DU MOIS DE NOVEMBRE 09 : Denise DESAUTELS. Denise Desautels vient de recevoir le prix Athanase-David, l’un des 11 Prix du Québec décernés à des personnalités de la science et de la culture pour l'ensemble de leur carrière.Derniers livres parus : L'oeil au ralenti, Éd. du Noroît, Montréal 2007 Le coeur et autres mélancolies, Éd. Apogée, Rennes 2007. présentation de Quai Rimbaud, texte de Denise Desautels avec cinq aquatintes de Gabriel Belgeonne, coédition Roselin et Tandem 2009. AT : Salon Page(s) Espace Charenton 327, rue de Charenton 75012 Paris informations et invité du mois sur le site http://www.claude-ber.org/
*27 nov à 19h : Rencontre avec FRANCK CHAUMONT pour la parution de son essai Homo-ghetto. Gays et lesbiennes dans les cités : les clandestins de la République (Le Cherche midi). Pendant deux ans, Franck Chaumont, persuadé qu'il existe une société à deux vitesses sur la question de l'homosexualité, a recueilli les témoignages de Nadir, Sébastien, Dialo, Nadia... Tous et toutes ont en commun le mensonge et la schizophrénie liés à leur double vie et à la peur d'être démasqués : ce sont les homos des cités de Clermont-Ferrand, Paris ou Toulouse. Il nous restitue ici leurs témoignages et ne manque pas de souligner le lien entre homophobie et sexisme. La deuxième partie du livre est consacrée à un état des lieux de cette république à deux vitesses. Franck Chaumont a été journaliste à Beur FM et à RFI ; il a dirigé la communication de Ni putes ni soumises jusqu'en 2007. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*28 nov: 2 - 8 pm Book party and photo exhibit for steve dalachinsky and jacques bisceglia's new book “reaching into the unknown” - rogueart 2009. Reading at 6 pm w/ didier lasserre - batterie AT: the home of michel dorbon, 30 rue rambuteau paris 75003
*29 nov 2- 6 pm steve dalachinsky reading at 6 pm w/joelle leandre contrabassAT: the home of michel dorbon, 30 rue rambuteau paris 75003
* 30 November 7pm Thaddeus Rutkowski, Roughhouse & Tetched and novelist Charles D’Ambrosio reading from a selection of their work. Rutkowski’s first novel, Roughhouse was a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award. He has received four Pushcart Prize nominations. He teaches fiction writing at the Writer’s Voice of the West Side YMCA in New York. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter. See samples of his work and videos of Thaddeus performing on his website www.thaddeusrutkowski.com On Tetched: A Novel in Fractals ‘. . . tough and funny and touching and harrowing.’ - John Barth‘. . . one of the most original writers in America today.’ – Alison Lurie. D’Ambrosio has published two collections of short stories, The Point (finalist for the Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and The Dead Fish Museum (winner of the 2007 Washington State Book Award for Fiction) and a collection of essays Orphans. His writings have appeared in The New Yorker, The Stranger, The Paris Review, Zoetrope All-Story, and A Public Space. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
A PEEK INTO December's Readings:
*1 déc à 19h30. Bilingual reading for IVY Writers with Stephen Rodefer and Julien Blaine, poète sonore, Julien Blaine, poète, artist, performeur, cinéaste, is the author of dozens of books, editor of Doc(k)s, organizer of many cultural events and reading series in France--he created the CiPM!, & a highly sought out performer. To name a few, his books include: “Sogno ad occhi aperti », portfolio, éditions Tracce, 2009 ; Tshakapesh, éditions Fidel Anthelme X, 2008 ; Mé dire, éditions Althæa, 2008 ; Sou dan, édition Beaux-Arts de Besançon, 2007 ; Julien Blaine au Blockhaus DY 10, éditions Dernier Télégramme, 2007 ; Qui sommes-nous & À quoi jouons-nous, éditions Leuwers-Billet, 2007 ; 1 2 3, éditions le Trident neuf, 2007 ; Fables, édition PLAine Page, 2006 ; Le vent, collection Tourni-Paix, édition à ciel ouvert,2004 ; Diptyque : affiches n° 35 & n° 36, édition le bleu du ciel, 2004 ; ENvers:inversé, édition Beaux-Arts de Metz, 2003 ; Éclats d'éveil (bréviaire) traduction au carré g&g, édition Al Dante, 2002 ; Comment je parle et d'où et quoi je dis, édition Lazlo de Toulon, 2002 ; Je ne suis pas américain ®, édition Al Dante,2001 ; À SViVRE, édition ARTCi-Lab, 1999 ; Y A 1 Lézard, édition Derrière la Salle de Bains, 1997 ; Horizons avec Yves Jolivet, édition Le mot et le reste, 1996 ; & ( ), avec Jacques Clauzel, édition À travers, 1996 ; Pour tous ceux qui flambent, édition Les Cahiers de la Sérane, 1994 ; Carnet(s) de piste, édition Jacques Clauzel, 1993 ; Le Troisième mot, édition Doc(k)s, 1989 ; Poëmes n° 12909 (Les Anartistes), 1987 ; Origina (e)(i)(o)(u)l, édition E.A. Vigo, 1987 ; Discours, avant-propos, édition Manicle, 1983 ; Genèse, édition Hercule de Paris, 1983 ; Ch'i, Unfinitude édition NèPE, 1982 ; Autopsies 1, 2, 3, édition Tau/Ma, 1976 ; Dernière tentative de l'individu, édition Geiger, 1970 ; Cette carte et autres faits, édition Approches, 1968 ; and Les Ponts sont des mots étirés, édition Robho, 1967. A list of his art shows & books can also be found at http://documentsdartistes.org/cgi-bin/site/affiche_art_web.cgi?&ACT=1&SEL=bio&ID=255 A few sites on Julien Blaine : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Blaine, or http://www.averse.com/j-blaine/ or http://www.la-poesie-elementaire.net/Poetes%20ordinaires/blaine.htm and also http://www.sitec.fr/users/akenatondocks/DOCKS-datas AT: Le Next, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris. M° Etienne Marcel, RER Les Halles. http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com
*2 déc à 19h : Rencontre avec MAYLIS DE KERANGAL et JOY SORMAN pour la parution de l'ouvrage qu'elles ont dirigé Femmes et sport. Regards sur les athlètes, les supportrices et les autres (Hélium) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*3 Dec 7 pm sharp. On the occasion of the publication of her new book, "The Cost of Living", Mavis Gallant will deliver a reading of her work. Mavis Gallant is admired and beloved as one of the masters of the modern short story. She is a prolific writer, and her 1996 Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant was more than eight hundred pages long. Even so, this weighty volume left out many wonderful stories that appeared in now out-of-print volumes or in The New Yorker, where Gallant has been a regular contributor for the last half century. Now The Cost of Living, with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri, provides an extensive new sampling of this great writer's work. Gallant's has always been a cosmopolitan sensibility, and these stories take us from Quebec to postwar Europe, with side trips to Germany and the south of France, before landing in Paris, where Gallant has long lived. A further group of stories are set in New York and New England during the Mad Men era. Everywhere the book reveals Gallant's subtly penetrating psychological insight and unsentimental sympathy for the excluded and exiled, not to mention her wicked sense of humor. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. www.villagevoicebookshop.com
*6th Dec at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Sarah Canner "What Maisie Knew" (screenplay) For more, see: www.movingparts.org.uk or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
Jorge Luis Borges said: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” (from thinkexist.com)
Nov 2009: Part II of listing: Courses!
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Part II) Writing (reading & other) workshops in Europe!
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*5, 12, 19 Nov & 3 Dec: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. WICE Writers' Drop-in on Thursday evenings with Creative Writing Dept Director Suzanne Allen: Come for a coffee and stay for a kir royale! This no-host writers’ happy hour is being offered on a trial basis as a way of connecting WICE writers and readers from around the world. Consider this your own private space to come for conversations about writing. Second language learners are welcome and no pre-registration is necessary. Bring copies of works in progress or share other inspiring reading. Burning questions also encouraged. This open forum is a casual, friendly place to listen and be heard. For more: http://www.wice-paris.org/wice/creative-writing/wice-writers-drop-in Please note that NON MEMBERS ARE WELCOME, but only one time. AT: Au Chien qui Fume (which has non-stop service and a chocolate mousse to put all others to shame.) 33 Rue du Pont Neuf, 1e, where Rue du Pont Neuf ends; M°: Les Halles. PREREGISTRATION : or more info, contact Suzanne at creativewriting.wice@yahoo.fr
SATURDAYS : 7, 14, 21, 28th Nov… THE OTHER WRITERS’ GROUP. Meeting 5pm till 7pm every Saturday. Suggested donation for taking part: € 5. David Barnes, facilitator, explains: “I set up The Other Writers’ as a space where creative writers can read their work and offer feedback and criticism. It has been running since February 2005. During this time we’ve heard poetry, fiction, extracts from novels, biography and travel writing. The aim is to give useful and honest feedback while nurturing writers. The Other Writers’ is born out of love of writing and anyone who shares that passion can take part. But it’s become increasingly professional in the level of criticism and support given to the poets and writers who come. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
SUNDAYS : 8, 15, 22, 29th Nov… Words Alive O: Theatre Workshop in English: This workshop is open to native and fluent English speakers and offers the participants the opportunity to explore different theatre texts and to gain practical theatre training. The workshop will focus on one play or a selection of texts in English. The work in progress will lead towards a presentation at the end of the year. Limited places. Participants interviewed. Workshop runs from October until May. Enrollment for a semester or a full year. First semester October to December. Second semester January to May. No sessions during the school holidays. Sundays 4-7 pm 35, rue St. Roch 75001 Esc A. Salle Ghesquière 6è étage. M° Opéra, Pyramides ou Tuileries. Registration required. 01 77 15 71 90 / 06 37 66 27 98 / wordsaliveo@gmail.com Contact them about rolling sign-ups. Moire info on their site: www.wordsaliveo.com
8, 15, 22, 29 November (Sundays 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.) WICE Workshop: 500 Words or Less—Using the Principles of Poetry to Pack a Punch! Say more with less: On four November Sundays, be part of a small group of WICE writers who will ponder Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s theory, "Poetry: the best words in the best order", as you practice working with imagery, allegory, allusion, and our elusive friend—the metaphor. Led by Shakespeare & Company’s most dedicated workshop facilitator, David Barnes, you will not only read and discuss exemplary works of concision, but will also generate new writings for group feedback. Try your hand at poetry, flash fiction or just sharpen your skills for blogs, emails, and those ever popular holiday letters—ones that don’t make your reader’s eyes roll back in their heads!Learn how to make your short works work. Even your truest recollections can be more vivid and entertaining when they fit on a single page! Fee: 100€ Place: Le Bis Repetita, 167 rue Saint Honoré, Place André Malraux, 75001 Paris Note: You must be a member of WICE to take this course. Preregistration required. Sign up & become member info: http://www.wice-paris.org/wice/membership
12-13 Nov at 19h / atelier 8, et samedi 14 nov 14h / Atelier 8 : Centre 104 Workshop on poetic reading style in French + performance : Lectures de textes poétiques de Laurent Roth avec Frédéric Fisbach. Cet atelier permet à des amateurs de préparer, sous la direction de Frédéric Fisbach, une lecture de textes poétiques écrits par Laurent Roth, réalisateur en résidence au CENTQUATRE. Il leur donnera la possibilité de questionner la manière de mettre en voix la poésie et de lire des écrits sur l’art. Il est ouvert à dix personnes, aucune connaissance préalable n’est indispensable. Une lecture publique aura lieu à la fin du stage. Pour s’inscrire, il suffit d’envoyer un mail détaillant votre motivation, avant le 5 novembre à resabilletterie@104.fr. Tarifs : 5 €, 3 €*, 0 €** par atelier. AT : Le 104, 104 rue d'Aubervilliers / 5 rue Curial 75019 Paris M° Riquet/Crimée (ligne 7) Site : http://www.104.fr/
22 nov from 17h30-20h00, PRANA STRETCH / YOGA WORKSHOP : Moving Encounters - 15€ En partant de la base du travail PranaStretch, nous allons vers l'autre, vers la relation, et vers «partnering» avec la force, l'attention et la sensibilité qui rendent possible «profound response ability and joy in moving together». Nous allons travailler avec des apports du yoga, des arts martiaux et de la danse, ainsi qu'avec des éléments provenant du duo «Rorchach 157» (choréographié par Ann Moradian et Tim Martin). Ann Moradian is the director of Perspectives In Motion. She has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for over 30 years. Her current work is strongly influenced by Eric Beeler (yoga) and Nguyen Thahn Thiên (martial arts). 01 40 70 07 85 pranastretch@yahoo.com or perspectivesinmotion@gmail.com or www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion for more or to sign up.
February 5–7, 2010: SIGN UP NOW for the GENEVA Writers’ Conference at Webster University, Bellevue/Geneva, Switzerland, with Julia Bell, Thomas E. Kennedy, Annette Kobak, Geeta Kothari, Robert Root, Richard Scrimger, Susan Tiberghien, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, John Hartley Williams, plus agents/editors/publishers (U.S./U.K./Paris), workshops, panels, readings, networking, 180 writers from around the world. For info, visit www.genevawritersgroup.org.
The Writers’ Atelier. See writing groups in Paris and sign up at Meetup : http://writers.meetup.com/561/fr/calendar/11438783/
“In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.”
—Richard Eder
Part II) Writing (reading & other) workshops in Europe!
(listed by start date) :
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*5, 12, 19 Nov & 3 Dec: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. WICE Writers' Drop-in on Thursday evenings with Creative Writing Dept Director Suzanne Allen: Come for a coffee and stay for a kir royale! This no-host writers’ happy hour is being offered on a trial basis as a way of connecting WICE writers and readers from around the world. Consider this your own private space to come for conversations about writing. Second language learners are welcome and no pre-registration is necessary. Bring copies of works in progress or share other inspiring reading. Burning questions also encouraged. This open forum is a casual, friendly place to listen and be heard. For more: http://www.wice-paris.org/wice/creative-writing/wice-writers-drop-in Please note that NON MEMBERS ARE WELCOME, but only one time. AT: Au Chien qui Fume (which has non-stop service and a chocolate mousse to put all others to shame.) 33 Rue du Pont Neuf, 1e, where Rue du Pont Neuf ends; M°: Les Halles. PREREGISTRATION : or more info, contact Suzanne at creativewriting.wice@yahoo.fr
SATURDAYS : 7, 14, 21, 28th Nov… THE OTHER WRITERS’ GROUP. Meeting 5pm till 7pm every Saturday. Suggested donation for taking part: € 5. David Barnes, facilitator, explains: “I set up The Other Writers’ as a space where creative writers can read their work and offer feedback and criticism. It has been running since February 2005. During this time we’ve heard poetry, fiction, extracts from novels, biography and travel writing. The aim is to give useful and honest feedback while nurturing writers. The Other Writers’ is born out of love of writing and anyone who shares that passion can take part. But it’s become increasingly professional in the level of criticism and support given to the poets and writers who come. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
SUNDAYS : 8, 15, 22, 29th Nov… Words Alive O: Theatre Workshop in English: This workshop is open to native and fluent English speakers and offers the participants the opportunity to explore different theatre texts and to gain practical theatre training. The workshop will focus on one play or a selection of texts in English. The work in progress will lead towards a presentation at the end of the year. Limited places. Participants interviewed. Workshop runs from October until May. Enrollment for a semester or a full year. First semester October to December. Second semester January to May. No sessions during the school holidays. Sundays 4-7 pm 35, rue St. Roch 75001 Esc A. Salle Ghesquière 6è étage. M° Opéra, Pyramides ou Tuileries. Registration required. 01 77 15 71 90 / 06 37 66 27 98 / wordsaliveo@gmail.com Contact them about rolling sign-ups. Moire info on their site: www.wordsaliveo.com
8, 15, 22, 29 November (Sundays 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.) WICE Workshop: 500 Words or Less—Using the Principles of Poetry to Pack a Punch! Say more with less: On four November Sundays, be part of a small group of WICE writers who will ponder Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s theory, "Poetry: the best words in the best order", as you practice working with imagery, allegory, allusion, and our elusive friend—the metaphor. Led by Shakespeare & Company’s most dedicated workshop facilitator, David Barnes, you will not only read and discuss exemplary works of concision, but will also generate new writings for group feedback. Try your hand at poetry, flash fiction or just sharpen your skills for blogs, emails, and those ever popular holiday letters—ones that don’t make your reader’s eyes roll back in their heads!Learn how to make your short works work. Even your truest recollections can be more vivid and entertaining when they fit on a single page! Fee: 100€ Place: Le Bis Repetita, 167 rue Saint Honoré, Place André Malraux, 75001 Paris Note: You must be a member of WICE to take this course. Preregistration required. Sign up & become member info: http://www.wice-paris.org/wice/membership
12-13 Nov at 19h / atelier 8, et samedi 14 nov 14h / Atelier 8 : Centre 104 Workshop on poetic reading style in French + performance : Lectures de textes poétiques de Laurent Roth avec Frédéric Fisbach. Cet atelier permet à des amateurs de préparer, sous la direction de Frédéric Fisbach, une lecture de textes poétiques écrits par Laurent Roth, réalisateur en résidence au CENTQUATRE. Il leur donnera la possibilité de questionner la manière de mettre en voix la poésie et de lire des écrits sur l’art. Il est ouvert à dix personnes, aucune connaissance préalable n’est indispensable. Une lecture publique aura lieu à la fin du stage. Pour s’inscrire, il suffit d’envoyer un mail détaillant votre motivation, avant le 5 novembre à resabilletterie@104.fr. Tarifs : 5 €, 3 €*, 0 €** par atelier. AT : Le 104, 104 rue d'Aubervilliers / 5 rue Curial 75019 Paris M° Riquet/Crimée (ligne 7) Site : http://www.104.fr/
22 nov from 17h30-20h00, PRANA STRETCH / YOGA WORKSHOP : Moving Encounters - 15€ En partant de la base du travail PranaStretch, nous allons vers l'autre, vers la relation, et vers «partnering» avec la force, l'attention et la sensibilité qui rendent possible «profound response ability and joy in moving together». Nous allons travailler avec des apports du yoga, des arts martiaux et de la danse, ainsi qu'avec des éléments provenant du duo «Rorchach 157» (choréographié par Ann Moradian et Tim Martin). Ann Moradian is the director of Perspectives In Motion. She has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for over 30 years. Her current work is strongly influenced by Eric Beeler (yoga) and Nguyen Thahn Thiên (martial arts). 01 40 70 07 85 pranastretch@yahoo.com or perspectivesinmotion@gmail.com or www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion for more or to sign up.
February 5–7, 2010: SIGN UP NOW for the GENEVA Writers’ Conference at Webster University, Bellevue/Geneva, Switzerland, with Julia Bell, Thomas E. Kennedy, Annette Kobak, Geeta Kothari, Robert Root, Richard Scrimger, Susan Tiberghien, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, John Hartley Williams, plus agents/editors/publishers (U.S./U.K./Paris), workshops, panels, readings, networking, 180 writers from around the world. For info, visit www.genevawritersgroup.org.
The Writers’ Atelier. See writing groups in Paris and sign up at Meetup : http://writers.meetup.com/561/fr/calendar/11438783/
“In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.”
—Richard Eder
01 November 2009
November Part III: Reviews' News & New Reviews!
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Part III of November 2009's listing:
News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work
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Paris-based JOURNAL SEEKING WORK IN ENGLISH or FRENCH: Cerise Press (www.cerisepress.com), an international online journal (with future print anthology) based in France and U.S. builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Franchophone works. Published 3 times per year, we seek poetry, translations, art, prose, interviews, reviews and photography. Our first issue is here: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale basée en France et aux États-Unis, construit des liens transculturels en rendant visibles des artistes et des écrivains — en anglais, en français et en autres traductions —, mettant l'accent sur des oeuvres françaises et francophones. Nous sommes ouverts pour les prochains numéros aux propositions de la poésie, des chroniques (anglais et/ou français), ainsi que des textes/essais sur le domaine français et les traductions (français-anglais) d'oeuvres littéraires. Redacteurs/editors Karen Rigby, Fiona Sze-Lorrain + Sally Molini: editors@cerisepress.com
SEEKING WORK & Editors IN ENGLISH OR/& FRENCH : Off-Mic Classy & unconventional, iconoclastic & fun, positioning itself at the meeting point between French culture & the cultures of other countries, off-mic—the new bilingual lit & arts review from the Paris LGBTI Center associations GAIPAR & CultureS LGBT, gives voice to those who are unable to locate their place in the traditional media, as well as to those who simply have something to say “off- mic”. Seeking review staff & contributions of articles & cultural critiques which will be entertaining & informative; narratives & feature articles that may be somewhat transgressive or provocative; short stories & poetry of high literary quality; photos, drawings, cartoons, prints, & various forms of artwork. Articles should generally not be longer than 3,000 words. Please consider becoming part of the editorial board & association staff. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this project! Write us or send work to: off-mic, c/o Association GAIPAR, Centre LGBT Paris-IDF, 63, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris OR, by email: off_micparis@yahoo.fr See/read a version of issue one as it is being built online at: http://issuu.com/hors-micro/docs/notremagazinemercredi
ATTENTION NONFICTION WRITERS!/ Announcing the 2009 New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Contest; Judge: Peggy Shinner “Nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible." –Lee Gutkind; We agree. NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. We welcome hybrid essays, ones that expose the insides of things to risk making language do new things. Personal essays are welcome, too. Use a slice of memoir, but use also a dose of self-awareness. Autobiographical moments which are digested and used to engage the reader, not prove something to the reader, delight us. Prize: $150 and publication in New Delta Review. Finalists will be considered for publication. $10 submission fee includes option to purchase discounted two-issue subscription to NDR for an additional $10. For full guidelines, info on judge, and form to submit work, see: http://www.lsu.edu/newdeltareview/New_Delta_Review/CONTESTS.html
SEEKING BOOKS: BlazeVOX Books is currently accepting submissions of poetry and fiction; guidelines are available on the Web site. BlazeVOX BooksGeoffrey Gatza: Editor & Publisher. Among the press's new and forthcoming books are titles by Marcia Roberts, Amy King, Celia Gilbert, Sarah Sarai, Florine Melnyk, Jessica Baron, Sally Ashton, Elizabeth Hatmaker, and others. Noticde that BlazeVox was recently written up on Small Press Points, which highlights the happenings of the small press players. TAGS: independent/small presses or go to: http://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_34
JUST OUT: artbook entitled “IDEM” subject : exhibition of seulgi lee (52 pages color, b&w, 18x26cm, 9€) texts : jochen dehn, jang un kim, seulgi lee, julie pellegrin, claire staebler languages : french, english (and korean for the text by jang un kim) graphic design : akatre. Publication : centre d'art contemporain de la ferme du buisson ISBN : 978-2-909958-02-6 If you do not know the center : la ferme du buisson is an art center situated in the east of paris, stop at 'noisiel'. See more about them at:
http://www.lafermedubuisson.com/les-rendez-vous-du-Centre-d-art.html
QUIRKY BOOK : GIVE IT A READ : Sam Smith’s latest novel 'Something's Wrong' The tale entire presents itself as the transcript of 18 double-sided tapes, all of which have been recorded by a 50+ paranoid schizophrenic. The making of these tapes began as his attempt — an aide memoir and thus a means of bringing some order to his fragmented thoughts — to discover the 'something wrong' that he feels is hiding away somewhere within his mind. Cataloguing all that he feels might be important he describes his day-to-day life in a residential home in a seedy seaside town. He reports too on the puzzling behaviour of the town's inhabitants, along with that of the staff and the other residents of the home. While he tries to work out what it is that is wrong there is a robbery, arson, and a local girl is murdered. All of which he initially suspects himself being responsible for. . . . « Something's Wrong » ISBN 978-0-557-13918-7 is available now from DPdotcom www.dpdotcom.com/ somethingswrong.htm or signed copies via author’s website www.freewebs.com/thesamsmith/
SUBMIT : TO « The Normal School » Jounal! http://thenormalschool.com/ Representative Authors include Sherman Alexie, Nick Arvin, Tom Bissell, Adam Braver, Abraham Brennen, Ron Carlson, Denise Duhamel, Beth Ann Fennelly, Patricia Henley, Patrick Hicks, Kristin Iverson, Dimiter Kenarov, Philip Levine, Margot Livesey, Phillip Lopate, Dunya Mikhail, Ander Monson, Dinty W. Moore, Laura Pritchett, Ron Rash, David Shields, Mary Yukari Waters, Christopher Yen. Particularly interested in essays that challenge established norms for the genre or that don’t seem to fit in easy categories of classification, poems of all sorts, & compelling prose.
NIGHTBOAT BOOKS CONTEST: Due 15th of Nov 2009: A prize of $1,000, publication by Nightboat Books, and a standard royalty contract is given annually for a poetry collection. Fanny Howe will judge. Submit 48 to 70 pages with a $25 entry fee by November 15. E-mail or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Nightboat Books, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 10, Callicoon, NY 12723-0010. Christina Davis, Poetry Editor. See complete guidelines on their site: http://www.nightboat.org/
CONGRATULATIONS : TO PARIS JOURNALIST JO RAY: Category 1: Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, Gold award winner: Joe Ray, freelance writer-photographer (http://www.joe-ray.com/). Here's what the judges had to say: “You cannot avoid being drawn into a Joe Ray travel story — they are superbly written. Lead after lead after lead, Ray demonstrates with skill and efficiency a knack for choosing the right words to portray the adventure of travel. From the Sahara to Argentina to Lisbon, and locations in between, he takes readers on a wonderful ride. Ray also introduces us to interesting characters and must-see stops along the way. Reporting from Tamanrasset he writes: In a city of nomads, a brief encounter with a half-blind nun leaves us with words to live by on a trek into the Sahara: “We only see well with our hearts.” It is first-place writing and reporting — story after story after story. Joe Ray wrote himself to the gold. » KUDOS to JO RAY! Some more of Jo’s food writings can be found on the joint site http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/ which he & Simon write.
EVEN YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMISE OF FRENCH! Check out this magazine & subscribe !: Notre association, l’Asselaf (Association pour la sauvegarde et l’expansion de la langue française) souhaite vous faire connaître, si ce n’était pas déjà le cas, la revue Lettre(s) qu’elle édite. Cette revue pose sans complaisance la question du maintien, y compris en France même, d’un français de qualité comme langue de la cité et alerte les francophones pour que des « élites » mondialisées n’abandonnent pas la langue française, qui est notre premier lien social et la seule voie d’accès au débat public dans notre pays et dans les pays francophones, au profit de l’anglo-américain.Voici donc le site web afin que vous puissiez faire connaissance avec nous et, si le coeur vous en dit, vous abonner personnellement. Nous espérons que vous trouverez plaisir et intérêt à être de nos lecteurs et amis, et nous vous prions d’agréer nos salutations francophones les plus cordiales, Philippe Loubière, rédacteur en chef de Lettre(s) : www.asselaf.fr
OUT NOW : Vient de paraître : « Gesualdo » de Lyn Hejinian traduit de l'américain par Martin Richet Eric Pesty Editeur, Jacataqua n°02. 22 x 14 cm, 16 pages, 9 euros ISBN : 978-2-917786-04-8 Pour toute commande ou demande d'information : Eric Pesty Editeur, 10, rue des Mauvestis, 13002 Marseille http://www.ericpestyediteur.com/ Avec la grande exactitude qu'on lui connaît, la traduction Martin Richet rend compte des enjeux imbriqués du texte : « Le concept de style comme création personnelle volontaire est conçu pour une exigence nouvelle. Ma conscience est urgente. Contrastent génie et durée. » On notera encore que Gesualdo de Lyn Hejinian a servi de matrice structurelle et syntaxique au très beau livre de Rosmarie Waldrop intitulé Differences for Four Hands (Différences à quatre mains, trad. Paol Keineg, Spectres familiers, 1989). Le livre que nous publions, composé au plomb, a été imprimé sur les presses de Harpo & à Corbières durant l'été 2009. Née en 1941 à San Francisco, Lyn Hejinian est l'auteur d'une douzaine de livres de poésie et de nombreux essais, ainsi que deux volumes de traduction de l'auteur russe Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. Lyn Hejinian est couramment associée au mouvement language. Depuis 1995 elle co-dirige, avec Travis Ortiz, le projet Atelos Press. http://www.atelos.org/ for Atelos' complete catalogue of books!!!!
The Writers’ Atelier. See writing groups in Paris and sign up at Meetup : http://writers.meetup.com/561/fr/calendar/11438783/
POETRY MANUSCRIPTS SOUGHT: 2011 Motherwell Prize: for a first or second full-length collection of poems by a woman writing in English, to be judged by Fence Books editors, with a cash prize of $1000 & Spring 2011 publication by Fence Books. Manuscripts accepted during the month of November, 2009. Website: www.fence.fenceportal.org/contest/motherwell
BIPVAL: A site to know about: for poetry books, readings, events on writing: Site www.biennaledespoetes.fr :Also: En 2009, le BIPVAL a publié aux éditions Action Poétique : L’œuvrette, de Yannick Liron En d’étranges contrées, anthologie de la dixième biennale (2009). Sont prévues trois autres publications : L’anthologie de la journée européenne Notopos (titre non encore définitif), Poèmes en langue vulgaire d’Éric Houser (poète en résidence durant l’année 2009) et Un ouvrage de l’italien Giulano Mesa, Un autre de la néerlandaise Saskia De Jong.
SUBMIT / PERUSE ONLINE a copy of the new issue out of Berlin of “No Man’s Land” : no man's land # 4 appeared on November 1, 2009 with translations of fiction by Emma Braslavsky, Claudius Hagemeister, Sudabeh Mohafez, Julia Schoch and Keto von Waberer and poetry by Carl-Christian Elze, Hendrik Jackson, Adrian Kasnitz, Nicolai Kobus, Birgit Kreipe, Christoph Wenzel and Harald Weinrich at http://www.no-mans-land.org/
ANNOUNCED BY FIONA MIZANI: on her brilliant Berlin readings listing email: Gangway.net: Berlin Special is out! A special issue of gangway. net, a literary magazine from Austria and Australia, featuring writings about Berlin, twenty years since the wall fall, is up online now. Featuring Berlin-based poets Alistair Noon and Audrey Mei, as well poets and artists from around the world. Have a look at www.gangway.net . If you are going to berlin or want to know what literary events are taking place there, contact Fiona to get on her emails at fiona.mizani@bordercrossing-berlin.com
NEW IN PRINT : ‘Give Me Where To Stand’, But where, exactly? Because this is something we would all like to know, along with the when, why, what, who and how, maybe some answers can be found in the first poetry collection from Carole Baldock And there have been quite a few satisfied customers – ‘3 more copies please’ (AB; Cambs) Available straight from the author’s mouth, as it were: save money by ordering direct: 17 Greenhow Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 5EL £6.50 inc p+p (£7.50 from publisher) ‘even if there aren’t
always happy endings, each beginning is filled with promise’. (from Full of the Joys of Spring) Carole Baldock has also published a poetry pamphlet, BITCHING... ‘Rose-tinted glasses / colour the world delightful, /appropriate shades’ £3.50 including p+p. Or enjoy both titles for just £9.00
SHORT STORY CONTEST: TRAVEL! Get ready for the action: The new and free short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers is about to start; the theme is "Travel Stories". On the line: $1.800,00 in prize money for writers, "fame!" and Amazon vouchers (each worth $20) for voting readers.Perhaps you want to submit your own story into the competition or judge and vote for others to win great prizes? If so, please go to: http://www.bookrix.com/ then look at “contests”.
UK POET TO CHECK OUT : from orginal plus publishers, and available now - Alice Lenkiewicz's first collection of poems and drawings, 'Men Hate Blondes' 'Alice Lenkiewicz, a modern alchemist, effects the transmutation of lived experience via the intimate crucible of her rare, poetic imagination – informed by an artist's visual sensibility. ' A C Evans 'Men Hate Blondes is a kind of poetic bildungsroman, it offers up its insights in a savvy use of montage, dreamscapes, cityscapes and fantasias all matched with Lenkiewicz's dispassionate itinerant observation; this is a refreshing, developing new voice testing out its boundaries in a world still forming and reforming around us.' Chris Hamilton Emery from your local bookseller, or order a signed copy from Alice directly by writing to - poetshideout@yahoo.com
SUBMIT!: KNEEJERK Magazine says “We are looking for fiction and creative nonfiction that is difficult to define—-the more you blur the line, the better. We consider any prose that is smart, illuminating, experimental, and/or funny. We also accept interviews with literary writers and artists of any kind who can offer insight into the craft of writing, or of art in general. We also have a section called Reviews of Things, where writers can review literally anything, so long as their review is somewhat humorous and speaks to a deeper aspect of truth.” Exciting work online, see http://www.kneejerkmag.com/ Nov issue will be up SOON!
READ: Ellen Hinsey’s newest collection, from Bloodaxe, “Update on the Descent”.
http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepage.asp?isbn=1852248335
Part III of November 2009's listing:
News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work
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Paris-based JOURNAL SEEKING WORK IN ENGLISH or FRENCH: Cerise Press (www.cerisepress.com), an international online journal (with future print anthology) based in France and U.S. builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Franchophone works. Published 3 times per year, we seek poetry, translations, art, prose, interviews, reviews and photography. Our first issue is here: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale basée en France et aux États-Unis, construit des liens transculturels en rendant visibles des artistes et des écrivains — en anglais, en français et en autres traductions —, mettant l'accent sur des oeuvres françaises et francophones. Nous sommes ouverts pour les prochains numéros aux propositions de la poésie, des chroniques (anglais et/ou français), ainsi que des textes/essais sur le domaine français et les traductions (français-anglais) d'oeuvres littéraires. Redacteurs/editors Karen Rigby, Fiona Sze-Lorrain + Sally Molini: editors@cerisepress.com
SEEKING WORK & Editors IN ENGLISH OR/& FRENCH : Off-Mic Classy & unconventional, iconoclastic & fun, positioning itself at the meeting point between French culture & the cultures of other countries, off-mic—the new bilingual lit & arts review from the Paris LGBTI Center associations GAIPAR & CultureS LGBT, gives voice to those who are unable to locate their place in the traditional media, as well as to those who simply have something to say “off- mic”. Seeking review staff & contributions of articles & cultural critiques which will be entertaining & informative; narratives & feature articles that may be somewhat transgressive or provocative; short stories & poetry of high literary quality; photos, drawings, cartoons, prints, & various forms of artwork. Articles should generally not be longer than 3,000 words. Please consider becoming part of the editorial board & association staff. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this project! Write us or send work to: off-mic, c/o Association GAIPAR, Centre LGBT Paris-IDF, 63, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris OR, by email: off_micparis@yahoo.fr See/read a version of issue one as it is being built online at: http://issuu.com/hors-micro/docs/notremagazinemercredi
ATTENTION NONFICTION WRITERS!/ Announcing the 2009 New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Contest; Judge: Peggy Shinner “Nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible." –Lee Gutkind; We agree. NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. We welcome hybrid essays, ones that expose the insides of things to risk making language do new things. Personal essays are welcome, too. Use a slice of memoir, but use also a dose of self-awareness. Autobiographical moments which are digested and used to engage the reader, not prove something to the reader, delight us. Prize: $150 and publication in New Delta Review. Finalists will be considered for publication. $10 submission fee includes option to purchase discounted two-issue subscription to NDR for an additional $10. For full guidelines, info on judge, and form to submit work, see: http://www.lsu.edu/newdeltareview/New_Delta_Review/CONTESTS.html
SEEKING BOOKS: BlazeVOX Books is currently accepting submissions of poetry and fiction; guidelines are available on the Web site. BlazeVOX Books
JUST OUT: artbook entitled “IDEM” subject : exhibition of seulgi lee (52 pages color, b&w, 18x26cm, 9€) texts : jochen dehn, jang un kim, seulgi lee, julie pellegrin, claire staebler languages : french, english (and korean for the text by jang un kim) graphic design : akatre. Publication : centre d'art contemporain de la ferme du buisson ISBN : 978-2-909958-02-6 If you do not know the center : la ferme du buisson is an art center situated in the east of paris, stop at 'noisiel'. See more about them at:
http://www.lafermedubuisson.com/les-rendez-vous-du-Centre-d-art.html
QUIRKY BOOK : GIVE IT A READ : Sam Smith’s latest novel 'Something's Wrong' The tale entire presents itself as the transcript of 18 double-sided tapes, all of which have been recorded by a 50+ paranoid schizophrenic. The making of these tapes began as his attempt — an aide memoir and thus a means of bringing some order to his fragmented thoughts — to discover the 'something wrong' that he feels is hiding away somewhere within his mind. Cataloguing all that he feels might be important he describes his day-to-day life in a residential home in a seedy seaside town. He reports too on the puzzling behaviour of the town's inhabitants, along with that of the staff and the other residents of the home. While he tries to work out what it is that is wrong there is a robbery, arson, and a local girl is murdered. All of which he initially suspects himself being responsible for. . . . « Something's Wrong » ISBN 978-0-557-13918-7 is available now from DPdotcom
SUBMIT : TO « The Normal School » Jounal! http://thenormalschool.com/ Representative Authors include Sherman Alexie, Nick Arvin, Tom Bissell, Adam Braver, Abraham Brennen, Ron Carlson, Denise Duhamel, Beth Ann Fennelly, Patricia Henley, Patrick Hicks, Kristin Iverson, Dimiter Kenarov, Philip Levine, Margot Livesey, Phillip Lopate, Dunya Mikhail, Ander Monson, Dinty W. Moore, Laura Pritchett, Ron Rash, David Shields, Mary Yukari Waters, Christopher Yen. Particularly interested in essays that challenge established norms for the genre or that don’t seem to fit in easy categories of classification, poems of all sorts, & compelling prose.
NIGHTBOAT BOOKS CONTEST: Due 15th of Nov 2009: A prize of $1,000, publication by Nightboat Books, and a standard royalty contract is given annually for a poetry collection. Fanny Howe will judge. Submit 48 to 70 pages with a $25 entry fee by November 15. E-mail or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Nightboat Books, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 10, Callicoon, NY 12723-0010. Christina Davis, Poetry Editor. See complete guidelines on their site: http://www.nightboat.org/
CONGRATULATIONS : TO PARIS JOURNALIST JO RAY: Category 1: Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, Gold award winner: Joe Ray, freelance writer-photographer (http://www.joe-ray.com/). Here's what the judges had to say: “You cannot avoid being drawn into a Joe Ray travel story — they are superbly written. Lead after lead after lead, Ray demonstrates with skill and efficiency a knack for choosing the right words to portray the adventure of travel. From the Sahara to Argentina to Lisbon, and locations in between, he takes readers on a wonderful ride. Ray also introduces us to interesting characters and must-see stops along the way. Reporting from Tamanrasset he writes: In a city of nomads, a brief encounter with a half-blind nun leaves us with words to live by on a trek into the Sahara: “We only see well with our hearts.” It is first-place writing and reporting — story after story after story. Joe Ray wrote himself to the gold. » KUDOS to JO RAY! Some more of Jo’s food writings can be found on the joint site http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/ which he & Simon write.
EVEN YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMISE OF FRENCH! Check out this magazine & subscribe !: Notre association, l’Asselaf (Association pour la sauvegarde et l’expansion de la langue française) souhaite vous faire connaître, si ce n’était pas déjà le cas, la revue Lettre(s) qu’elle édite. Cette revue pose sans complaisance la question du maintien, y compris en France même, d’un français de qualité comme langue de la cité et alerte les francophones pour que des « élites » mondialisées n’abandonnent pas la langue française, qui est notre premier lien social et la seule voie d’accès au débat public dans notre pays et dans les pays francophones, au profit de l’anglo-américain.Voici donc le site web afin que vous puissiez faire connaissance avec nous et, si le coeur vous en dit, vous abonner personnellement. Nous espérons que vous trouverez plaisir et intérêt à être de nos lecteurs et amis, et nous vous prions d’agréer nos salutations francophones les plus cordiales, Philippe Loubière, rédacteur en chef de Lettre(s) : www.asselaf.fr
OUT NOW : Vient de paraître : « Gesualdo » de Lyn Hejinian traduit de l'américain par Martin Richet Eric Pesty Editeur, Jacataqua n°02. 22 x 14 cm, 16 pages, 9 euros ISBN : 978-2-917786-04-8 Pour toute commande ou demande d'information : Eric Pesty Editeur, 10, rue des Mauvestis, 13002 Marseille http://www.ericpestyediteur.com/ Avec la grande exactitude qu'on lui connaît, la traduction Martin Richet rend compte des enjeux imbriqués du texte : « Le concept de style comme création personnelle volontaire est conçu pour une exigence nouvelle. Ma conscience est urgente. Contrastent génie et durée. » On notera encore que Gesualdo de Lyn Hejinian a servi de matrice structurelle et syntaxique au très beau livre de Rosmarie Waldrop intitulé Differences for Four Hands (Différences à quatre mains, trad. Paol Keineg, Spectres familiers, 1989). Le livre que nous publions, composé au plomb, a été imprimé sur les presses de Harpo & à Corbières durant l'été 2009. Née en 1941 à San Francisco, Lyn Hejinian est l'auteur d'une douzaine de livres de poésie et de nombreux essais, ainsi que deux volumes de traduction de l'auteur russe Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. Lyn Hejinian est couramment associée au mouvement language. Depuis 1995 elle co-dirige, avec Travis Ortiz, le projet Atelos Press. http://www.atelos.org/ for Atelos' complete catalogue of books!!!!
The Writers’ Atelier. See writing groups in Paris and sign up at Meetup : http://writers.meetup.com/561/fr/calendar/11438783/
POETRY MANUSCRIPTS SOUGHT: 2011 Motherwell Prize: for a first or second full-length collection of poems by a woman writing in English, to be judged by Fence Books editors, with a cash prize of $1000 & Spring 2011 publication by Fence Books. Manuscripts accepted during the month of November, 2009. Website: www.fence.fenceportal.org/contest/motherwell
BIPVAL: A site to know about: for poetry books, readings, events on writing: Site www.biennaledespoetes.fr :Also: En 2009, le BIPVAL a publié aux éditions Action Poétique : L’œuvrette, de Yannick Liron En d’étranges contrées, anthologie de la dixième biennale (2009). Sont prévues trois autres publications : L’anthologie de la journée européenne Notopos (titre non encore définitif), Poèmes en langue vulgaire d’Éric Houser (poète en résidence durant l’année 2009) et Un ouvrage de l’italien Giulano Mesa, Un autre de la néerlandaise Saskia De Jong.
SUBMIT / PERUSE ONLINE a copy of the new issue out of Berlin of “No Man’s Land” : no man's land # 4 appeared on November 1, 2009 with translations of fiction by Emma Braslavsky, Claudius Hagemeister, Sudabeh Mohafez, Julia Schoch and Keto von Waberer and poetry by Carl-Christian Elze, Hendrik Jackson, Adrian Kasnitz, Nicolai Kobus, Birgit Kreipe, Christoph Wenzel and Harald Weinrich at http://www.no-mans-land.org/
ANNOUNCED BY FIONA MIZANI: on her brilliant Berlin readings listing email: Gangway.net: Berlin Special is out! A special issue of gangway. net, a literary magazine from Austria and Australia, featuring writings about Berlin, twenty years since the wall fall, is up online now. Featuring Berlin-based poets Alistair Noon and Audrey Mei, as well poets and artists from around the world. Have a look at www.gangway.net . If you are going to berlin or want to know what literary events are taking place there, contact Fiona to get on her emails at fiona.mizani@bordercrossing-berlin.com
NEW IN PRINT : ‘Give Me Where To Stand’, But where, exactly? Because this is something we would all like to know, along with the when, why, what, who and how, maybe some answers can be found in the first poetry collection from Carole Baldock And there have been quite a few satisfied customers – ‘3 more copies please’ (AB; Cambs) Available straight from the author’s mouth, as it were: save money by ordering direct: 17 Greenhow Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 5EL £6.50 inc p+p (£7.50 from publisher) ‘even if there aren’t
always happy endings, each beginning is filled with promise’. (from Full of the Joys of Spring) Carole Baldock has also published a poetry pamphlet, BITCHING... ‘Rose-tinted glasses / colour the world delightful, /appropriate shades’ £3.50 including p+p. Or enjoy both titles for just £9.00
SHORT STORY CONTEST: TRAVEL! Get ready for the action: The new and free short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers is about to start; the theme is "Travel Stories". On the line: $1.800,00 in prize money for writers, "fame!" and Amazon vouchers (each worth $20) for voting readers.Perhaps you want to submit your own story into the competition or judge and vote for others to win great prizes? If so, please go to: http://www.bookrix.com/ then look at “contests”.
UK POET TO CHECK OUT : from orginal plus publishers, and available now - Alice Lenkiewicz's first collection of poems and drawings, 'Men Hate Blondes' 'Alice Lenkiewicz, a modern alchemist, effects the transmutation of lived experience via the intimate crucible of her rare, poetic imagination – informed by an artist's visual sensibility. ' A C Evans 'Men Hate Blondes is a kind of poetic bildungsroman, it offers up its insights in a savvy use of montage, dreamscapes, cityscapes and fantasias all matched with Lenkiewicz's dispassionate itinerant observation; this is a refreshing, developing new voice testing out its boundaries in a world still forming and reforming around us.' Chris Hamilton Emery from your local bookseller, or order a signed copy from Alice directly by writing to - poetshideout@yahoo.com
SUBMIT!: KNEEJERK Magazine says “We are looking for fiction and creative nonfiction that is difficult to define—-the more you blur the line, the better. We consider any prose that is smart, illuminating, experimental, and/or funny. We also accept interviews with literary writers and artists of any kind who can offer insight into the craft of writing, or of art in general. We also have a section called Reviews of Things, where writers can review literally anything, so long as their review is somewhat humorous and speaks to a deeper aspect of truth.” Exciting work online, see http://www.kneejerkmag.com/ Nov issue will be up SOON!
READ: Ellen Hinsey’s newest collection, from Bloodaxe, “Update on the Descent”.
http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepage.asp?isbn=1852248335
CALL FOR PAPAERS: for the “On the Horizon : the annual SAES conference in Lille” Panel 14 : Poets and Poetry Suggestions, ideas and proposals welcome … before December 12th. Send them to both: penelope.galey@sfr.fr and helen.goethals@orange.fr Hearing the horizons endure (Ted Hughes) New beginnings are in the offing (Joseph Beuys): Given the rich complexity of our theme, poets and critics hesitate before the wide range of paths ahead of them. Poem, creator, critic define three horizons which speak to the subject. But what horizons do we have in mind? The inner horizon, starting from a concept, follows the path of self-knowledge, a self-reflexive path according to Ricœur, where self appears as other. A path which leads creators and critics to make choices, paths like those of Heidegger, leading nowhere, and yet always somewhere, from the entity towards the being. The entity: that horizon of expectation. One’s self, like Ulysses, always on the horizon of the self. The outer horizon, perceived as place, a distant presence, but always from the perspective of the self. A horizon of expectations again, expectations which are at the intersection of the object and subject, mingling time and space, expectations which, like Hughes’ poetry, are shaped by the world from a presence that is at once real and imaginary, always singular : a dialectical exchange between internal and external worlds, between the near and the far, an infinite becoming … an inaccessible space, impossible, unknowable: the open space beyond the horizon. And, finally, the horizon of the work itself: the poem as its own horizon of expectation, forever opening out onto its own possibilities, its own beginnings and endings: its own entelechy.— The work of art is the result of an action of which the finite aim is to provoke […]infinite developments. (Valéry, L’infini ésthétique, our translation) And thus an oscillation between (fixed) form and the infinite echoes of its own dynamic. The poem as a creation which redoubles the position of the creator.— Every work of art is a voyage, a passage, but which only follows a particular direction as a result of the inner paths and bearings which compose it, which constitute its landscape or its concert. (Deleuze, Critique et Clinique, our translation) Suggestions for further reading : two works by Michel Collot : La poésie moderne et la structure d’horizon (PUF) and L’horizon fabuleux (Corti).
“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.” —Andre Gide
05 October 2009
October 2009 Readings & Events in Paris!
Part I) Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by date for the month
Part II) Workshops (Writing & other)
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, some ads
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Part I) Events & READINGS
*Until 10 Oct : « Ordet » de Kaj Munk et traduit par Marie Darrieussecq est mis en scène par Arthur Nauziciel au Théâtre du Rond Point dans le cadre du Festival d’Automne avec notamment Pascal Gregory et Pierre Baux, jusqu’au 10 octobre http://www.festival-automne.com/
*5 Oct 7pm Jim Christy and Simon Lane reading a selection of their work. Jim Christy, author & visual artist, whose ‘…poetry is like a cross between Catullus and a country song’ (—John Moore, Sub-terrain Magazine) will be reading a selection of his work & Simon Lane will be launching his new book of short stories The Real Illusion. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
* 5 Oct à 19h30 An Intimate Evening with Kinky Friedman. Or will it be a Kinky Evening with Intimate Friedman? Kinky Friedman on guitar and vocals, et Little Jewford - Keys and vocals, Washington Ratso - guitar and vocals. AT: l’Archipel, 17, bvd. de Strasbourg M° Strasbourg St Denis Info on: http://www.anythingmatters.com/
*5 oct at 20h30: Spoken Word Paris invites you out to share work in any language on any theme or their Theme of the night « machines” AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. Métro Belleville or Pyrénées. See their webblog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
*6 oct at 19h30 : IVY Writers Paris TRILINGUAL READING with Greek poet Demosthène Agrafiotis & French Poet Marie-Céline Siffert. BIOS: Desmosthène Agrafiotis is the author of over 15 collections of poems in Greek & 14 in French, as well as critical books on photography, poetry & on art as a sociocultural phenomenon. He has a special interest for visual/concrete poetry. His magazine 'Clinamen'(1980-90), co-published by Erato Publications in Athens (1991-1994), is an amalgam of Greek poetry and art with work from Europe and America. 25 art books were published based on 'Clinamen' in the period from 1980 to 2001. After 2001 'Clinamen' went online at: http://thetis.gr/publication/clinamen See http://www.dagrafiotis.com/ for more. Marie-Céline Siffert is the author of 2 collections of poems, Encore, (aux éditions Contre-Pied, 2007) and Monsieur en extase sur la couverture, (éditions Jacques Brémond, 2008) She completed her MA in arts plastiques at Aix-en-provence, spent 2 years in Casablanca, completed a DNSEP at la Villa Arson school of art in Nice (specializing in video work) before leaving the South of France to live for a while in Paris. She participated in a series of group readings called « 5 Sans Edith » in 2006 and 2007, at the International Center for Poetry in Marseille (CiPM), and founded the lit review “Monsieur Thérèse”. Other writing by Siffert has appeared in literary reviews such as « Nioques », « Java », « BoXon », « Cahier du refuge », « Café verre », « CCP », « revueX », les « cahiers de Benjy », « sitaudis », « myopies » and « RotoR ». See the CiPM site : http://www.cipmarseille.com/auteur_fiche.php?id=902 for more. AT : Le Next 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles, Gratuit! Free! (+infos sur le blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/ with bios in French, too.)
*6 Oct à 19h: Novel Reading by Janet Siskelian Charles. She will be reading from her wonderful new book Moonlight in Odessa. This is the story of Daria, beautiful and smart who longs for something more than what she can have in her beloved native Odessa. And her all elusive search takes her to the world of mail-order brides and marriage. The book is funny and wise, with great characters that will keep you hooked till the last page. We can't wait till Tuesday and we hope to see you all there! AT: The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore, 22 rue St Paul, 75004 Paris, M° St Paul. See http://rwbooks.blogspot.com/2009/10/event-at-rwb.html for more
*6 Oct à 19h : « Avec ou sans voix » : Instants d'humanité partagés et d'horizons croisés, sur une invitation des SILENCES D’ORPHÉE,,,. MARIN FAVRE, PHILIPPE BARNIER, NORBERT GODON, RONAN LE GRAND, CATHERINE LASCAULT, ÉRIC PÉRIER, JEAN AIR, VÉRONIQUE MISSUD, une programmation de Norbert Godon croisant vidéos d'artistes, lectures, performances, installations sonores présentées par EST-CE UNE BONNE NOUVELLE. Un objectif commun : épuiser la matière du discours. AT : La Java, 105 rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 75010, M° : Belleville ou Goncourt http://www.la-java.fr/
*7 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec LEONORA MIANO pour la parution de son roman Les aubes écarlates (Plon) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*7 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Stephen Clarke and Kristin Espinasse on the highs, lows -- and hilarity -- of expat life in France. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*8 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Sheila Pratschke Peter Fallon, Biddy Jenkinson, Claire Keegan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*8 oct sur France 5, à 20 h 35. Philip Roth est l'invité de l'émission "La Grande Librairie" animée par François Busnel, A signaler également un entretien dans Le Monde : http://www.lemonde.fr/opinions/article/2009/10/02/philip-roth-ceux-qui-lisent-et-ecrivent-sont-une-survivance_1248392_3232.html
*8th Oct 7:00 pm Charles Timoney, the author of "Pardon My French", will present and sign his second book: "A Certain... Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging like the French » AT : WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr
8, 9, 10 et 11 oct : ALL day. 21ème Puces du Design : marché des antiquaires de la mode et du design AT : Quai de la Loire, le long du Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19° En accès libre et gratuit http://www.pucesdudesign.com/
* 9 Oct 7pm (exceptional time) Reading by prize-winning novelists Sarah Hall and Andrew Miller. Sarah will read from her new novel, How to Paint a Dead Man - a richly layered work of art, absence, loss and passion - recently longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize following on from a shortlisting in 2004 for The Electric Michelangelo. Andrew’s first novel, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997 & won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy. He has since written 4 novels: Casanova, Oxygen, (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Booker Prize in 2001), The Optimists, and One Morning Like a Bird. He will read a selection from his works. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*9 Oct à 18h. Jacques Jouet à la librairie Atout Livre Rencontre avec Jacques Jouet à l'occasion de la parution de Bodo (POL) et de la soirée de Rentrée Littéraire de la librairie Atout Livre à Paris. AT : Librairie Atout Livre, 203 bis avenue Daumesnil 75012 Paris, Métro Daumesnil Tél : 01 43 43 82 27 - Fax : 01 43 43 82 73 info@atoutlivre.com or http://www.atoutlivre.com/
*9 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Maggie Doyle Eiléan Ni Chuilleanain, Julia O Faoláin, James Ryan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
9 octobre à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de ANAKIN WYOMING "In Between", dans le cadre du Mois de la Transidentité. "In Between n'est pas un entre deux, mais un entre tout. Un flux entre les deux genres qui nous sont imposés. In Between c'est la présentation d'un No Trans' Land, un lieu où l'identité prend un sens quand elle n'en n'a pas d'autre part. … Capturer un moment, une identité, un regard, une rencontre. Il n'y a plus de certitudes, ni d'évidences." (exposition du 7 octobre au 8 novembre) AT: Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*10 Oct 14.30-evening readings for the Irish Cultural Center’s Poetry & Prose festivel. First, at 16h30 – Chair: Peter Fallon Colette Bryce, Celia de Fréine, Kevin Power, Peter Sirr 16.30 – Chair: Caroline Walsh Christine Dwyer Hickey, Dennis O’Driscoll, David Park 19.30 – Chair: S.E. Paul Kavanagh John Montague AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
10 Oct 17:00 - 21:00 Vernissage for “Art Stories” fantasmes dévoilés ... Les fantasmes dévoilés de quatre artistes contemporains Peintures, sculptures, estampes numériques* L’art comme un exutoire fantasmagorique. L’art comme une rencontre… entre réminiscence enfantine, mythologie et déchirures. L’art nous raconte des histoires. L’exposition Art Stories dévoile chimères, obsessions, fantaisies de quatre artistes contemporains. Un bréviaire onirique qui prête à une pérégrination artistique dans leurs univers. CLAUDE COMO, SEBASTIEN KITO, ZWY MILSHTEIN and ISABELLE TUROVE. 10 octobre - 6 décembre 2009 Commissaire, Véronique Grange-Spahis. L’exposition sera ponctuée par des évènements artistiques et culturelles : Conférence sur la Digigraphie, musique, soirées en présence des artistes, ... AT/ Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller, 75011 Paris, m° Bastille. Programmation à suivre sur http://www.dorothysgallery.com/
*11th Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by Martin Chipperfield : "Parting Touches"For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*12 Oct at 5.30 pm, “The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco 1975–80: A Conference by Barrett Watten”: “how has the notion of the “literary” literary history in the making changed over the past thirty years? then & now poetics and politics we were writing in convergence between theory and example the effect of French theory, critical theory, postmodern Marxism at that time”—Watten. The Grand Piano is an experiment in collective autobiography by ten writers identified with the rise of Language poetry in San Francisco: Rae Armantrout, Steve Benson, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Tom Mandel, Ted Pearson, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten. Barrett Watten is a “language-centered” poet and critic of modern cultures. His most recent study “The Constructivist Moment: From Material Text to Cultural Poetics” (Wesleyan UP, 2003), received the René Wellek Prize in 2004; “Total Syntax” came out from Southern Illinois University Press in 1985. His creative work has taken the form of experiments in and between genres, & includes the collections: “Frame: 1971–1990” (Sun & Moon, 1997); “Bad History”, a nonnarrative prose poem “including history,” (Atelos,1998); & “Progress/ Under Erasure”, a combined edition of two long poems, (Green Integer, 2004). He has collaborated on two multi authored experimental works: Leningrad: American Writers in the Soviet Union (Mercury House, 1992) and The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco, 1975–80, which began its ten-volume serial publication in November 2006. He is a Professor of English at Wayne State U, Detroit (www.english.wayne.edu/fac_pages/ewatten) AT: Institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, Paris, 75004 room A50 contact: abigail.lang@wanadoo.fr for more info.
* 12 October 7pm Sir Alistair Horne, will be reading from his compelling new book Kissinger 1973, The Crucial Year and talking about ‘the man at the epicentre of events that shook the decade’. Read Salon.Com’s article starting ‘Sir Alistair Horne may be the only author in the world whose books have been read and praised by George W. Bush, Ariel Sharon and Robert Fisk. Not to mention by much of the senior military staff of the U.S. Army, Middle East scholars, State Department policy wonks, and realpolitik statesmen…’ ‘http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/08/alistair_horne/ AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*13 Oct at 19h: Iain Pears will present his book, “Stone's Fall”. A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller “An Instance of the Fingerpost”. Chronologically, this new novel moves backwards—from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890, and finally to Venice in 1867—during Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. Stone's Fall is an intricately plotted and richly satisfying puzzle—an erudite work of history and fiction that feels utterly true and oddly timely. Pears is also the author of the bestseller The Dream of Scipio and a novella, The Portrait, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
13 Oct 19.30, admission free, VO. Film documentary “What am I doing here?” Artist-in-residence Trish McAdam presents her documentary on Donal O’Kelly, a well-known Irish actor and playwright who twice performed in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in his own shows Catalpa and Running Beast. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
13 October 19h30 European Space Agency@The Library: Alan Cooper on 'Why explore the Moon, Mars and Comets?' AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*14 oct 19h. A l'occasion de la parution de « Des revenants, Corps, lieux, images » (Editions Bayard, collection Le rayon des curiosités) rencontre avec Olivier ScheferAT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00
*14 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: French author and journalist Philippe Labro discusses his 50-year love affair with America. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*15 Oct at 20h Eileen Myles. Eileen Myles is an American poet, editor, performer, critic, speaker. The author of numerous books, including Sorry, Tree (Wave Books, 2007) in which she describes "some nature" as well as the transmigration of souls from the east coast to the west. Her most recent work came out this summer: The Importance of Being Iceland (art writing). New York: Semiotext(e), MIT Press, July 09 Bust Magazine calls Myles "the rock star of modern poetry" and Holland Cotter in The New York Times describes her as "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk female writer-performers. See her site for much much more: http://www.eileenmyles.com/ AT: Castillo/Corrales Gallery, 65, rue Rébeval, 75019 Paris +33 (0)1 771 368 71. http://www.castillocorrales.fr/
*15 Oct : 19h -21h : Rendez-vous réguliers, les jeudis de l'Oulipo, chers aux amateurs de jeux de l'esprit et de littérature potentielle, continuent d'explorer des thèmes d'actualité, proposant lectures et créations originales. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium. http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=conference_1135.htm M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)
15th Oct 7:00 p.m. WH Smith and Flammarion cordially invite you to a champagne cocktail in the presence of Dorothy Stapleton, wife of Craig Stapleton, former US Ambassador to France; Philippe Excoffier, executive chef to US Ambassadors for nearly a decade; and Francis Hammond, photographer, for their book “Elegant Entertaining: Seasonal Recipes from the American Ambassador's Residence in Paris” RESERVATION NECESSARY: see WH Smith’s site, under events, for info on how to reserve for this evening. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr
*16 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec CLAUDINE GALEA pour son roman « Un amour prodigue » (éditions Thierry Magnier) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*16 au 25 octobre à Charleville-Mézières et dans les Ardennes : les Ailleurs (rencontres internationales de Poésie) Programme et plus d’infos sur leur site : http://www.myspace.com/ailleurspoetiques
*17 oct à 19h : Présentation de la nouvelle revue HÉTÉROGRAPHE ("Revue des homolittératures ou pas"). En présence de PIERRE LEPORI (directeur), de l'équipe de rédaction et de CÉLIA HOUDART et FRANÇOIS CUSSET (sous réserve). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
* 19 October 7pm Laurence Korb and Liliane Lefèvre (aka Claude Izner) will be reading from their fourth Victor Legris mystery, The Marais Assassin. Claude Izner is the pen-name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre. Both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, they are experts on nineteenth-century Paris. They have co-written Murder on the Eiffel Tower, The Pére-Lachaise Mystery and The Montmartre Investigation as well their latest mystery The Marais Assassin. In this fourth case for the bookseller sleuth, Claude Izner offers a convincing portrait of a Paris shaken by anarchist bombings in the spring of 1892. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*19 oct, 18h30 - 20h. Au plus près de l'actualité, le premier rendez-vous du 19 octobre 2009 sera consacré à la rentrée littéraire. Parmi les quelques 600 romans qui affluent dans les librairies à cette occasion, Claude Arnaud opérera une première sélection afin de nous présenter deux romanciers confirmés et un auteur débutant. Soirée animée par Claude Arnaud avec : Yannick Haenel pour Ian Karski (Gallimard) l'homme de la Résistance polonaise qui a tenté en vain de prévenir les Alliés du Massacre - on le voit longuement dans Shoah, de Lanzmann, Alain Blottière pour Le Tombeau de Tommy (Gallimard) qui se présente comme le journal de bord d'un cinéaste d'aujourd'hui réalisant un long-métrage (de fiction) inspiré par un des héros de l'Affiche rouge, et, sous réserve, Therry Hesse pour son roman Démon publié aux éditions de L'Olivier (Hanté par la Shoah, un journaliste se bat pour la Tchétchénie). AT : BNF site Arsenal, 1, rue Sully, 75004 Paris, m° Lignes 7, (Sully-Morland), 1, 5, et 8 (Bastille)
*20th Oct 6:30 pm (Reservations a must) "Writers at the Residence" SOS Fundraiser: Lady Westmacott, hosts featured authors: Stephen Clarke, Bryce Corbett, Alec Lobrano, Michael Sadler, Heather Stimmler-Hall, and Charles Timoney. Lady Westmacott, patron of SOS Help, will host an evening of discussion on life in Paris and France from the outsider's perspective, at the residence of the British Ambassador to France. Six internationally top-selling authors will explore the social experience of living among the French, with each bringing their own unique take on a subject that intrigues the rest of the world. From naughty to nice and everything in between, discover the secrets of the city of lights, romance and cuisine. There will be a reception to follow. At: British Embassy Residence, 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris The event is a fundraiser for SOS Help so please join us and encourage your friends to do so as well! Visit our website to for more about the event & to reserve a place. Reserve your tickets now at soshelpline.org
*21 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec MARIE MOINARD et JEANNE PUCHOL à l'occasion du lancement de la bande dessinée collective En chemin elle rencontre... Les artistes se mobilisent contre la violence faite aux femmes (Des ronds dans l'O) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*22 Oct : Jean Paul Manganaro au Centre Culturel Italien Rencontre avec Jean-Paul Manganaro, à l'occasion de la parution de Federico Fellini Romance, et autour de Fédérico Fellini, AT : Centre Culturel Italien à Paris, 4 rue des Prêtres Saint Séverin, 75005 Paris tel: 01 46 34 27 00 M° Saint Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne http://www.centreculturelitalien.com/
*22 October 19.30, La Médiathèque rencontre… Brendan Graham admission free, reservation necessary Brendan Graham is an Irish novelist and composer. He has published a historical trilogy: The Whitest Flower (1998), described as a ‘documentary novel’ on the Great Famine and a set text at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Element of Fire (2001); and The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night (2004). Rolf Løvland was inspired by The Whitest Flower to write the music for “You Raise Me Up”, a huge international hit for Irish boyband Westlife; Graham wrote the lyrics. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*23 Oct : 14h - 20h. Une après-midi d'étude est consacrée à la philosophe Simone Weil par la BnF, qui conserve ses archives depuis les années 2000. De 19h à 20h, des lectures théâtralisées d'extraits d'ouvrages de Simone Weil ponctueront l'après-midi. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Petit auditorium M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)
*23 Oct à 19h : Christine Montalbetti à l'Arbre à lettres Rencontre avec Christine Montalbetti, à l'occasion de la parution de Journée américaine (POL) et de En écrivant Journée américaine (Adam Biro), à la librairie l'Arbre à lettres Mouffetard. Lecture. Librairie l'Arbre à lettres, 2 rue Edouard Quenu, 75005 Paris http://www.arbrealettres.com/
24th Oct 12 pm to 4 pm The Giant Annual SOS Booksale!!!!! Browse for English-language books at our Autumn Book Sale. We have a wide selection of books in every category, with paperbacks for 1 euro and hardcovers for 2 euros. And don't forget to visit our Tea Corner for a quick break and refreshment during your shopping.We greatly appreciate donations of any books you're finished reading. You may bring your books the day of the sale or for donations of 100+ books, you may email us at soshelpbooksale@gmail.com to arrange a pickup. Also, if you'd like to help set up the day before, we'd greatly appreciate it! It involves carrying books in to the church as well as sorting and organizing the books once they've arrived. Give us a call for more information or feel free to stop by any time from 12 pm - 6 pm on Friday, October 23rd. AT: St. Joseph's Church, 50 Avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris
For kids/ 24 Oct 15.00,Hallowe’en Tales with Niall de Burca admission free, reservation recommended, in English A welcome return to Paris for one of Ireland’s finest traditional storytellers. His rapport with children is magical but be warned, Niall de Burca will cast a Hallowe’en spell on young and old alike! Raised in the West of Ireland, he uses his voice with a craftsman's skill, tells great stories with tremendous energy, judgment and timing. An event for all the family. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
*25th Oct at 7.30 pm En français: Lecture par MOVING PARTS: MP presents a reading in French of a play by Guy Gauthier :"Maudite Soit La Nuit" (in French) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
* 26 October 7pm Award-winning travel writer and journalist Rosemary Bailey will be reading from Love and War in the Pyrenees, winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers Award for best narrative travel book. One of the main characters will be an honoured guest at the event. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*28 oct 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Anne Parian & Jérôme Mauche / Les petits matins. Dans le cadre de "poète--public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.
*29 Oct : 19h30 Susan Howe reading at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Double Change et les Revues parlées du Centre Georges Pompidou vous invitent à une lecture de Susan Howe Susan Howe est l’auteur d’une douzaine de livres de poésie et de critique. Son dernier livre, Souls of the Labadie Tract, a paru chez New Directions en 2007. La même année a paru une nouvelle édition de My Emily Dickinson, essai lyrique de 1985 qui a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du dix-neuvième siècle et réinventé la critique littéraire par sa forme. Sa collaboration avec le musicien David Grubbs a donné lieu à deux CD, Thiefth et Souls of the Labadie Tract (Blue Chopsticks, 2005 et 2007). Des traductions françaises par Bernard Rival sont parues au Théâtre Typographique (Thorow, Marginalia de Melville, et Deux et). Susan Howe a été professeur à l’université de SUNY-Buffalo jusqu’à sa retraite en 2007. Lauréate d’une bourse Guggenheim et de nombreuses distinctions, elle est actuellement poète en résidence à l’American Academy à Berlin. AT : Centre Georges Pompidou, dans les collections permanentes du Musée national d’art moderne, niveau 4, Entrée libre http://doublechange.org/
*30 Oct de 9h30 à 18h30: All in English : « autour de susan howe. Script. » Journée d’étude consacrée à l’œuvre de Susan Howe. One-day conference focusing on the work of Susan Howe, organized by Antoine Cazé and Abigail Lang with talks by Hélène Aji, Isabelle Alfandary, Antoine Cazé, Will Montgomery, Redell Olsen and Christine Savinel. At the end of the series of talks, all in English, Susan Howe will speak on her use of archives and images in her work. AT : l’institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, 75004, salle A50 http://doublechange.org/
* 30 octobre à partir de 19H Claude Ber lira à Paris. Poète, critique, performeuse—à ne pas rater ! AT : Les Voûtes Paris, 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris M° Météor
du 30 octobre au lundi 2 octobre : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au 21è Festival de films féminstes et lesbiens de Paris. Des forfaits seront en prévente à la librairie. Infos : http://www.cineffable.fr/ AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*31 Oct: de 15h à 17h Susan Howe & Dominique Fourcade reading/talk: “Autour d’Emily Dickinson”Susan Howe, l’un des plus importants poètes américains d’aujourd’hui, évoquera « son » Emily Dickinson. My Emily Dickinson, l’essai lyrique qu’elle lui a consacré en 1985 et dont une nouvelle édition vient de paraître chez New Directions, a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du 19ème siècle. Pour cette rencontre au Petit Palais, Susan Howe est allée à Amherst étudier les derniers fragments d’Emily Dickinson qui juxtaposent écriture, signes graphiques, marques acoustiques. Une sélection de ces fragments sera projetée. Pour la circonstance, Susan Howe a demandé à Dominique Fourcade d’en donner une traduction et d’improviser avec elle un commentaire. AT : l’auditorium du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Entrée gratuite http://doublechange.org/
A PEEK INTO NOVEMBER :
5 Nov 18.30 – 20.00, Vernissage Into Irish Drawing, with work by artists: Stephen Brandes, Claire Carpenter, Gary Coyle, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Brian Fay, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Anita Groener, Katie Holten, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Eoin McHugh, Bea McMahon, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan, Eamon O’Kane, Niamh O’Malley, Kathy Prendergast, Jim Savage, Gerda Teljeur & Martin Wedge. admission free AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
*8th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Gwyneth Hughes: "Sub Rosa" For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
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Part II) Writing (reading & other) workshops in Paris! (listed by start date) :
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NOW: FACT improv, voice and acting courses : Admission is by interview; enrollment is continuous, (although we encourage early application to insure your place). Courses this fall include: American Acting in Paris (Wednesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM) the Actor’s Voice (Tuesday, 10AM – 1PM), Technique & Scene Study (Tuesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM), Sense Memory (Wednesday, 10 AM - 1 PM) and Scene Study (Thursday, 10 AM - 1 AM). Note: English may be used in all the classes; the Monday evening class, “American Acting in Paris”, is taught exclusively in English. Generally: The Autumn Session : Oct. 5 - Dec. 10, 2009, Winter Session : Jan. 18 - Mar. 25, 2010, Spring Session : Apr. 26 - Jul. 1, 2010 Location, FACT - 65 rue de Reuilly 75012 PARIS, Subway Stop : Reuilly-Diderot or Montgallet, Bus 46 : Montgallet To Contact us 01 43 44 76 98 Email : factinfo@free.fr WebSite : http://factinfo.free.fr
9th-11th Oct: Faber Academy WORKSHOP at Shakespeare & Co: “The Art of Novel Writing” with Sarah Hall & Andrew Miller. More information on the courses & the Faber Academy can be found at www.faberacademy.co.uk
11 Oct : PRANA STRETCH / YOGA WORKSHOP : PranaStretch Intense - dimanche, 11 octobre 2009, 17h30-19h30, 15€ Prana en sanskrit signifie «breath», «souffle», ou «énergie vitale». Le PranaStretch est un travail basé sur le yoga qui unit le souffle, le mouvement et l'attention. Il libère les tensions, augmente la souplesse, affirme l'alignement optimal et «deepens access to the body's core energy and strength». Ce travail fluide basé sur le souffle nous demande de prendre pleinement possession de notre être en le laissant s'exprimer, solicitant à la fois l'intérieur et l'extérieur en même temps, «extending beyond the body into space and into the world with power and ease». Ann Moradian is the director of Perspectives In Motion. She has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for over 30 years. Her current work is strongly influenced by Eric Beeler (yoga) and Nguyen Thahn Thiên (martial arts). 01 40 70 07 85 pranastretch@yahoo.com or perspectivesinmotion@gmail.com or www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion for more or to sign up.
From 14 to 16 Oct: MASTERCLASS with JOHN BAXTER. Baxter is offering a series of three-day Master Classes on the writing of memoir, biography and autobiography. Groups, limited to 6 participants. Emphasis is on practical advice: getting started on a memoir, planning the structure, finding a voice, and isolating the themes that turn a personal meditation into a book for a larger audience. John will also advise on preparing a manuscript for submission, finding an agent etc. Arrangements can also be made to mentor projects following the Master Class. Instructor info: John has published more than 40 books, among them the acclaimed memoirs A POUND OF PAPER; CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK ADDICT, WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS; SEX AND LOVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, and IMMOVEABLE FEAST: A PARIS CHRISTMAS. His biographies include WOODY ALLEN, STANLEY KUBRICK, GEORGE LUCAS, STEVEN SPIELBERG and ROBERT DENIRO. Cost: €475, €100 deposit on registration. Participants are not required to have published before, or completed a manuscript. For further information, access the Paris Writers Workshop website at www.pariswritersworkshop.org or email John direct at genet@noos.fr
17 Oct and also on 18 Oct: PARISIAN LITERARY SALON One day intensive studies offered once a month- for October: THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin. Two studies are on offer: Saturday October 17th 5-10 PM (room for two more participants) and Sunday October 18th, 3-8pm Each five-hour Salon includes an intensive discussion, potluck dinner & study of the text. These Salons explore the creative act of reading and responding to literature, using the insights of all participants to weave together a multi-sided consideration of the work. Details and book descriptions are available on the website- http://literarysalon.free.fr or email for more details and registration information, litsalon@gmail.com.
October 24/25: Caspar of Improfessionals is arranging the CLOWN workshop near St Ambroise metro. Please register with Caspar for the QUANTUM CLOWN WORKSHOP Oct 24/25 by writing Caspar Schjelbred <supercaspar@yahoo.fr>, improvinparis <contact.us@improfessionals.com>, And if you would like private coaching please contact me or Caspar. Ira Seidenstein is the instructor, and can be reached at iraseid@gmail.com See more at WWW.IRASEIDENSTEIN.COM
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work, ads, etc.
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SUBMIT WRITING NOW: Paris/Atlantic, the AUP creative publication is looking forward to recruiting your masterpieces for the next issue. Whether you are a poet, photographer, script writer, a lyricist... - submit your pieces to us and possibly get published. So, show us what you've got under those covers, submitting is painless. The deadline for submissions is October 29th. With any further inrequiries, feel free to approach Oona or Saara, and/or to email us at parisatlantic@gmail.com, the same address which awaits your art works. Synergetically, Saara Vanhanen and Oona Doyle
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: SOS Help is looking for new volunteers. This is a great way to get involved in the English speaking community in Paris. If interested, please attend one of our recruitment sessions: October 8th, 7 pm or on October 13th, 7 pm Come and see us on any of those dates (you only need to attend ONE session!) at the American Church of Paris, 65 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris. http://www.soshelpline.org/
CARA BLACK ANNONCE : que son roman « Muertre dans le Marais » est sorti en Français ! Aimée visited le Panam ! See the site for info : http://www.city-editions.com/WebPages2009/RomansMeurtreMarais.htm
THIS OCTOBER!: Wave Books is excited to announce the culminating titles of Wave's 2009 series: BLUETS by MAGGIE NELSON and MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS by RACHEL ZUCKER, available in both softcover and limited edition hardcover. MAGGIE NELSON'S BLUETS is a lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue, while folding in, and responding to, the divergent voices and preoccupations of such generative figures as Wittgenstein, Sei Shonagon, William Gass and Joan Mitchell. A brutally honest epic of domestic proportions, RACHEL ZUCKER'S MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS rends the terrorizing forces of modern existence from abstraction and places them directly in our laps. (…) a poet of immense political and social conviction and significance. For complete information, and to order, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog
CALL FOR WORK : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Call For Submissions: Cerise Press, an international online journal (with future print anthology) based in France and U.S. builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Franchophone works. Published 3 times per year, we seek poetry, translations, art, prose, interviews, reviews and photography. Our first issue is here: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Contact the editors (Karen Rigby, Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Sally Molini) at editors@cerisepress.com
APPEL D’ŒUVRES EN FRANCAIS : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Appel d'œuvre : littérature française et traductions : Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale basée en France et aux États-Unis, construit des liens transculturels en rendant visibles des artistes et des écrivains — en anglais, en français et en autres traductions —, mettant l'accent sur des oeuvres françaises et francophones. Voici notre numéro actuel: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Nous sommes ouverts pour les prochains numéros aux propositions de la poésie, des chroniques (anglais et/ou français), ainsi que des textes/essais sur le domaine français et les traductions (français-anglais) d'oeuvres littéraires. Contactez Fiona Sze-Lorrain (rédactrice à Paris): editors@cerisepress.com
OUT NOW : Gently Read Literature October 2009 Issue 19 with Critical Reviews of Contemporary Poetry and Literary Fiction. http://www.gentlyread.wordpress.com/
ONLINE NOW : Temporal, a bilingual critical review of literature and the arts. le numéro 8 de la revue Temporel vient de paraître, accessible gratuitement en ligne, dans son intégralité. Nous y abordons, entre autres, le thème de l’honnêteté.Temporel 8 has just been published on line. All articles can be read in free access. Part of this issue deals with the theme of honesty. http://temporel.fr/
EDITORIAL SERVICES : Editrixie, a comprehensive editorial services group, is going into its fourth autumn season, and this past year has been our most satisfying yet. Two of our clients are releasing books this month: Nancy Mauro's first novel, New World Monkeys, and Maggie Kast with The Crack Between the Worlds: A Memoir of Loss, Faith, and Family (Resource Publications). Recent academic clients include the School of Visual Arts and the New School in New York City, and the University at Albany. Keep us in mind for your editing, writing, and consulting needs. We cater to all permutations of the written word: novels, short stories, memoirs, nonfiction, web content, advertising copy, and beyond. Read more about us at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102719307893&s=11702&e=001Z2hA8WbhE49XjsUSMMLrfNaeivhEKMJAIo619jJ5tQNGIGBsMdVvmPnQtKRbkOstAzlOIeBZqICUOGkPZ2cpsWF0C04HszaRAYpkl4eaSBye118BRjpwVg==. Editrixie: Janet Steen, Joanna Yas, Rebecca Wolff, and Barbara Spindel.
NEW BOOK BY MARILYN HACKER: “NAMES” with Norton. In Names, Marilyn Hacker juxtaposes glimpses of contemporary lives with dialogues undertaken in signal poetic voices. Using her signature wit, passion, and mastery of received and invented forms, she convinces us to believe in a world made possible by language—prescient, playful, polyglot, and often breathtaking. Check it out!!! http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=12243
A VERSAL CALL FOR WORK: Versal Magazine, just awarded “best of Amsterdam” wants your poetry, prose, and art for its eighth issue due out in May 2010. Internationally acclaimed literary annual published in Amsterdam, bringing together the world's urgent, involved, and unexpected. See website for guidelines and to submit: http://versal.wordsinhere.com/. Inquiries (only) can be directed to: versal@wordsinhere.com. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
SEEKING REVIEWS & OTHER TEXTS : Poets' Quarterly, a new online journal, is seeking reviews of poetry books and chapbooks, as well as author interviews, for the October launch issue. http://www.poetsquarterly.com/ To give you an idea of what's to come, the launch issue will include reviews of Tulips, Water, Ash by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, At night the dead by Lisa Ciccarello, American Prophet by Robert Fanning, Taste of Cherry by Kara Candito, and From the Fever-World by Jehanne Dubrow. Some of the contributors include Emma Bolden, Jill Crammond Wickham, Valerie Wedtlaufer, and Karen Weyant to name a few. We're actively seeking reviews, interviews, and a nice stable of writers. For submission instructions, visit http://www.poetsquarterly.com/
STORY CONTEST! Richard Peabody is judging this years The Willesden Herald: Short story competition 2009-2010. Open to all aged 18 or over, regardless of nationality or country of residence.Entries must be:- in English - double-spaced - in a normal font size (12 point is fine) Entries must be entirely your own work and never previously published or broadcast, online or offline. One entry per person only. Subsequent entries, including revisions, will be omitted from the competition and will not be read.Manuscripts must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title of the story. Word limit this year: 8,000.There is no set theme.Entry is by completing the online entry form and uploading your manuscript in Microsoft Word (".doc") or RTF (".rtf") format.To enter you must first register and confirm your email address. By registering you agree that we may email you announcements about the competition and occasional newsletters. We will not pass your details to anyone outside of the Willesden Herald and Pretend Genius Press, unless required to do so by law.There is an entry fee of £3 per entrant this year. The computer system will only direct you to the payment page after successfully uploading your entry. Entry fees are non-refundable. Closing date: 18 December 2009. We will not enter into any correspondence about entries or results.We cannot provide any feedback on individual entries.We will reduce the entries to a shortlist from which the winners will be chosen anonymously by this year's judge.The results will be announced early in 2010 at a special Short Story Cafe event sponsored by Pulp Net.
The prizes for 2010 are: 1st place: £300 plus a one-off Willesden Herald mug inscribed "The Willesden Short Story Prize 2010" 2nd: 2 x £150 (two runners-up) All ten short-listed stories will be included in "New Short Stories 4" to be published by Pretend Genius Press. For more info: http://www.willesdenherald.com/competition/welcome.php Previous judges were Zadie Smith and Rana Dasgupta.
NEW BOOK by CECILIA WOLOCH: it’s the official launch for Cecilia’s new collection of poems, Carpathia, from BOA Editions, Ltd. She says “I'm thrilled with everything about how the book has turned out, and feel especially grateful to artist Jonde Northcutt for the stunning cover image she created.” The book is available now from the BOA website at http://boaeditions.org/bookstore/details.php?prodId=219 Well-controlled eulogies to her dying father in rural Kentucky, lush lyric and prose poems to lovers and former-lovers in Paris and various Eastern European countries, and compelling anaphoric-based narratives that meander between innocence and experience, body and soul – these are the motifs in Cecilia Woloch's stirring, new collection, Carpathia.
EChapbook of TRANSLATIONS: Translator from the German, Alistair Noon’s versions of twelve poems by the German First World War Expressionist poet August Stramm have just appeared as an e-chapbook here: http://intercapillaryspace.blogspot.com/2009/09/alistair-noons-last-drop-versions-of.html Congrats! Enjoy a good read, everyone!!!
SEEKING WRITERS: Bonjour Paris is looking for writers (unpaid, sorry...) We'd love to look at articles from your attendees to see whether or not they might be appropriate for Bonjour Paris. http://www.bonjourparis.com/
NEW : Nouvelle publication: James Clarence MANGAN, L'Homme à la Cape, suivi de Les trente Flacons, traduit, pésenté et annoté par Claude FIEROBE, "Terres d'ailleurs - Irlande", éditions Terre de Brume, 2009, 17 €. Première traduction en français des traductions/adaptations très libres..., que MANGAN avait faites en 1838 de Melmoth Réconcilié et de La Peau de Chagrin de Balzac.
SEEKING WORK & Editors IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH for Off-Mic : The LGBTI Paris Center associations GAIPAR & CultureS LGBT are in the process of establishing a bilingual French-English literary review. It will be classy & unconventional, iconoclastic & fun. Positioning itself at the meeting point between French culture & the cultures of other countries, off-mic gives voice to those who are unable to locate their place in the traditional media, as well as to those who simply have something to say “off- mic”. To get our project underway, we seek review staff & people who would like to contribute content to the review, including.: – articles & cultural critiques which will be entertaining & informative;– narratives & feature articles that may be somewhat transgressive or provocative; – short stories & poetry of high literary quality; – photos, drawings, cartoons, prints, & various forms of artwork. Articles should generally not be longer than 3,000 words, in order to give space for a variety of expression. Final content will depend on everyone of us… so we invite you to become part of the editorial board & association staff. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this project! Write us or send work to: off-mic, c/o Association GAIPAR, Centre LGBT Paris-IDF, 63, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris OR, by email: off_micparis@yahoo.fr The blog and website will be up soon. If you would like to work on the editorial staff, please contact us!!!!
SUBMIT POETRY & SHORT FICTION to GRASP, a new English quarterly of culture & aesthetics from Prague, launched in September 2009 under the auspices of Charles University (Faculty of Arts,).GRASP is dedicated to promoting the works of short-fiction writers and poets – local and outside of the Czech Republic – as well as providing its readers with a digest of what is happening in today’s world of theater, film, fiction, art exhibitions and much more.The magazine is currently accepting submissions of Poetry (including prose poetry) and Short fiction for its 2nd issue: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Up to 5 pieces of writing in total (poetry, short fiction.), Only in electronic format (please include the keyword GRASP in your subject-field.), The deadline is November 20th, and Please send it to: iliya.bol@gmail.com
Part II) Workshops (Writing & other)
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, some ads
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Part I) Events & READINGS
*Until 10 Oct : « Ordet » de Kaj Munk et traduit par Marie Darrieussecq est mis en scène par Arthur Nauziciel au Théâtre du Rond Point dans le cadre du Festival d’Automne avec notamment Pascal Gregory et Pierre Baux, jusqu’au 10 octobre http://www.festival-automne.com/
*5 Oct 7pm Jim Christy and Simon Lane reading a selection of their work. Jim Christy, author & visual artist, whose ‘…poetry is like a cross between Catullus and a country song’ (—John Moore, Sub-terrain Magazine) will be reading a selection of his work & Simon Lane will be launching his new book of short stories The Real Illusion. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
* 5 Oct à 19h30 An Intimate Evening with Kinky Friedman. Or will it be a Kinky Evening with Intimate Friedman? Kinky Friedman on guitar and vocals, et Little Jewford - Keys and vocals, Washington Ratso - guitar and vocals. AT: l’Archipel, 17, bvd. de Strasbourg M° Strasbourg St Denis Info on: http://www.anythingmatters.com/
*5 oct at 20h30: Spoken Word Paris invites you out to share work in any language on any theme or their Theme of the night « machines” AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. Métro Belleville or Pyrénées. See their webblog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
*6 oct at 19h30 : IVY Writers Paris TRILINGUAL READING with Greek poet Demosthène Agrafiotis & French Poet Marie-Céline Siffert. BIOS: Desmosthène Agrafiotis is the author of over 15 collections of poems in Greek & 14 in French, as well as critical books on photography, poetry & on art as a sociocultural phenomenon. He has a special interest for visual/concrete poetry. His magazine 'Clinamen'(1980-90), co-published by Erato Publications in Athens (1991-1994), is an amalgam of Greek poetry and art with work from Europe and America. 25 art books were published based on 'Clinamen' in the period from 1980 to 2001. After 2001 'Clinamen' went online at: http://thetis.gr/publication/clinamen See http://www.dagrafiotis.com/ for more. Marie-Céline Siffert is the author of 2 collections of poems, Encore, (aux éditions Contre-Pied, 2007) and Monsieur en extase sur la couverture, (éditions Jacques Brémond, 2008) She completed her MA in arts plastiques at Aix-en-provence, spent 2 years in Casablanca, completed a DNSEP at la Villa Arson school of art in Nice (specializing in video work) before leaving the South of France to live for a while in Paris. She participated in a series of group readings called « 5 Sans Edith » in 2006 and 2007, at the International Center for Poetry in Marseille (CiPM), and founded the lit review “Monsieur Thérèse”. Other writing by Siffert has appeared in literary reviews such as « Nioques », « Java », « BoXon », « Cahier du refuge », « Café verre », « CCP », « revueX », les « cahiers de Benjy », « sitaudis », « myopies » and « RotoR ». See the CiPM site : http://www.cipmarseille.com/auteur_fiche.php?id=902 for more. AT : Le Next 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles, Gratuit! Free! (+infos sur le blog: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/ with bios in French, too.)
*6 Oct à 19h: Novel Reading by Janet Siskelian Charles. She will be reading from her wonderful new book Moonlight in Odessa. This is the story of Daria, beautiful and smart who longs for something more than what she can have in her beloved native Odessa. And her all elusive search takes her to the world of mail-order brides and marriage. The book is funny and wise, with great characters that will keep you hooked till the last page. We can't wait till Tuesday and we hope to see you all there! AT: The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore, 22 rue St Paul, 75004 Paris, M° St Paul. See http://rwbooks.blogspot.com/2009/10/event-at-rwb.html for more
*6 Oct à 19h : « Avec ou sans voix » : Instants d'humanité partagés et d'horizons croisés, sur une invitation des SILENCES D’ORPHÉE,,,. MARIN FAVRE, PHILIPPE BARNIER, NORBERT GODON, RONAN LE GRAND, CATHERINE LASCAULT, ÉRIC PÉRIER, JEAN AIR, VÉRONIQUE MISSUD, une programmation de Norbert Godon croisant vidéos d'artistes, lectures, performances, installations sonores présentées par EST-CE UNE BONNE NOUVELLE. Un objectif commun : épuiser la matière du discours. AT : La Java, 105 rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 75010, M° : Belleville ou Goncourt http://www.la-java.fr/
*7 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec LEONORA MIANO pour la parution de son roman Les aubes écarlates (Plon) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*7 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Stephen Clarke and Kristin Espinasse on the highs, lows -- and hilarity -- of expat life in France. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*8 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Sheila Pratschke Peter Fallon, Biddy Jenkinson, Claire Keegan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*8 oct sur France 5, à 20 h 35. Philip Roth est l'invité de l'émission "La Grande Librairie" animée par François Busnel, A signaler également un entretien dans Le Monde : http://www.lemonde.fr/opinions/article/2009/10/02/philip-roth-ceux-qui-lisent-et-ecrivent-sont-une-survivance_1248392_3232.html
*8th Oct 7:00 pm Charles Timoney, the author of "Pardon My French", will present and sign his second book: "A Certain... Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging like the French » AT : WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr
8, 9, 10 et 11 oct : ALL day. 21ème Puces du Design : marché des antiquaires de la mode et du design AT : Quai de la Loire, le long du Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19° En accès libre et gratuit http://www.pucesdudesign.com/
* 9 Oct 7pm (exceptional time) Reading by prize-winning novelists Sarah Hall and Andrew Miller. Sarah will read from her new novel, How to Paint a Dead Man - a richly layered work of art, absence, loss and passion - recently longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize following on from a shortlisting in 2004 for The Electric Michelangelo. Andrew’s first novel, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997 & won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy. He has since written 4 novels: Casanova, Oxygen, (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Booker Prize in 2001), The Optimists, and One Morning Like a Bird. He will read a selection from his works. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*9 Oct à 18h. Jacques Jouet à la librairie Atout Livre Rencontre avec Jacques Jouet à l'occasion de la parution de Bodo (POL) et de la soirée de Rentrée Littéraire de la librairie Atout Livre à Paris. AT : Librairie Atout Livre, 203 bis avenue Daumesnil 75012 Paris, Métro Daumesnil Tél : 01 43 43 82 27 - Fax : 01 43 43 82 73 info@atoutlivre.com or http://www.atoutlivre.com/
*9 Oct 19.30 – October Poésie et Prose 2009 in English, admission free. Chair: Maggie Doyle Eiléan Ni Chuilleanain, Julia O Faoláin, James Ryan AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
9 octobre à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition de photos de ANAKIN WYOMING "In Between", dans le cadre du Mois de la Transidentité. "In Between n'est pas un entre deux, mais un entre tout. Un flux entre les deux genres qui nous sont imposés. In Between c'est la présentation d'un No Trans' Land, un lieu où l'identité prend un sens quand elle n'en n'a pas d'autre part. … Capturer un moment, une identité, un regard, une rencontre. Il n'y a plus de certitudes, ni d'évidences." (exposition du 7 octobre au 8 novembre) AT: Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*10 Oct 14.30-evening readings for the Irish Cultural Center’s Poetry & Prose festivel. First, at 16h30 – Chair: Peter Fallon Colette Bryce, Celia de Fréine, Kevin Power, Peter Sirr 16.30 – Chair: Caroline Walsh Christine Dwyer Hickey, Dennis O’Driscoll, David Park 19.30 – Chair: S.E. Paul Kavanagh John Montague AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
10 Oct 17:00 - 21:00 Vernissage for “Art Stories” fantasmes dévoilés ... Les fantasmes dévoilés de quatre artistes contemporains Peintures, sculptures, estampes numériques* L’art comme un exutoire fantasmagorique. L’art comme une rencontre… entre réminiscence enfantine, mythologie et déchirures. L’art nous raconte des histoires. L’exposition Art Stories dévoile chimères, obsessions, fantaisies de quatre artistes contemporains. Un bréviaire onirique qui prête à une pérégrination artistique dans leurs univers. CLAUDE COMO, SEBASTIEN KITO, ZWY MILSHTEIN and ISABELLE TUROVE. 10 octobre - 6 décembre 2009 Commissaire, Véronique Grange-Spahis. L’exposition sera ponctuée par des évènements artistiques et culturelles : Conférence sur la Digigraphie, musique, soirées en présence des artistes, ... AT/ Dorothy’s Gallery, 27 rue Keller, 75011 Paris, m° Bastille. Programmation à suivre sur http://www.dorothysgallery.com/
*11th Oct at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay by Martin Chipperfield : "Parting Touches"For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*12 Oct at 5.30 pm, “The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco 1975–80: A Conference by Barrett Watten”: “how has the notion of the “literary” literary history in the making changed over the past thirty years? then & now poetics and politics we were writing in convergence between theory and example the effect of French theory, critical theory, postmodern Marxism at that time”—Watten. The Grand Piano is an experiment in collective autobiography by ten writers identified with the rise of Language poetry in San Francisco: Rae Armantrout, Steve Benson, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Tom Mandel, Ted Pearson, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten. Barrett Watten is a “language-centered” poet and critic of modern cultures. His most recent study “The Constructivist Moment: From Material Text to Cultural Poetics” (Wesleyan UP, 2003), received the René Wellek Prize in 2004; “Total Syntax” came out from Southern Illinois University Press in 1985. His creative work has taken the form of experiments in and between genres, & includes the collections: “Frame: 1971–1990” (Sun & Moon, 1997); “Bad History”, a nonnarrative prose poem “including history,” (Atelos,1998); & “Progress/ Under Erasure”, a combined edition of two long poems, (Green Integer, 2004). He has collaborated on two multi authored experimental works: Leningrad: American Writers in the Soviet Union (Mercury House, 1992) and The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco, 1975–80, which began its ten-volume serial publication in November 2006. He is a Professor of English at Wayne State U, Detroit (www.english.wayne.edu/fac_pages/ewatten) AT: Institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, Paris, 75004 room A50 contact: abigail.lang@wanadoo.fr for more info.
* 12 October 7pm Sir Alistair Horne, will be reading from his compelling new book Kissinger 1973, The Crucial Year and talking about ‘the man at the epicentre of events that shook the decade’. Read Salon.Com’s article starting ‘Sir Alistair Horne may be the only author in the world whose books have been read and praised by George W. Bush, Ariel Sharon and Robert Fisk. Not to mention by much of the senior military staff of the U.S. Army, Middle East scholars, State Department policy wonks, and realpolitik statesmen…’ ‘http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/08/alistair_horne/ AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*13 Oct at 19h: Iain Pears will present his book, “Stone's Fall”. A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller “An Instance of the Fingerpost”. Chronologically, this new novel moves backwards—from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890, and finally to Venice in 1867—during Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. Stone's Fall is an intricately plotted and richly satisfying puzzle—an erudite work of history and fiction that feels utterly true and oddly timely. Pears is also the author of the bestseller The Dream of Scipio and a novella, The Portrait, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
13 Oct 19.30, admission free, VO. Film documentary “What am I doing here?” Artist-in-residence Trish McAdam presents her documentary on Donal O’Kelly, a well-known Irish actor and playwright who twice performed in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in his own shows Catalpa and Running Beast. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
13 October 19h30 European Space Agency@The Library: Alan Cooper on 'Why explore the Moon, Mars and Comets?' AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*14 oct 19h. A l'occasion de la parution de « Des revenants, Corps, lieux, images » (Editions Bayard, collection Le rayon des curiosités) rencontre avec Olivier ScheferAT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00
*14 Oct 19h30 Evenings with an Author: French author and journalist Philippe Labro discusses his 50-year love affair with America. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*15 Oct at 20h Eileen Myles. Eileen Myles is an American poet, editor, performer, critic, speaker. The author of numerous books, including Sorry, Tree (Wave Books, 2007) in which she describes "some nature" as well as the transmigration of souls from the east coast to the west. Her most recent work came out this summer: The Importance of Being Iceland (art writing). New York: Semiotext(e), MIT Press, July 09 Bust Magazine calls Myles "the rock star of modern poetry" and Holland Cotter in The New York Times describes her as "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk female writer-performers. See her site for much much more: http://www.eileenmyles.com/ AT: Castillo/Corrales Gallery, 65, rue Rébeval, 75019 Paris +33 (0)1 771 368 71. http://www.castillocorrales.fr/
*15 Oct : 19h -21h : Rendez-vous réguliers, les jeudis de l'Oulipo, chers aux amateurs de jeux de l'esprit et de littérature potentielle, continuent d'explorer des thèmes d'actualité, proposant lectures et créations originales. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium. http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=conference_1135.htm M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)
15th Oct 7:00 p.m. WH Smith and Flammarion cordially invite you to a champagne cocktail in the presence of Dorothy Stapleton, wife of Craig Stapleton, former US Ambassador to France; Philippe Excoffier, executive chef to US Ambassadors for nearly a decade; and Francis Hammond, photographer, for their book “Elegant Entertaining: Seasonal Recipes from the American Ambassador's Residence in Paris” RESERVATION NECESSARY: see WH Smith’s site, under events, for info on how to reserve for this evening. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde www.whsmith.fr
*16 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec CLAUDINE GALEA pour son roman « Un amour prodigue » (éditions Thierry Magnier) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*16 au 25 octobre à Charleville-Mézières et dans les Ardennes : les Ailleurs (rencontres internationales de Poésie) Programme et plus d’infos sur leur site : http://www.myspace.com/ailleurspoetiques
*17 oct à 19h : Présentation de la nouvelle revue HÉTÉROGRAPHE ("Revue des homolittératures ou pas"). En présence de PIERRE LEPORI (directeur), de l'équipe de rédaction et de CÉLIA HOUDART et FRANÇOIS CUSSET (sous réserve). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
* 19 October 7pm Laurence Korb and Liliane Lefèvre (aka Claude Izner) will be reading from their fourth Victor Legris mystery, The Marais Assassin. Claude Izner is the pen-name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre. Both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, they are experts on nineteenth-century Paris. They have co-written Murder on the Eiffel Tower, The Pére-Lachaise Mystery and The Montmartre Investigation as well their latest mystery The Marais Assassin. In this fourth case for the bookseller sleuth, Claude Izner offers a convincing portrait of a Paris shaken by anarchist bombings in the spring of 1892. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*19 oct, 18h30 - 20h. Au plus près de l'actualité, le premier rendez-vous du 19 octobre 2009 sera consacré à la rentrée littéraire. Parmi les quelques 600 romans qui affluent dans les librairies à cette occasion, Claude Arnaud opérera une première sélection afin de nous présenter deux romanciers confirmés et un auteur débutant. Soirée animée par Claude Arnaud avec : Yannick Haenel pour Ian Karski (Gallimard) l'homme de la Résistance polonaise qui a tenté en vain de prévenir les Alliés du Massacre - on le voit longuement dans Shoah, de Lanzmann, Alain Blottière pour Le Tombeau de Tommy (Gallimard) qui se présente comme le journal de bord d'un cinéaste d'aujourd'hui réalisant un long-métrage (de fiction) inspiré par un des héros de l'Affiche rouge, et, sous réserve, Therry Hesse pour son roman Démon publié aux éditions de L'Olivier (Hanté par la Shoah, un journaliste se bat pour la Tchétchénie). AT : BNF site Arsenal, 1, rue Sully, 75004 Paris, m° Lignes 7, (Sully-Morland), 1, 5, et 8 (Bastille)
*20th Oct 6:30 pm (Reservations a must) "Writers at the Residence" SOS Fundraiser: Lady Westmacott, hosts featured authors: Stephen Clarke, Bryce Corbett, Alec Lobrano, Michael Sadler, Heather Stimmler-Hall, and Charles Timoney. Lady Westmacott, patron of SOS Help, will host an evening of discussion on life in Paris and France from the outsider's perspective, at the residence of the British Ambassador to France. Six internationally top-selling authors will explore the social experience of living among the French, with each bringing their own unique take on a subject that intrigues the rest of the world. From naughty to nice and everything in between, discover the secrets of the city of lights, romance and cuisine. There will be a reception to follow. At: British Embassy Residence, 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris The event is a fundraiser for SOS Help so please join us and encourage your friends to do so as well! Visit our website to for more about the event & to reserve a place. Reserve your tickets now at soshelpline.org
*21 oct à 19h : Rencontre avec MARIE MOINARD et JEANNE PUCHOL à l'occasion du lancement de la bande dessinée collective En chemin elle rencontre... Les artistes se mobilisent contre la violence faite aux femmes (Des ronds dans l'O) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*22 Oct : Jean Paul Manganaro au Centre Culturel Italien Rencontre avec Jean-Paul Manganaro, à l'occasion de la parution de Federico Fellini Romance, et autour de Fédérico Fellini, AT : Centre Culturel Italien à Paris, 4 rue des Prêtres Saint Séverin, 75005 Paris tel: 01 46 34 27 00 M° Saint Michel ou Cluny la Sorbonne http://www.centreculturelitalien.com/
*22 October 19.30, La Médiathèque rencontre… Brendan Graham admission free, reservation necessary Brendan Graham is an Irish novelist and composer. He has published a historical trilogy: The Whitest Flower (1998), described as a ‘documentary novel’ on the Great Famine and a set text at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Element of Fire (2001); and The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night (2004). Rolf Løvland was inspired by The Whitest Flower to write the music for “You Raise Me Up”, a huge international hit for Irish boyband Westlife; Graham wrote the lyrics. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*23 Oct : 14h - 20h. Une après-midi d'étude est consacrée à la philosophe Simone Weil par la BnF, qui conserve ses archives depuis les années 2000. De 19h à 20h, des lectures théâtralisées d'extraits d'ouvrages de Simone Weil ponctueront l'après-midi. AT : BNF, site François-Mitterrand, Petit auditorium M° Lignes 6 (Quai de la gare),14 et RER C (Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand)
*23 Oct à 19h : Christine Montalbetti à l'Arbre à lettres Rencontre avec Christine Montalbetti, à l'occasion de la parution de Journée américaine (POL) et de En écrivant Journée américaine (Adam Biro), à la librairie l'Arbre à lettres Mouffetard. Lecture. Librairie l'Arbre à lettres, 2 rue Edouard Quenu, 75005 Paris http://www.arbrealettres.com/
24th Oct 12 pm to 4 pm The Giant Annual SOS Booksale!!!!! Browse for English-language books at our Autumn Book Sale. We have a wide selection of books in every category, with paperbacks for 1 euro and hardcovers for 2 euros. And don't forget to visit our Tea Corner for a quick break and refreshment during your shopping.We greatly appreciate donations of any books you're finished reading. You may bring your books the day of the sale or for donations of 100+ books, you may email us at soshelpbooksale@gmail.com to arrange a pickup. Also, if you'd like to help set up the day before, we'd greatly appreciate it! It involves carrying books in to the church as well as sorting and organizing the books once they've arrived. Give us a call for more information or feel free to stop by any time from 12 pm - 6 pm on Friday, October 23rd. AT: St. Joseph's Church, 50 Avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris
For kids/ 24 Oct 15.00,Hallowe’en Tales with Niall de Burca admission free, reservation recommended, in English A welcome return to Paris for one of Ireland’s finest traditional storytellers. His rapport with children is magical but be warned, Niall de Burca will cast a Hallowe’en spell on young and old alike! Raised in the West of Ireland, he uses his voice with a craftsman's skill, tells great stories with tremendous energy, judgment and timing. An event for all the family. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
*25th Oct at 7.30 pm En français: Lecture par MOVING PARTS: MP presents a reading in French of a play by Guy Gauthier :"Maudite Soit La Nuit" (in French) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
* 26 October 7pm Award-winning travel writer and journalist Rosemary Bailey will be reading from Love and War in the Pyrenees, winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers Award for best narrative travel book. One of the main characters will be an honoured guest at the event. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*28 oct 20h : Poète/publique : rencontre avec Anne Parian & Jérôme Mauche / Les petits matins. Dans le cadre de "poète--public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.
*29 Oct : 19h30 Susan Howe reading at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Double Change et les Revues parlées du Centre Georges Pompidou vous invitent à une lecture de Susan Howe Susan Howe est l’auteur d’une douzaine de livres de poésie et de critique. Son dernier livre, Souls of the Labadie Tract, a paru chez New Directions en 2007. La même année a paru une nouvelle édition de My Emily Dickinson, essai lyrique de 1985 qui a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du dix-neuvième siècle et réinventé la critique littéraire par sa forme. Sa collaboration avec le musicien David Grubbs a donné lieu à deux CD, Thiefth et Souls of the Labadie Tract (Blue Chopsticks, 2005 et 2007). Des traductions françaises par Bernard Rival sont parues au Théâtre Typographique (Thorow, Marginalia de Melville, et Deux et). Susan Howe a été professeur à l’université de SUNY-Buffalo jusqu’à sa retraite en 2007. Lauréate d’une bourse Guggenheim et de nombreuses distinctions, elle est actuellement poète en résidence à l’American Academy à Berlin. AT : Centre Georges Pompidou, dans les collections permanentes du Musée national d’art moderne, niveau 4, Entrée libre http://doublechange.org/
*30 Oct de 9h30 à 18h30: All in English : « autour de susan howe. Script. » Journée d’étude consacrée à l’œuvre de Susan Howe. One-day conference focusing on the work of Susan Howe, organized by Antoine Cazé and Abigail Lang with talks by Hélène Aji, Isabelle Alfandary, Antoine Cazé, Will Montgomery, Redell Olsen and Christine Savinel. At the end of the series of talks, all in English, Susan Howe will speak on her use of archives and images in her work. AT : l’institut Charles V, Université Paris-Diderot, 10, rue Charles V, 75004, salle A50 http://doublechange.org/
* 30 octobre à partir de 19H Claude Ber lira à Paris. Poète, critique, performeuse—à ne pas rater ! AT : Les Voûtes Paris, 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris M° Météor
du 30 octobre au lundi 2 octobre : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au 21è Festival de films féminstes et lesbiens de Paris. Des forfaits seront en prévente à la librairie. Infos : http://www.cineffable.fr/ AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*31 Oct: de 15h à 17h Susan Howe & Dominique Fourcade reading/talk: “Autour d’Emily Dickinson”Susan Howe, l’un des plus importants poètes américains d’aujourd’hui, évoquera « son » Emily Dickinson. My Emily Dickinson, l’essai lyrique qu’elle lui a consacré en 1985 et dont une nouvelle édition vient de paraître chez New Directions, a renouvelé la critique de ce poète majeur du 19ème siècle. Pour cette rencontre au Petit Palais, Susan Howe est allée à Amherst étudier les derniers fragments d’Emily Dickinson qui juxtaposent écriture, signes graphiques, marques acoustiques. Une sélection de ces fragments sera projetée. Pour la circonstance, Susan Howe a demandé à Dominique Fourcade d’en donner une traduction et d’improviser avec elle un commentaire. AT : l’auditorium du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Entrée gratuite http://doublechange.org/
A PEEK INTO NOVEMBER :
5 Nov 18.30 – 20.00, Vernissage Into Irish Drawing, with work by artists: Stephen Brandes, Claire Carpenter, Gary Coyle, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Brian Fay, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Anita Groener, Katie Holten, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Eoin McHugh, Bea McMahon, Nick Miller, Tom Molloy, Isabel Nolan, Eamon O’Kane, Niamh O’Malley, Kathy Prendergast, Jim Savage, Gerda Teljeur & Martin Wedge. admission free AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, M° Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/
*8th Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Gwyneth Hughes: "Sub Rosa" For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
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Part II) Writing (reading & other) workshops in Paris! (listed by start date) :
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NOW: FACT improv, voice and acting courses : Admission is by interview; enrollment is continuous, (although we encourage early application to insure your place). Courses this fall include: American Acting in Paris (Wednesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM) the Actor’s Voice (Tuesday, 10AM – 1PM), Technique & Scene Study (Tuesday, 7:30 - 10:30 PM), Sense Memory (Wednesday, 10 AM - 1 PM) and Scene Study (Thursday, 10 AM - 1 AM). Note: English may be used in all the classes; the Monday evening class, “American Acting in Paris”, is taught exclusively in English. Generally: The Autumn Session : Oct. 5 - Dec. 10, 2009, Winter Session : Jan. 18 - Mar. 25, 2010, Spring Session : Apr. 26 - Jul. 1, 2010 Location, FACT - 65 rue de Reuilly 75012 PARIS, Subway Stop : Reuilly-Diderot or Montgallet, Bus 46 : Montgallet To Contact us 01 43 44 76 98 Email : factinfo@free.fr WebSite : http://factinfo.free.fr
9th-11th Oct: Faber Academy WORKSHOP at Shakespeare & Co: “The Art of Novel Writing” with Sarah Hall & Andrew Miller. More information on the courses & the Faber Academy can be found at www.faberacademy.co.uk
11 Oct : PRANA STRETCH / YOGA WORKSHOP : PranaStretch Intense - dimanche, 11 octobre 2009, 17h30-19h30, 15€ Prana en sanskrit signifie «breath», «souffle», ou «énergie vitale». Le PranaStretch est un travail basé sur le yoga qui unit le souffle, le mouvement et l'attention. Il libère les tensions, augmente la souplesse, affirme l'alignement optimal et «deepens access to the body's core energy and strength». Ce travail fluide basé sur le souffle nous demande de prendre pleinement possession de notre être en le laissant s'exprimer, solicitant à la fois l'intérieur et l'extérieur en même temps, «extending beyond the body into space and into the world with power and ease». Ann Moradian is the director of Perspectives In Motion. She has been dancing, teaching and choreographing for over 30 years. Her current work is strongly influenced by Eric Beeler (yoga) and Nguyen Thahn Thiên (martial arts). 01 40 70 07 85 pranastretch@yahoo.com or perspectivesinmotion@gmail.com or www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion for more or to sign up.
From 14 to 16 Oct: MASTERCLASS with JOHN BAXTER. Baxter is offering a series of three-day Master Classes on the writing of memoir, biography and autobiography. Groups, limited to 6 participants. Emphasis is on practical advice: getting started on a memoir, planning the structure, finding a voice, and isolating the themes that turn a personal meditation into a book for a larger audience. John will also advise on preparing a manuscript for submission, finding an agent etc. Arrangements can also be made to mentor projects following the Master Class. Instructor info: John has published more than 40 books, among them the acclaimed memoirs A POUND OF PAPER; CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK ADDICT, WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS; SEX AND LOVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, and IMMOVEABLE FEAST: A PARIS CHRISTMAS. His biographies include WOODY ALLEN, STANLEY KUBRICK, GEORGE LUCAS, STEVEN SPIELBERG and ROBERT DENIRO. Cost: €475, €100 deposit on registration. Participants are not required to have published before, or completed a manuscript. For further information, access the Paris Writers Workshop website at www.pariswritersworkshop.org or email John direct at genet@noos.fr
17 Oct and also on 18 Oct: PARISIAN LITERARY SALON One day intensive studies offered once a month- for October: THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin. Two studies are on offer: Saturday October 17th 5-10 PM (room for two more participants) and Sunday October 18th, 3-8pm Each five-hour Salon includes an intensive discussion, potluck dinner & study of the text. These Salons explore the creative act of reading and responding to literature, using the insights of all participants to weave together a multi-sided consideration of the work. Details and book descriptions are available on the website- http://literarysalon.free.fr or email for more details and registration information, litsalon@gmail.com.
October 24/25: Caspar of Improfessionals is arranging the CLOWN workshop near St Ambroise metro. Please register with Caspar for the QUANTUM CLOWN WORKSHOP Oct 24/25 by writing Caspar Schjelbred <supercaspar@yahoo.fr>, improvinparis <contact.us@improfessionals.com>, And if you would like private coaching please contact me or Caspar. Ira Seidenstein is the instructor, and can be reached at iraseid@gmail.com See more at WWW.IRASEIDENSTEIN.COM
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work, ads, etc.
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SUBMIT WRITING NOW: Paris/Atlantic, the AUP creative publication is looking forward to recruiting your masterpieces for the next issue. Whether you are a poet, photographer, script writer, a lyricist... - submit your pieces to us and possibly get published. So, show us what you've got under those covers, submitting is painless. The deadline for submissions is October 29th. With any further inrequiries, feel free to approach Oona or Saara, and/or to email us at parisatlantic@gmail.com, the same address which awaits your art works. Synergetically, Saara Vanhanen and Oona Doyle
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: SOS Help is looking for new volunteers. This is a great way to get involved in the English speaking community in Paris. If interested, please attend one of our recruitment sessions: October 8th, 7 pm or on October 13th, 7 pm Come and see us on any of those dates (you only need to attend ONE session!) at the American Church of Paris, 65 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris. http://www.soshelpline.org/
CARA BLACK ANNONCE : que son roman « Muertre dans le Marais » est sorti en Français ! Aimée visited le Panam ! See the site for info : http://www.city-editions.com/WebPages2009/RomansMeurtreMarais.htm
THIS OCTOBER!: Wave Books is excited to announce the culminating titles of Wave's 2009 series: BLUETS by MAGGIE NELSON and MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS by RACHEL ZUCKER, available in both softcover and limited edition hardcover. MAGGIE NELSON'S BLUETS is a lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue, while folding in, and responding to, the divergent voices and preoccupations of such generative figures as Wittgenstein, Sei Shonagon, William Gass and Joan Mitchell. A brutally honest epic of domestic proportions, RACHEL ZUCKER'S MUSEUM OF ACCIDENTS rends the terrorizing forces of modern existence from abstraction and places them directly in our laps. (…) a poet of immense political and social conviction and significance. For complete information, and to order, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog
CALL FOR WORK : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Call For Submissions: Cerise Press, an international online journal (with future print anthology) based in France and U.S. builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Franchophone works. Published 3 times per year, we seek poetry, translations, art, prose, interviews, reviews and photography. Our first issue is here: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Contact the editors (Karen Rigby, Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Sally Molini) at editors@cerisepress.com
APPEL D’ŒUVRES EN FRANCAIS : Cerise Press (http://www.cerisepress.com/): Appel d'œuvre : littérature française et traductions : Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale basée en France et aux États-Unis, construit des liens transculturels en rendant visibles des artistes et des écrivains — en anglais, en français et en autres traductions —, mettant l'accent sur des oeuvres françaises et francophones. Voici notre numéro actuel: http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features Nous sommes ouverts pour les prochains numéros aux propositions de la poésie, des chroniques (anglais et/ou français), ainsi que des textes/essais sur le domaine français et les traductions (français-anglais) d'oeuvres littéraires. Contactez Fiona Sze-Lorrain (rédactrice à Paris): editors@cerisepress.com
OUT NOW : Gently Read Literature October 2009 Issue 19 with Critical Reviews of Contemporary Poetry and Literary Fiction. http://www.gentlyread.wordpress.com/
ONLINE NOW : Temporal, a bilingual critical review of literature and the arts. le numéro 8 de la revue Temporel vient de paraître, accessible gratuitement en ligne, dans son intégralité. Nous y abordons, entre autres, le thème de l’honnêteté.Temporel 8 has just been published on line. All articles can be read in free access. Part of this issue deals with the theme of honesty. http://temporel.fr/
EDITORIAL SERVICES : Editrixie, a comprehensive editorial services group, is going into its fourth autumn season, and this past year has been our most satisfying yet. Two of our clients are releasing books this month: Nancy Mauro's first novel, New World Monkeys, and Maggie Kast with The Crack Between the Worlds: A Memoir of Loss, Faith, and Family (Resource Publications). Recent academic clients include the School of Visual Arts and the New School in New York City, and the University at Albany. Keep us in mind for your editing, writing, and consulting needs. We cater to all permutations of the written word: novels, short stories, memoirs, nonfiction, web content, advertising copy, and beyond. Read more about us at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102719307893&s=11702&e=001Z2hA8WbhE49XjsUSMMLrfNaeivhEKMJAIo619jJ5tQNGIGBsMdVvmPnQtKRbkOstAzlOIeBZqICUOGkPZ2cpsWF0C04HszaRAYpkl4eaSBye118BRjpwVg==. Editrixie: Janet Steen, Joanna Yas, Rebecca Wolff, and Barbara Spindel.
NEW BOOK BY MARILYN HACKER: “NAMES” with Norton. In Names, Marilyn Hacker juxtaposes glimpses of contemporary lives with dialogues undertaken in signal poetic voices. Using her signature wit, passion, and mastery of received and invented forms, she convinces us to believe in a world made possible by language—prescient, playful, polyglot, and often breathtaking. Check it out!!! http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=12243
A VERSAL CALL FOR WORK: Versal Magazine, just awarded “best of Amsterdam” wants your poetry, prose, and art for its eighth issue due out in May 2010. Internationally acclaimed literary annual published in Amsterdam, bringing together the world's urgent, involved, and unexpected. See website for guidelines and to submit: http://versal.wordsinhere.com/. Inquiries (only) can be directed to: versal@wordsinhere.com. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
SEEKING REVIEWS & OTHER TEXTS : Poets' Quarterly, a new online journal, is seeking reviews of poetry books and chapbooks, as well as author interviews, for the October launch issue. http://www.poetsquarterly.com/ To give you an idea of what's to come, the launch issue will include reviews of Tulips, Water, Ash by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, At night the dead by Lisa Ciccarello, American Prophet by Robert Fanning, Taste of Cherry by Kara Candito, and From the Fever-World by Jehanne Dubrow. Some of the contributors include Emma Bolden, Jill Crammond Wickham, Valerie Wedtlaufer, and Karen Weyant to name a few. We're actively seeking reviews, interviews, and a nice stable of writers. For submission instructions, visit http://www.poetsquarterly.com/
STORY CONTEST! Richard Peabody is judging this years The Willesden Herald: Short story competition 2009-2010. Open to all aged 18 or over, regardless of nationality or country of residence.Entries must be:- in English - double-spaced - in a normal font size (12 point is fine) Entries must be entirely your own work and never previously published or broadcast, online or offline. One entry per person only. Subsequent entries, including revisions, will be omitted from the competition and will not be read.Manuscripts must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title of the story. Word limit this year: 8,000.There is no set theme.Entry is by completing the online entry form and uploading your manuscript in Microsoft Word (".doc") or RTF (".rtf") format.To enter you must first register and confirm your email address. By registering you agree that we may email you announcements about the competition and occasional newsletters. We will not pass your details to anyone outside of the Willesden Herald and Pretend Genius Press, unless required to do so by law.There is an entry fee of £3 per entrant this year. The computer system will only direct you to the payment page after successfully uploading your entry. Entry fees are non-refundable. Closing date: 18 December 2009. We will not enter into any correspondence about entries or results.We cannot provide any feedback on individual entries.We will reduce the entries to a shortlist from which the winners will be chosen anonymously by this year's judge.The results will be announced early in 2010 at a special Short Story Cafe event sponsored by Pulp Net.
The prizes for 2010 are: 1st place: £300 plus a one-off Willesden Herald mug inscribed "The Willesden Short Story Prize 2010" 2nd: 2 x £150 (two runners-up) All ten short-listed stories will be included in "New Short Stories 4" to be published by Pretend Genius Press. For more info: http://www.willesdenherald.com/competition/welcome.php Previous judges were Zadie Smith and Rana Dasgupta.
NEW BOOK by CECILIA WOLOCH: it’s the official launch for Cecilia’s new collection of poems, Carpathia, from BOA Editions, Ltd. She says “I'm thrilled with everything about how the book has turned out, and feel especially grateful to artist Jonde Northcutt for the stunning cover image she created.” The book is available now from the BOA website at http://boaeditions.org/bookstore/details.php?prodId=219 Well-controlled eulogies to her dying father in rural Kentucky, lush lyric and prose poems to lovers and former-lovers in Paris and various Eastern European countries, and compelling anaphoric-based narratives that meander between innocence and experience, body and soul – these are the motifs in Cecilia Woloch's stirring, new collection, Carpathia.
EChapbook of TRANSLATIONS: Translator from the German, Alistair Noon’s versions of twelve poems by the German First World War Expressionist poet August Stramm have just appeared as an e-chapbook here: http://intercapillaryspace.blogspot.com/2009/09/alistair-noons-last-drop-versions-of.html Congrats! Enjoy a good read, everyone!!!
SEEKING WRITERS: Bonjour Paris is looking for writers (unpaid, sorry...) We'd love to look at articles from your attendees to see whether or not they might be appropriate for Bonjour Paris. http://www.bonjourparis.com/
NEW : Nouvelle publication: James Clarence MANGAN, L'Homme à la Cape, suivi de Les trente Flacons, traduit, pésenté et annoté par Claude FIEROBE, "Terres d'ailleurs - Irlande", éditions Terre de Brume, 2009, 17 €. Première traduction en français des traductions/adaptations très libres..., que MANGAN avait faites en 1838 de Melmoth Réconcilié et de La Peau de Chagrin de Balzac.
SEEKING WORK & Editors IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH for Off-Mic : The LGBTI Paris Center associations GAIPAR & CultureS LGBT are in the process of establishing a bilingual French-English literary review. It will be classy & unconventional, iconoclastic & fun. Positioning itself at the meeting point between French culture & the cultures of other countries, off-mic gives voice to those who are unable to locate their place in the traditional media, as well as to those who simply have something to say “off- mic”. To get our project underway, we seek review staff & people who would like to contribute content to the review, including.: – articles & cultural critiques which will be entertaining & informative;– narratives & feature articles that may be somewhat transgressive or provocative; – short stories & poetry of high literary quality; – photos, drawings, cartoons, prints, & various forms of artwork. Articles should generally not be longer than 3,000 words, in order to give space for a variety of expression. Final content will depend on everyone of us… so we invite you to become part of the editorial board & association staff. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this project! Write us or send work to: off-mic, c/o Association GAIPAR, Centre LGBT Paris-IDF, 63, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris OR, by email: off_micparis@yahoo.fr The blog and website will be up soon. If you would like to work on the editorial staff, please contact us!!!!
SUBMIT POETRY & SHORT FICTION to GRASP, a new English quarterly of culture & aesthetics from Prague, launched in September 2009 under the auspices of Charles University (Faculty of Arts,).GRASP is dedicated to promoting the works of short-fiction writers and poets – local and outside of the Czech Republic – as well as providing its readers with a digest of what is happening in today’s world of theater, film, fiction, art exhibitions and much more.The magazine is currently accepting submissions of Poetry (including prose poetry) and Short fiction for its 2nd issue: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Up to 5 pieces of writing in total (poetry, short fiction.), Only in electronic format (please include the keyword GRASP in your subject-field.), The deadline is November 20th, and Please send it to: iliya.bol@gmail.com
08 September 2009
Sept Readings & Events in Paris!!!
List is in 3 Parts:
I) Readings (w/asterisks) & events by DATE
II) Creative Writing Courses in Paris
III) News reviews & Reviews News: Calls for work, publications, misc ads and more!
Pre-note: September really does mark the rentrée! Of course, I am most proud of what this summer has brought to local novelist Nicola Keegan, with her first book “Swimming” getting her onto the front pages of Poets & Writers recent emailing, as well as interviewed in Laurel Zuckerman’s fabulous Paris Authors Web-blog at http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writer-news/. You can hear Nicola read Sept 30th. Her work only announces great first books to come from Paris-based authors, as novels from Canadian Lisa Pasold (“Rats of Las Vegas”), Janet Siskelian Charles (“Moonlight in Odessa”, Bloomsbury) and Margo Berdeshevsky (“Beautiful Soon Enough”, FC2 Press) are forthcoming this fall, alongside nonfiction memoir from a UK press by Caribbean-UK Paris-based author Christopher Vanier. Who knows—the 1920s may find itself outdone by this new generation? Anyway, see the packed listing below!!! Best, from Jennifer K Dick
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Part I) Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by date for the month :
9 Sept at 19h Marilynne Robinson will read from and discuss her novel “Home”. Hailed as "incandescent," "maginficent," and "a literary miracle" (Entertainment Weekly), hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled by Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. Now Robinson returns with a brilliantly imagined retelling of the prodigal son parable, set at the same moment and in the same Iowa town as Gilead. The Reverend Boughton's hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years away. Artful and devious in his youth, now an acoholic carrying two decade's worth of secrets, he is perpetually at odds with his traditionalist father, though he remains his most beloved child. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*9 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Former U.S. Ambassador to France Felix Rohatyn on steps towards economic recovery. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, his book Bold Endeavors: How our Government Built America and Why it Must Rebuild it Now, was recently published by Simon and Schuster Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
9 sept à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition d'oeuvres de SOPHIE SAINRAPT "Les rires d'Eros", en partenariat avec arearevue)s(. L'artiste propose dans cette exposition vingt dessins (encre et lavis) Inspirés par le poème "Clitoris" d'Arrabal et quinze gravures illustrant les textes poétiques de Pierre Louÿs. «…La texture de ces oeuvres est comme jetée, c'est toujours la rapidité qui préside à son travail. Non pas la rapidité de faire mais celle d'une compréhension innée. La main et l'oeil chantent de concert le féminin joyeux" (présentation du livre de Sophie Sainrapt publié chez Area). (expo du 9 septembre au 4 octobre) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
11 Sept at 20h30 : Concert !: JM Espitallier drums for PREXLEY ?/ at the concert la Suite with Fitzgerald + Compagnie Niza as well! AT: 27 rue de la Glacière. Portes ouvertes à partir de 19h. 5 euros.
11 Sept 20h30. Les Productions de l'Invisible : Paradise Now (2) Une courte histoire de l'art du XXe siècle en tableaux chorégraphiés, chantés, lus. http://instantnet.wordpress.com/soirees-a-venir/vendredi-11-septembre-les-productions-de-linvisible-recording-now/ La Société de Curiosités expérimente, depuis 3 mois, à Paris, 11e arrondissement, une autre voie quant aux relations salle de diffusion-artistes-public. La possibilité d'un autre vis à vis. Autre voix. Restauration de la parole, de procédures d'échange, d'implications réciproques. La Société de curiosités est un club privé dont vous pouvez faire partie en réservant à : lasocietedecuriosites@gmail.com. Elle comporte 1170 membres à ce jour. Site : http://instantnet.wordpress.com/ for full schedule of other events !!!
*12 sept à partir de 17h30. La librairie les Cahiers de Colette vous invite à rencontrer l’auteur français Iegor GRAN à l'occasion de la parution de « Thriller » Éditions POL AT : La Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23-25 rue Rambuteau - 75004 Paris, M° Rambuteau.
*13th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Mel Chase : "Home Bodies" (2nd reading). Deep in the wilds of Connecticut, a self-sufficient family happily raises chickens and hunts deer in the woods… Until Dad brings home a hitch-hiker. Who is he? Will he stay and become part of the family? Suddenly "skeletons" starting appearing out of closets, and things are revealed to be not at all what they seemed…Starring SARAH CANNER, PAUL CAVIN, TRISH KESSLER, TERCELIN KIRTLEY, JAMES MITCHELL, & MIKE POWERS. For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
13 sept, portes ouvertes à 19h. CONCERT ! Perry Argel playing with Matthieu (acoustic bass), Melissa (violin), Kevin (guitar, mandolin) and perhaps other friends (En français : Perry Argel joue avec Mathieu (contrebasse), Melissa (violon), Kevin (guitare, mandoline) et peut-être des invités) AT : l'Ogresse, 4 rue des Prairies, Paris 75020. http://perryleopard.free.fr/
*14 September 7pm - Mark Gevisser in conversation with Janine Di Giovanni about his book A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*15 Sept at 19h: Barry Gifford will present “American Falls: The Collected Short Stories” and will speak about “The Imagination of the Heart”, his final chapter in the saga of “Sailor and Lula”. The stories in this collection range in period, style, and theme from the 1950s to the present, from absurdist to romantic, from childhood innocence to murder and revenge. Weaving dark and light, sinister and comic, award-winning author Gifford writes about people America has given up for lost. Gifford is the author of more than 40 published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into more than 25 languages. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*16 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Thad Carhart on his new novel, ‘Across the Endless River.’ Thad Carhart's charming memoir, A Piano Shop on the Left Bank, become an international bestseller. Now he offers his first novel, the story of Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea, and his sojourn as a young man in 1820s Paris. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*16 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec ABHA DAWESAR pour son roman L'Inde en héritage (H. d'Ormesson). C'est à un portrait sans concession de la classe moyenne indienne que nous convie Abha Dawesar dans ce troisième roman traduit en français. Utilisant "la maladie comme métaphore", dans un style factuel, clinique et percutant, Abha Dawesar nous livre son roman le plus fort, le plus engagé, le plus féministe. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*16th Sept 7:30 p.m. Jamie Cat Callan will present and sign her book: French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love, a feel-good book about relationships that will dramatically change women's approach to men and dating. What Mireille Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat did for dieting, Jamie Cat Callan’s book does for romance and love. Her witty and insightful look at the love lives of French women encourages women everywhere to stop torturing themselves with fad relationship advice and learn to cultivate and enjoy the pleasures of love, romance and marriage. RSVP for this event, to books (at) whsmith (dot) fr with 'Jamie Cat Callan event RSVP' as the object. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
17 September, 18.30 to 20.00, admission free for double Vernissage. Gaz Killer Malachi Farrell & then 13 Graphic Studio Dublin artists. First, this kinetic installation in the courtyard displays Malachi Farrell’s signature style – recycled objects combine with high technology to create an absurdist form of social criticism. A frenetic choreography is set in motion by the movement of the public, drawing the spectator into the idiosyncratic space created by the artist. “Within the space of a Farrell installation, globalisation is imaged as a concoction of ridiculous contraptions gone mad” Artintelligence. Born in Dublin in 1970, Malachi Farrell lives and works in Paris and New York. Then: 13 artists respond to artefacts in the extensive collections of the National Museum of Ireland evoking the idea of Hibernia, the Romans’ name for Ireland, a land they considered to be at the edge of the earth and so cold it was barely habitable. The techniques represented in the show include woodblock printing, etching, collograph and carborundum by artists Jean Bardon, Mary Rose Binchy, Niamh Flanagan, John Graham, Jennifer Lane, Brian Lalor, Stephen Lawlor, Margo McNulty, Ruth O’Donnell, Geraldine O’Reilly, Tom Phelan, Marc Reilly and Robert Russell. Shows for both run from 18 Sept–22 Oct ! AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Tix/res at adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*17 Sept at 19h: Marilyn Yalom presents “The American Resting Place, Four Hundred Years of History Through our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds”. A sweeping history of America as seen through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, stunningly illustrated with eighty black-and-white photographs. The American Resting Place is the definitive history of the American cemetery. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*18 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec MARTINE LAROCHE, MICHELE LARROUY et d'autres membres des Archives lesbiennes pour la publication de leur ouvrage Mouvements de presse des années 1970 à nos jours, luttes féministes et lesbiennes. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
**18 Sept Celebrated musician and author Willy Vlautin (The Motel Life and Northline) will sign copies of his books : time to be confirmed 'This guy writes like the secret love child of Raymond Carver and Flannery O’Connor–just plain, true, tough, irony-free, heartrending American fiction about people living in the third-world sections of our country.' AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
19 and 20 Sept : 14.00 – 17.00 (guided tours every half hour until 16.30) Journées européennes du patrimoine / Open days at the Irish College Guided tours of the Old Library (insert link to Library page) of the Irish College including presentation of its treasures - three illuminated manuscripts dating from c.1500. Saint Patrick’s chapel, the exhibitions and the Médiathèque are open to all. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*21 sept 20h30: Spoken Word Paris invites you out to share work on any theme or their Theme of the night « school/l'école » AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. Métro Belleville or Pyrénées. See their webblog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
*21 Sept 7pm - Sarah Hesketh reading from her poetry collection, Napoleon’s Travelling Bookshelf AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*22 Sept at 19h: Owen Matthews presents “Stalin's Children” published in France by Les Editions Belfond sous le titre: “Les Enfants de Staline” dans une traduction de l'anglais par Karine Reignier 'Stalin's Children tells an extraordinary story, spanning three generations of his own family, all caught up with the cataclysmic events of Russia in the 20th century.' In 1997, Owen Matthews became a correspondent at Newsweek magazine in Moscow where he covered the second Chechen war. He also covered the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and is currently Newsweek magazine's bureau chief in Moscow. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*22 September 19h30 A Night at the Movies: Judith Merians discusses ‘The Godfather’, how you pull people into a story and more. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*22nd Sept 7:30 p.m. Jean-Loup Chiflet author of the bestselling Ciel mon mari / Sky my husband ! series will present and sign his newest translation of The New Yorker cartoons: The New Yorker: L'Humour des Livres AT WH Smith AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
*23 Sept: Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00 p.m. (sharp). OPIUM MAGAZINE Brings you the Literary Death Match, which is set to debut—in French!—in France, on September 23, at Paris' Le Reservoir. Four magical authors will compete, including Frédéric Beigbeder: Windows on the World (prix Interallié) and most recently published Un Roman Français; Philippe Jaenada: Le Chameau Savage (prix de Flore) and most recently Plage de Manaccora, 16h30); Max Monnehay (Corpus Christine); and Mohamed Razane (Dit Violent).The event will be judged by David Foenkinos (author of Le Potentiel Erotique de ma Femme), Yorgos Archimandritis (author and Cultural Ambassador of France to the European Union) and Bo (plastico-pop musician).Immediately after the Literary Death Match, Bo will step down from the judges’ stand and step up to the microphone to perform, rocking the Reservoir until they throw us out.Hosted and produced by Todd Zuniga and Kevin Dolgin. AT: Le Reservoir: 16, rue de la Forge Royale, Paris 11. Remember that you can have dinner at Le Reservoir. For reservations call 0143563960 Cost: €10 For more on LDM, see http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/
*23 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: David Waller on Victorian literary salons: David Waller's new book, The Magnificent Mrs. Tennant, explores the remarkable life of this influential 19th-century matriarch. Born to modest circumstances in 1819, Gertrude Tennant rose to become one of the one of the most formidable hostesses of late-Victorian London. The greatest writers, artists and politicians of the age -- including scientist Thomas Huxley, painter John Everett Millais, poet Robert Browning and novelist Henry James -- clamored to attend her intellectual salons. Waller presents her rise from genteel poverty to member of the cultural zeitgeist, and discusses the influence of the late-Victorian salon. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*23 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec PASCAL MORIN et ANNE PERCIN pour la sortie de leurs romans respectifs Biographie de Pavel Munch et Bonheur fantôme (La Brune-Le Rouergue). Lecture par le comédien Thomas Gornet. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*24 Sept at 19h: Douglas Kennedy discusses his latest novel “Leaving the World”. From the bestselling author of “The Woman in the Fifth” and “The Pursuit of Happiness” comes a devastating new novel. Douglas Kennedy's novels, which include The Woman in the Fifth, Temptation, State of the Union, A Special Relationship and The Pursuit of Happiness, have all been highly praised bestsellers. His work has been translated into 16 languages and in 2006 he received the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*25 Sept 7pm - (exceptional time) - Special Launch of the new Paris issue of Five Dial Press with Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole) Joe Dunthorne (Submarine) and other writers. Five Dials magazine is a wonderful free online journal with articles from writers such as Arundhati Roy, Art Spiegelman and Ali Smith – you can subscribe at http://fivedials.com/fivedials and part of the charm is that you can print it out and enjoy away from the computer. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*25 sept 2009 à partir de 19 heures A l'occasion de la parution de « Voyager avec Le Corbusier » croquis de voyages et études textes choisis et présentés par Philippe Duboÿ La Quinzaine littéraire. Louis Vuitton rencontre avec Philippe Duboÿ AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00
26 Sept 20.00, admission free Semaine des cultures étrangères. Outdoor screening in the courtyard of Neil Jordan’s epic film Michael Collins (1996) depicts the life and death of one of Ireland’s most important revolutionary leaders at the beginning of the 20th century. Opening with the Easter Week rebellion of 1916, the film highlights Collins new strategies for securing the independence of Ireland, his signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 and the ensuing Civil War which was to cost him his life. With Liam Neeson, Ian Hart, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn et Stephen Rea. (127 mins) **In case of bad weather, check the website on the day This screening is part of the FICEP’s Semaine des cultures étrangères, with theme « Sublimons les frontières ! ». Details on: http://www.ficep.info/ AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
26 September 14h00–18h00 Open House at the Library: tours, demonstrations, and activities for children. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*26 Sept 20hOO THE SAW PROJECT (Le projet de la scie) de Chim N. au Studio Coriandre, propose une poésie-musique: concerts et "works-in-progress" réguliers (mensuel/bimensuel) autour de la scie musicale, son instrument de prédilection. Chim NWABUEZE: Scie Musicale, Etc. Philippe BERGER: Violon Alto, Guitare Participation: 10e /8e AT: Studio Coriandre, 86 rue Gaston Lauriau, Montreuil M°: Marie de Montreuil Tel: 06 17 80 61 49
26 et 27 sept : à partir de 13h : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Festival de films FEMMES EN RESISTANCE, salle Jean-Vilar, Arcueil. Informations sur le Festival : http://resistancesdefemmes.wordpress.com/
*27th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Roy Lisker: "Unto The Third Generation" (screenplay) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*28 September 7pm - David Waller, The Magnificient Mrs Tennant. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
29 Sept at 19h30. WICE World Watch@The Library: Frederic Eckhard examines 'The Responsibility to Protect' legal debate at the United Nations. The Responsibility to Protect, adopted by the United Nations Security Council in 2006 and now international law, says that when human populations suffer from gross violations of human rights - such as genocide or ethnic cleansing - and the home government either can't or won't do anything about it, the international community must step in to protect the people. It is an idea that has been percolating for years, with international lawyers continuously arguing whether there is a basis in international law for such an infringement of national sovereignty. Come learn more about this debate! Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
* FOR KIDS: 30th Sept 3:30 p.m. Theme: Children's books by Mo Willems including his newest title Big Frog Can't Fit In Pop-Up book. Big Frog is big. Quite big. So big this book can't hold her. But with a lot of help from some good friends, Big Frog will fit in just fine! Filled with exciting and unique pops constructed sturdily, and perfectly suited for little hands, this vibrant new pop-up book will appeal to Mo fans old and new. Mo Willems is a children's author who started his career as a writer and animator for PBS' Sesame Street. His first book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! became a New York Times Bestseller. His best-loved characters include the pigeon, the Elephant and Piggie Early Readers series, Naked Mole Rat, Knuffle Bunny, Edwina the Dinosaur, and Leonardo the Terrible Monster. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
**30 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Nicola Keegan on her novel, 'Swimming.'
In her stylish first novel, Swimming, Keegan tells the story of Pip, who is tall, flat and supernaturally buoyant -- qualities she relies on in her efforts to become an Olympic champion. Swimming traces Pip's journey from a small Midwestern team to the Olympic podium in Barcelona, from shaky adolescence to a young woman confident in the power of her own body. Good Housekeeping called this book "a shimmering debut." Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*30 sept 20h : Poète/publique : Frédéric Forte vous invite de rencontrer Eric Suchère & Catherine Flohic (de la maison d’édition Argol). Dans le cadre de "poète/public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite, chaque dernier mercredi du mois à 20h, pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.*30 septembre à 19h : Rencontre autour de la revue d'art AREA n° 19/20 "Féminin Pluriel" en présence de plusieurs artistes et auteures. A l'occasion de la sortie du numéro double d'arearevue sur le thème de la création féminine, la revue s'interroge sur le développement du féminin dans la création artistique. Il n'y a pas de réponse unique, le féminin est pluriel et sa richesse d'autant plus grande. 40 ans après le début contemporain des mouvements de libération des femmes, où en sont les combats des femmes et la création féminine ? En lien avec cette parution, arearevue organise plusieurs manifestations dans Paris dont une exposition et un colloque au Sénat et une exposition dans sa propre galerie (info : http://www.areaparis.com/). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
30 September 18.30, admission free. ExpoTALK – Rosetta Beaugendre presents the exhibition Ile d’Hiver et Gaz Killer. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*1 Oct at 19h Writer and artist Eric Karpeles will talk about his book “Paintings in Proust”. A captivating, colorful examination of the ways in which Proust incorporated artists and the visual arts in his work. Not only are there frequent references to specific works of art in À la recherche du temps perdu, notably during the narrator's visits to Venice and in his evaluations of the style of the imaginary painter Elstir, but certain characters are also evoked by comparison to particular paintings. Karpeles has identified and located the many paintings to which Proust makes reference; or Karpeles has chosen a representative work to illustrate the impression that Proust sought to evoke. 200 paintings beautifully reproduced in full color and texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation, as well as concise commentaries on the novel's evolving story, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of Proustians everywhere. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*3 oct de 21 h à 1 h du matin : NOTOPOS, Évènement de la Biennale internationale des Poètes en Val de Marne. « Aller-retour et vice versa », la Biennale internationale des poètes fait tourner l’Europe des poètes de 21 h à 1 h du matin de La maison de la poésie de Paris à Gare au théâtre de Vitry-sur-Seine. Pour recevoir leur communication, écrivez à communication@biennaledespoetes.fr Pour infos/adresses : http://www.biennaledespoetes.fr/
3-4 October Nuit Blanche 19.00 – 7.00, admission free all night all over the city to art, performance, cultural and civic events! For complete official information see the Paris schedule at: http://www.paris.fr/ or pick up newspapers and schedules on the street on the eve of the 3rd. Rest up, this is an all-night event!!!
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Part II) Writing (& reading !) Workshops in Paris this fall!!! (listed by start date):
Sun September 13th: One day Parisian Literary Salon on “As I Lay Dying” from 3-8PM (3 spaces remaining) The one-day Salons cost 45 euro (includes supplemental reading copies). If you are interested in joining the As I Lay Dying Salon, please let me know in the next few days so I can send along the opening notes. http://literarysalon.free.fr/ Toby Brothers, Parisian Literary Salon Director
Starting 17 Sept: CREATIVE WRITING: “A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine.” Emerson. First session September 17, 2009: Ten Thursdays, weekly class, 2:30 to 5:30 pm with 20-minute pause in the middle. Write poetry. Play with forms & other arts. Compose in journals. Read writers on writing, in a supportive environment. Allow your creativity to flourish. Free write. Read inspiring authors, edit, exchange, all in good company. Participate in a public reading at the end of the class. Be guided toward publication. Location: An atelier surrounded by greenery in Paris’ Ménilmontant neighborhood—near art centers La Maroquinerie and La Bellevilleoise. 84 rue de Ménilmontant (center for Tamaas Association, http://www.tamaas.org/), Paris 20ième, metro Ménilmontant, Pyrenées, Jaurès. Class led by poet, artist, and essayist Sarah Riggs, author of Waterwork, Chax Press ’07, Chain of Minuscule Decisions in the Form of a Feeling, Reality Street, ’07, Word Sightings, Routledge, ’02, as well as in French translation, 28 Télégrammes, 60 Textos, and 43 Post-Its (Attente, trans. F. Valéry’06, ’08, ’09). Riggs has taught creative writing at Columbia University in Paris, and has a doctorate from the University of Michigan in poetry & visual media. She’s had solo shows in Paris and Montreal, and is the director of the intercultural arts non-profit Tamaas, and an active member of Double Change, the bilingual French-American poetry association. Fee, 300 € Reserve for limited spots, Sarah Riggs, sarah.riggs@wanadoo.fr, 06.62.57.70.40
Starting 17 Sept 19h-21h for 7 weeks: Novel & Nonfiction Advanced Writing Workshop.
Starting Tues. 22 Sept: Judith Merians is coming back to Paris and will be presenting a monthly series of lectures on adapting books into films. The venue is the American Library, and the first date is Tuesday 22nd September at 7:30 pm. If you're interested here's the site:
http://www.america/ nlibraryinparis.org/index.php?view=details&id=154%3Aa-night-at-the-movies-with-judith-merians&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=807.
25-27 Sept : Parisian Literary Salons “READING THE BODY” Weekend intensive 25th-27th September, cost 220 euro. After a highly successful first Reading the Body weekend, Ann and I are offering a second study. I found the work of this weekend continues to strengthen me as I reach for a closer connection between the work of my mind and the body’s experience. Please see the Salon website for the weekend description. The cost includes all food, housing and supplementary materials. Please let Tony know if you are interested ASAP for more information. Details for all the Salons can be found on the website: http://literarysalon.free.fr/ Toby Brothers, Parisian Literary Salon Director
Starting Fri. 25 September: 19h00-21h00 Writing Workshop for young people at the American Library of Paris begins (ages 12+) Create, Edit, Share! Join us for a three-part writing workshop with acclaimed author, teacher and library favourite, Pedro de Alcantara. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. See the website for more information and info on signing up, at: http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
Various Workshops at Shakespeare & Co weekly : Evening Workshops on Weds and also a session now open on Thurs evenings, and “Another Writers’ Group”, the most affordable workshop in the city, meets Saturdays. Additionally, J Baxter is now offering private master class workshops via Shakespeare. Finally, Faber & Faber is also inviting authors to join them for workshops this fall as well. See complete and detailed information for each of these courses, their prices, info on signing or showing up, etc, on Shakespeare’s site at : http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/index.php?categories=110:1
EN FRANÇAIS !!!: à partir du 30 Sept : L'écrivaine CHANTAL PORTILLO, en partenariat avec la Mairie du XIè, propose un ATELIER LECTURE qui se tiendra trois mercredis par mois de 14h à 16h à la librairie Violette and Co. Dans cet atelier, Chantal Portillo nous invite à participer à sa recherche d¹écrivain qui lit autant qu’elle écrit : "Nous approcherons des écritures, des textes contemporains : romans, nouvelles, poésie, essais que nous lirons ensemble. Nous pourrons apprécier, ne pas apprécier, nous disputer, rire, pleurer un peu, mais partager. Nos lectures, nos étonnements, nos questions, et la préparation, la rencontre avec les auteurs invités. Une fois par trimestre, les participants de l’atelier d’écriture d’Isabelle Buisson nous feront entendre une sélection de leurs textes écrits en atelier, à la Mairie." Atelier ouvert toute l’année à partir du 30 septembre, participation gratuite. Renseignements et inscriptions au 06 87 49 96 40 AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October 2009 Faber Academy WORKSHOP at Shakespeare & Co: “The Art of Novel Writing” with Sarah Hall and Andrew Miller. What makes a work of fiction convincing and effective? How can life, the world, its inhabitants and their stories, be processed by the imagination and distilled into words? How might a writer strike the right balance between those fresh early drafts and the ‘false velvet’ of the edited page? What is the relationship between art and reality, perception and representation in the novel, and who is the writer to broker such a deal? This course, hosted by the prize-winning authors Andrew Miller and Sarah Hall at legendary Left Bank bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in the beautiful and inspiring city of Paris, will investigate how key aspects of fiction - character, setting, narrative, dialogue and style - are alloyed to create literature with vitality and meaning. More information on the courses and the Faber Academy can be found at http://www.faberacademy.co.uk/
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work:
PARIS AUTHORS WORK SOUGHT: or translations! Call for submissions: American author in Paris, Alexander Dickow invites your submissions to him while he is guest curating editor of a forthcoming special issue of the American online literary journal Ekleksographia (http://ekleksographia.ahadadabooks.com/). Ekleksographia is the cooperative literary journal of Ahadada Press, an international micropress of poetry and prose. The issue he is curating is dedicated to anglophone poetry in France, broadly defined (the issue will also include several francophone poets in translation, as well as a few notable mediators of "Francophonia" living in North America or elsewhere). If you would like to have your work considered for inclusion in this issue, please send by email, before Oct 15th: - up to 5 pages of previously unpublished prose, verse or concrete/visual poetry in English or in English translation, as an attached file in Word (.doc), WordPerfect (.wpd) or .rtf format. Visual work should be sent in .pdf format. OR - previously unpublished English translations of contemporary French or Francophone poets. If you wish to contribute otherwise to this issue of Ekleksographia, Dickow is also seeking translators and reviewers. If you are interested in these possibilities, or if you have other relevant inquiries, please write to him at alexdickow9@yahoo.com.
SEEKING PLAYS!: Contact Stephanie Campion to book a reading of YOUR play in English or in French. Moving Parts arranges for actors to complete a public reading of your work which is then followed by an audience-participation feedback session. Lots of fun, a great way to get new theatre work out of the writing room and towards a later stage presentation!!! Bookings now being taken for December 2009 and all of 2010; For current listings, see their website : http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ And to have a book of your own send an e-mail to Stephanie Campion at movingpartsparis@gmail.com or contact her on : 06 14 67 18 58
SUBMIT/SUBSCRIBE: to The Poker, which encourages its audience to support continued publication by making both financial and artistic contributions. The Poker encourages you to send poems, translations, articles, book reviews, books to review, and commentary. We invite criticism and debate. Essays by poets will be prized. Poetry by politicians will be ridiculed. Ideas for large articles, projects, interviews, and visual art should be queried before sent. Previous contributors include Rae Armantrout, Christ Pusateri, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Lee Ann Brown, Anna Moschovakis, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Hoa Nguyen. We prefer not to receive submissions via e-mail, but to our editorial address: P.O. Box 390408, Cambridge, MA 02139. However, the editor can be reached via bouchard@mit.edu The cost of each The Poker is $10.00, Subscriptions: 2 issues for $18.00, 3 for $24.00. Write the editor for international subscription postage price. All orders post paid. Make checks payable to Daniel Bouchard, and mail to P.O. Box 390408, Cambridge, MA 02139.
INNOVATIVE MANUSCRIPTS SOUGHT: for Futurepoem books, holding an open call for manuscripts during the month of September 2009. Futurepoem welcomes unpublished book-length manuscripts of innovative prose, poetry and multi-genre work during our open reading period. As part of our collective approach to editorial decision-making, a slightly different panel of guest editors read and choose manuscripts for publication each year. Our editors for this year are Eileen Myles, Bob Perelman, Kim Rosenfield, and Dan Machlin. The editors will select two manuscripts for our upcoming publication season, which will be announced by end of March 2010. Please follow the guidelines outlined on their website at http://www.futurepoem.com/submissions.html which also gives you the opportunity to order one of their fabulous titles!!!!
SITE TO WATCH : Oulipo’s new, youngest member, American author Daniel Leven Becker, has his new website up and running. It is a fun one to watch ! Check it out at http://dinnerlunchbreakfast.com/
SUBMIT POEMS: Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2009 Judges: Maura Dooley & Jamie McKendrick (Both judges will read all poems). Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250 (approximately $1,655, $827, $414) plus 20 prizes of £20 ($33) each and a prizewinners' Coffee-House Poetry reading with Maura Dooley & Jamie McKendrick on Monday 30th November 2009 for all winning poets Submissions: by Friday 9th October 2009. Both judges will read all poems submitted. For complete and detailed rules and directions, go to their site at http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes For other info see http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/ or http://www.troubadour.co.uk/
SUBMIT POETRY BOOKS: to AROHO's To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize will be awarded for the best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 96 pages of poetry postmarked by September 30, 2009. The $20 reading/entry fee is payable by check or money order to A Room of Her Own; please indicate “To the Lighthouse PPP” in the memo line. Include an SASP [self-addressed stamped postcard] with your package for notification of receipt. Your name and address should appear on the cover sheet only, along with the manuscript title, and your address and telephone number. The award amount is $1000 and publication of your poetry collection by Red Hen Press. The winner will be contacted by phone or email prior to the web announcement date. Send your manuscript along with SASP (self addressed stamped postcard), cover sheet, and check (postmarked 9/30/2009) to: A Room Of Her Own , Attn: To the Lighthouse PPP , PO Box 778 , Placitas, NM 87043. Get official cover sheet for this on their site at http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/To_the_Lighthouse.php
READ ONLINE now: Akilah Oliver’s interview in BOMB magazine that has just come out. http://bombsite.powweb.com/?p=3872
ANNOUNCING : de Lucien Suel : « La patience de Mauricette », mon deuxième roman aux Editions de La Table Ronde, après « Mort d’un jardinier », sera en librairie le 3 septembre 2009. Ce roman a été écrit entre août 2008 et avril 2009 alors que j’étais en résidence d’écrivain sur le site de l’Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale d’Armentières - Lille Métropole, au G18, dans le service de psychiatrie générale dirigé par le Docteur Christian Müller. L’action principale du roman se déroule à « La Clinique » du secteur G18 à la fin de l’été 2008, pendant les trois semaines d’hospitalisation de Mauricette Beaussart, 75 ans. La narration inclut des retours en arrière sur l’enfance de l’héroïne et les drames qui l’ont marquée. Entre chaque chapitre du roman, le lecteur découvre aussi le monologue intérieur de la patiente, une sorte de journal intime et instantané, un aperçu de sa souffrance intérieure. D’autres précisions et les premières pages du livre sont à découvrir sur le blog http://luciensuel.blogspot.com/ ou sur le site des Editions de la Table Ronde.
NEW BOOK FROM DUSIE Press: "Dusie Press (based in Switzerland) is pleased to announce its newest book, ‘The Contortions’, by poet Nicole Mauro. Don't miss your chance to support an indy experimental press, with what Dana Teen Lomax describes as, THE CONTORTIONS exposes our fearholes, our limited tenderest tongues, and our raw victual hearts. Wanting to touch to a terrible extent, Mauro's uncanny sound work and edgy wit will change your mind and dilate the rest of you..." Available TODAY!!!! Via SPD. Support SPD and other small press distributors, or order through local Paris bookstores such as Shakespeare, Village Voice or Red Wheelbarrow ! See http://www.dusie.org/ for more info!
PARIS PHOTOGRAPHER TO AFRICA !!!: Jennifer Huxta has embarked upon a long-awaited adventure to Africa this fall, where she will work as a volunteer in Uganda. To support her action, help by purchasing a photo or donating to her cause. OR just keep up on the adventure as it unrolls at her blog and website! http://www.laclandestine.blogspot.com/ or her site at http://www.jenniferhuxta.com/
MAGAZINE SEEKING SUBMISSIONS: The Honey Land Review. We are currently accepting submissions for our fall 2009 issue. Please feel free to review our guidelines today at: http://www.thehoneylandreview.com/Submissions.html Also worth mentioning is our graduate student (MA or MFA) spotlight feature. For those who teach at the graduate level please pass this call for submission along to your students as well! FYI: No bios please! We like to select work based upon its own merit!
NEW BOOKS OUT: by Fence/Fence Books celebrating the publication of “A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years, Volumes 1 & 2” with a Garden Party in NYC if you are there, Sept 12th or else help them feel the joy of publishing these volumes by purchasing a copy for yourself or a friend! If in NYC, these two fat books will be available at a pleasing discount: One for $20/two for $35. And subscriptions to Fence for $10! Readings every hour on the hour by editors and contributors including but not limited to: Peter Gizzi, Matthew Rohrer, Lynne Tillman, and Max Winter. Otherwise, order through local Paris bookstores or online at SPD or directly from Fence. See http://fencebooks.fenceportal.org/ for more!
NEW at WAVE BOOKS: Wave Books is also starting off the new school year by announcing the inaugural title of their Fall 2009 season: SELECTED POEMS by DARA WIER,encompassing work from 1977 through 2006. For complete info, & to order, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/77 For more on Dara Wier, including a schedule of upcoming readings, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/authors/47 Other WAVE FORTHCOMING TITLES in October: volumes by MAGGIE NELSON and RACHELZUCKER (Zucker is one of my, Jen Dick’s, favourite authors, so do get a copy of that or feel free to send one my way!!!) For info, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog?by=forthcoming All three Fall titles can also be purchased through Wave's SOFTCOVER SUBSCRIPTION, which brings the entire year's catalog to you, for $60. For information, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/73
DIAGRAM FICTION ISSUE!!! Is up for free reading online: Yep, the end of summer fiction issue is up today and waiting for you to come give it a pet. At http://thediagram.com/. Here's what it has: 1. "Field Notes," a story from our 2009 $5 Innovative Fiction Contest winner August Tarrier, introduced by judge Brian Evenson 2. Erica W. Adams' story "Opening" 3. Michael Agresta's story "After the Party" 4. Kristina Born's story "Jack Twig is the Evil Pulse of Canada" 5. Micah Nathan's story "Simulacrum" 6. Lito Elio Porto's story "Airport Botany"7. Natania Rosenfeld's story "The Tenant" 8. Rhoads Stevens' story "Who Does What to Whom" 9. Jenny Zhang's story "The Empty The Empty The Empty" Additionally a number of killer schematics! So come and check it out, warriors of a certain kind of online literary journal love. Also a place for you to submit for future poetry or fiction issues!
NEW in FRENCH: en librairie le 26 septembre : “nEcrit” de Luc Bénazet, (éditions NOUS) (diffusion/distribution Belles Lettres). Pick up a copy, watch for readings!
Read & Submit: First, SHIRA DENTZ: announces her new chapbook! Get yourself a copy via http://www.tiltpress.com/index_files/Page1032.htm Second, when you know her work and can guess at her tastes, send some poems to Shira Dentz. For Shira is also the guest poetry editor for Quarterly West Review and is seeking good poems for the next issue. Email her a short submission at shirad@earthlink.netwith « Quarterly West Submission » in the subject heading.
NEW: Counterpath Press announces the publication of the following books: THERE'S THE HAND AND THERE'S THE ARID CHAIR by Tomaž Šalamun (poetry in translation), ROSE ALLEY by Jeremy M. Davies (Fiction), THE BRITTLE AGE AND RETURNING UPLAND by René Char, translated by Gustaf Sobin, foreword by Mary Ann Caws (Poetry, Translation) and Forthcoming: READING THE UNSEEN: (OFFSTAGE) HAMLET by Stephen Ratcliffe (Available Oct 15, Lit Crit), INCIVILITIES by Barbara Claire Freeman (Available Nov 16, Poetry: "Insistent scraps of language pushed beyond the possibility of narrative sequence by forms of destruction."—Judith Butler) and “SHOT” by Christine Hume (Available Dec 15, Poetry). Please visit http://www.counterpathpress.org/ for the latest issue of Counterpath Online, with e-literature guest edited by Jason Nelson and photographs by Susan Jennings. Email the editors for international subscription or order opportunities!!!
YOGA & Stretching Classes : PranaStretch classes and workshops with Ann Moradian At Levels I & II this yoga-based bodywork helps you to release tension, improve your alignment, posture and flexibility, deepen your strength, rediscover and reclaim your integrated self! ONGOING CLASSES from September 7th: Tuesday 9:30 - 10:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 Moving Encounters (Level III); Tuesday 2:30 - 3:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Thursday 19:00 - 20:00 PranaStretch (Level I); Friday 9:30 - 10:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Friday 2:30 - 3:30 PranaStretch (Level I) For additional information: www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion or email pranastretch@yahoo.com You can also telephone: 01-40-70-07-85 Workshop: PranaStretch Intense (for dancers) Sunday, October 11, 2009, 17:00-20:00 at micadanse in Paris PranaStretch in its original form, for dancers and professional movers, this fluid, breath-based work is intense but without strain. Using the breath to open inner channels and release blockages, we extend our energy beyond the body and out into space, and claim our power, ease and articulation. Workshop: Moving Encounters (for dancers) Sunday, November 22, 2009, 17:00-20:00 at micadanses in Paris Working with elements from yoga, the martial arts and dance, we will move from the breath-based work of the October 11th workshop, toward each other, toward relationship and into partnering.
NEW NOVEL OUT: by LISA PASOLD, her first novel, entitled “Rats of Las Vegas” even has a fun vid-trailer at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS76LGY3cqY. Synopsis: “Millard Lacouvy is a short, plain, fiercely independent prodigy in the male world of poker. She learns her craft in Depression-era Vancouver and then graduates to high stakes games on the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the trains fail to satisfy either her ambition or her need for security, she goes to Bugsy Siegel’s Las Vegas. There she is haunted by the handsome conman she has known all her life, and learns that love can also be a game of chance.” Published by Enfield & Wizenty, order directly at http://www.greatplains.mb.ca/wordpress/?page_id=345. Lisa Pasold: website: lisapasold.com or the Elsewhere blog: http://lisapasold.blogspot.com/
GIVE IT A READ : OCTOPUS! If you don’t know it, check out http://www.octopusmagazine.com/ and Octopus Books as well, selling their excellent poetry collections online at http://www.octopusbooks.net/
PARIS NOVEL OUT NOW: “Paris City of Night”, a new thriller by David D. Downie, is out now.The title tells much: Paris isn’t the alluring City of Light, but rather the City of Night, with emphasis on the N. It’s a shadowy place full of fraudsters, forgers, murderers, Homeland Security operatives and aging Cold Warriors. An orange alert is on, New Year’s looms in the form of a twinkling Eiffel Tower, and a bunch of fanatics on both sides of the terror/fundy divide are out to make life unpleasant for my antihero, Jay Anthony Grant, aka JAG. See more at the author’s website: http://http://www.davidddownie.com/Downie’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidDDownie
ENTER : Kudos Competition 1st prize: year’s subs to either Kudos or Orbis; runner-up: free copy of one of the magazines 50 word (maximum) short, short story, or a prose poem, which incorporates the words ‘North’ OR ‘East’, AND ‘gawky’. And you just have to email your offerings by September 30 (no attachments) to carolebaldock@hotmail.com
CELEBRATE : 2 years of collaboration at the REWORDS blogsite. Over 61 authors have become members of Rewords, begun in Oct 2007, many from around the world though the site began as a product of a Paris Nuit Blanche conversation, a game. DO go and check it out! DO become an official follower! DO consider becoming a reworder if you think you are ready to post regular poems online in reaction to others’ poems. All aesthetics and styles have been represented these past 2 years, from the most concrete sign-oriented even vid-poem work to formal explorations including strict metrics. http://rewords.blogspot.com/ Tell your friends about us! Spread the word on rewording!
I) Readings (w/asterisks) & events by DATE
II) Creative Writing Courses in Paris
III) News reviews & Reviews News: Calls for work, publications, misc ads and more!
Pre-note: September really does mark the rentrée! Of course, I am most proud of what this summer has brought to local novelist Nicola Keegan, with her first book “Swimming” getting her onto the front pages of Poets & Writers recent emailing, as well as interviewed in Laurel Zuckerman’s fabulous Paris Authors Web-blog at http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writer-news/. You can hear Nicola read Sept 30th. Her work only announces great first books to come from Paris-based authors, as novels from Canadian Lisa Pasold (“Rats of Las Vegas”), Janet Siskelian Charles (“Moonlight in Odessa”, Bloomsbury) and Margo Berdeshevsky (“Beautiful Soon Enough”, FC2 Press) are forthcoming this fall, alongside nonfiction memoir from a UK press by Caribbean-UK Paris-based author Christopher Vanier. Who knows—the 1920s may find itself outdone by this new generation? Anyway, see the packed listing below!!! Best, from Jennifer K Dick
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Part I) Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by date for the month :
9 Sept at 19h Marilynne Robinson will read from and discuss her novel “Home”. Hailed as "incandescent," "maginficent," and "a literary miracle" (Entertainment Weekly), hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled by Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. Now Robinson returns with a brilliantly imagined retelling of the prodigal son parable, set at the same moment and in the same Iowa town as Gilead. The Reverend Boughton's hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years away. Artful and devious in his youth, now an acoholic carrying two decade's worth of secrets, he is perpetually at odds with his traditionalist father, though he remains his most beloved child. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*9 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Former U.S. Ambassador to France Felix Rohatyn on steps towards economic recovery. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, his book Bold Endeavors: How our Government Built America and Why it Must Rebuild it Now, was recently published by Simon and Schuster Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
9 sept à 19h : Vernissage de l'exposition d'oeuvres de SOPHIE SAINRAPT "Les rires d'Eros", en partenariat avec arearevue)s(. L'artiste propose dans cette exposition vingt dessins (encre et lavis) Inspirés par le poème "Clitoris" d'Arrabal et quinze gravures illustrant les textes poétiques de Pierre Louÿs. «…La texture de ces oeuvres est comme jetée, c'est toujours la rapidité qui préside à son travail. Non pas la rapidité de faire mais celle d'une compréhension innée. La main et l'oeil chantent de concert le féminin joyeux" (présentation du livre de Sophie Sainrapt publié chez Area). (expo du 9 septembre au 4 octobre) AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
11 Sept at 20h30 : Concert !: JM Espitallier drums for PREXLEY ?/ at the concert la Suite with Fitzgerald + Compagnie Niza as well! AT: 27 rue de la Glacière. Portes ouvertes à partir de 19h. 5 euros.
11 Sept 20h30. Les Productions de l'Invisible : Paradise Now (2) Une courte histoire de l'art du XXe siècle en tableaux chorégraphiés, chantés, lus. http://instantnet.wordpress.com/soirees-a-venir/vendredi-11-septembre-les-productions-de-linvisible-recording-now/ La Société de Curiosités expérimente, depuis 3 mois, à Paris, 11e arrondissement, une autre voie quant aux relations salle de diffusion-artistes-public. La possibilité d'un autre vis à vis. Autre voix. Restauration de la parole, de procédures d'échange, d'implications réciproques. La Société de curiosités est un club privé dont vous pouvez faire partie en réservant à : lasocietedecuriosites@gmail.com. Elle comporte 1170 membres à ce jour. Site : http://instantnet.wordpress.com/ for full schedule of other events !!!
*12 sept à partir de 17h30. La librairie les Cahiers de Colette vous invite à rencontrer l’auteur français Iegor GRAN à l'occasion de la parution de « Thriller » Éditions POL AT : La Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23-25 rue Rambuteau - 75004 Paris, M° Rambuteau.
*13th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Mel Chase : "Home Bodies" (2nd reading). Deep in the wilds of Connecticut, a self-sufficient family happily raises chickens and hunts deer in the woods… Until Dad brings home a hitch-hiker. Who is he? Will he stay and become part of the family? Suddenly "skeletons" starting appearing out of closets, and things are revealed to be not at all what they seemed…Starring SARAH CANNER, PAUL CAVIN, TRISH KESSLER, TERCELIN KIRTLEY, JAMES MITCHELL, & MIKE POWERS. For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
13 sept, portes ouvertes à 19h. CONCERT ! Perry Argel playing with Matthieu (acoustic bass), Melissa (violin), Kevin (guitar, mandolin) and perhaps other friends (En français : Perry Argel joue avec Mathieu (contrebasse), Melissa (violon), Kevin (guitare, mandoline) et peut-être des invités) AT : l'Ogresse, 4 rue des Prairies, Paris 75020. http://perryleopard.free.fr/
*14 September 7pm - Mark Gevisser in conversation with Janine Di Giovanni about his book A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*15 Sept at 19h: Barry Gifford will present “American Falls: The Collected Short Stories” and will speak about “The Imagination of the Heart”, his final chapter in the saga of “Sailor and Lula”. The stories in this collection range in period, style, and theme from the 1950s to the present, from absurdist to romantic, from childhood innocence to murder and revenge. Weaving dark and light, sinister and comic, award-winning author Gifford writes about people America has given up for lost. Gifford is the author of more than 40 published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into more than 25 languages. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*16 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Thad Carhart on his new novel, ‘Across the Endless River.’ Thad Carhart's charming memoir, A Piano Shop on the Left Bank, become an international bestseller. Now he offers his first novel, the story of Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea, and his sojourn as a young man in 1820s Paris. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*16 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec ABHA DAWESAR pour son roman L'Inde en héritage (H. d'Ormesson). C'est à un portrait sans concession de la classe moyenne indienne que nous convie Abha Dawesar dans ce troisième roman traduit en français. Utilisant "la maladie comme métaphore", dans un style factuel, clinique et percutant, Abha Dawesar nous livre son roman le plus fort, le plus engagé, le plus féministe. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*16th Sept 7:30 p.m. Jamie Cat Callan will present and sign her book: French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love, a feel-good book about relationships that will dramatically change women's approach to men and dating. What Mireille Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat did for dieting, Jamie Cat Callan’s book does for romance and love. Her witty and insightful look at the love lives of French women encourages women everywhere to stop torturing themselves with fad relationship advice and learn to cultivate and enjoy the pleasures of love, romance and marriage. RSVP for this event, to books (at) whsmith (dot) fr with 'Jamie Cat Callan event RSVP' as the object. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
17 September, 18.30 to 20.00, admission free for double Vernissage. Gaz Killer Malachi Farrell & then 13 Graphic Studio Dublin artists. First, this kinetic installation in the courtyard displays Malachi Farrell’s signature style – recycled objects combine with high technology to create an absurdist form of social criticism. A frenetic choreography is set in motion by the movement of the public, drawing the spectator into the idiosyncratic space created by the artist. “Within the space of a Farrell installation, globalisation is imaged as a concoction of ridiculous contraptions gone mad” Artintelligence. Born in Dublin in 1970, Malachi Farrell lives and works in Paris and New York. Then: 13 artists respond to artefacts in the extensive collections of the National Museum of Ireland evoking the idea of Hibernia, the Romans’ name for Ireland, a land they considered to be at the edge of the earth and so cold it was barely habitable. The techniques represented in the show include woodblock printing, etching, collograph and carborundum by artists Jean Bardon, Mary Rose Binchy, Niamh Flanagan, John Graham, Jennifer Lane, Brian Lalor, Stephen Lawlor, Margo McNulty, Ruth O’Donnell, Geraldine O’Reilly, Tom Phelan, Marc Reilly and Robert Russell. Shows for both run from 18 Sept–22 Oct ! AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Tix/res at adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*17 Sept at 19h: Marilyn Yalom presents “The American Resting Place, Four Hundred Years of History Through our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds”. A sweeping history of America as seen through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, stunningly illustrated with eighty black-and-white photographs. The American Resting Place is the definitive history of the American cemetery. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*18 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec MARTINE LAROCHE, MICHELE LARROUY et d'autres membres des Archives lesbiennes pour la publication de leur ouvrage Mouvements de presse des années 1970 à nos jours, luttes féministes et lesbiennes. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
**18 Sept Celebrated musician and author Willy Vlautin (The Motel Life and Northline) will sign copies of his books : time to be confirmed 'This guy writes like the secret love child of Raymond Carver and Flannery O’Connor–just plain, true, tough, irony-free, heartrending American fiction about people living in the third-world sections of our country.' AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
19 and 20 Sept : 14.00 – 17.00 (guided tours every half hour until 16.30) Journées européennes du patrimoine / Open days at the Irish College Guided tours of the Old Library (insert link to Library page) of the Irish College including presentation of its treasures - three illuminated manuscripts dating from c.1500. Saint Patrick’s chapel, the exhibitions and the Médiathèque are open to all. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*21 sept 20h30: Spoken Word Paris invites you out to share work on any theme or their Theme of the night « school/l'école » AT : Cabaret Populaire "Culture Rapide," 103 rue Julien Lacroix. Métro Belleville or Pyrénées. See their webblog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/
*21 Sept 7pm - Sarah Hesketh reading from her poetry collection, Napoleon’s Travelling Bookshelf AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*22 Sept at 19h: Owen Matthews presents “Stalin's Children” published in France by Les Editions Belfond sous le titre: “Les Enfants de Staline” dans une traduction de l'anglais par Karine Reignier 'Stalin's Children tells an extraordinary story, spanning three generations of his own family, all caught up with the cataclysmic events of Russia in the 20th century.' In 1997, Owen Matthews became a correspondent at Newsweek magazine in Moscow where he covered the second Chechen war. He also covered the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and is currently Newsweek magazine's bureau chief in Moscow. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*22 September 19h30 A Night at the Movies: Judith Merians discusses ‘The Godfather’, how you pull people into a story and more. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*22nd Sept 7:30 p.m. Jean-Loup Chiflet author of the bestselling Ciel mon mari / Sky my husband ! series will present and sign his newest translation of The New Yorker cartoons: The New Yorker: L'Humour des Livres AT WH Smith AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
*23 Sept: Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00 p.m. (sharp). OPIUM MAGAZINE Brings you the Literary Death Match, which is set to debut—in French!—in France, on September 23, at Paris' Le Reservoir. Four magical authors will compete, including Frédéric Beigbeder: Windows on the World (prix Interallié) and most recently published Un Roman Français; Philippe Jaenada: Le Chameau Savage (prix de Flore) and most recently Plage de Manaccora, 16h30); Max Monnehay (Corpus Christine); and Mohamed Razane (Dit Violent).The event will be judged by David Foenkinos (author of Le Potentiel Erotique de ma Femme), Yorgos Archimandritis (author and Cultural Ambassador of France to the European Union) and Bo (plastico-pop musician).Immediately after the Literary Death Match, Bo will step down from the judges’ stand and step up to the microphone to perform, rocking the Reservoir until they throw us out.Hosted and produced by Todd Zuniga and Kevin Dolgin. AT: Le Reservoir: 16, rue de la Forge Royale, Paris 11. Remember that you can have dinner at Le Reservoir. For reservations call 0143563960 Cost: €10 For more on LDM, see http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/
*23 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: David Waller on Victorian literary salons: David Waller's new book, The Magnificent Mrs. Tennant, explores the remarkable life of this influential 19th-century matriarch. Born to modest circumstances in 1819, Gertrude Tennant rose to become one of the one of the most formidable hostesses of late-Victorian London. The greatest writers, artists and politicians of the age -- including scientist Thomas Huxley, painter John Everett Millais, poet Robert Browning and novelist Henry James -- clamored to attend her intellectual salons. Waller presents her rise from genteel poverty to member of the cultural zeitgeist, and discusses the influence of the late-Victorian salon. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*23 sept à 19h : Rencontre avec PASCAL MORIN et ANNE PERCIN pour la sortie de leurs romans respectifs Biographie de Pavel Munch et Bonheur fantôme (La Brune-Le Rouergue). Lecture par le comédien Thomas Gornet. AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
*24 Sept at 19h: Douglas Kennedy discusses his latest novel “Leaving the World”. From the bestselling author of “The Woman in the Fifth” and “The Pursuit of Happiness” comes a devastating new novel. Douglas Kennedy's novels, which include The Woman in the Fifth, Temptation, State of the Union, A Special Relationship and The Pursuit of Happiness, have all been highly praised bestsellers. His work has been translated into 16 languages and in 2006 he received the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*25 Sept 7pm - (exceptional time) - Special Launch of the new Paris issue of Five Dial Press with Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole) Joe Dunthorne (Submarine) and other writers. Five Dials magazine is a wonderful free online journal with articles from writers such as Arundhati Roy, Art Spiegelman and Ali Smith – you can subscribe at http://fivedials.com/fivedials and part of the charm is that you can print it out and enjoy away from the computer. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
*25 sept 2009 à partir de 19 heures A l'occasion de la parution de « Voyager avec Le Corbusier » croquis de voyages et études textes choisis et présentés par Philippe Duboÿ La Quinzaine littéraire. Louis Vuitton rencontre avec Philippe Duboÿ AT : Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue de Jouy, 75004 paris, Tel : 01 42 71 17 00
26 Sept 20.00, admission free Semaine des cultures étrangères. Outdoor screening in the courtyard of Neil Jordan’s epic film Michael Collins (1996) depicts the life and death of one of Ireland’s most important revolutionary leaders at the beginning of the 20th century. Opening with the Easter Week rebellion of 1916, the film highlights Collins new strategies for securing the independence of Ireland, his signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 and the ensuing Civil War which was to cost him his life. With Liam Neeson, Ian Hart, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn et Stephen Rea. (127 mins) **In case of bad weather, check the website on the day This screening is part of the FICEP’s Semaine des cultures étrangères, with theme « Sublimons les frontières ! ». Details on: http://www.ficep.info/ AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
26 September 14h00–18h00 Open House at the Library: tours, demonstrations, and activities for children. Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*26 Sept 20hOO THE SAW PROJECT (Le projet de la scie) de Chim N. au Studio Coriandre, propose une poésie-musique: concerts et "works-in-progress" réguliers (mensuel/bimensuel) autour de la scie musicale, son instrument de prédilection. Chim NWABUEZE: Scie Musicale, Etc. Philippe BERGER: Violon Alto, Guitare Participation: 10e /8e AT: Studio Coriandre, 86 rue Gaston Lauriau, Montreuil M°: Marie de Montreuil Tel: 06 17 80 61 49
26 et 27 sept : à partir de 13h : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Festival de films FEMMES EN RESISTANCE, salle Jean-Vilar, Arcueil. Informations sur le Festival : http://resistancesdefemmes.wordpress.com/
*27th Sept at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a play by Roy Lisker: "Unto The Third Generation" (screenplay) For more, see: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries
*28 September 7pm - David Waller, The Magnificient Mrs Tennant. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 35 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
29 Sept at 19h30. WICE World Watch@The Library: Frederic Eckhard examines 'The Responsibility to Protect' legal debate at the United Nations. The Responsibility to Protect, adopted by the United Nations Security Council in 2006 and now international law, says that when human populations suffer from gross violations of human rights - such as genocide or ethnic cleansing - and the home government either can't or won't do anything about it, the international community must step in to protect the people. It is an idea that has been percolating for years, with international lawyers continuously arguing whether there is a basis in international law for such an infringement of national sovereignty. Come learn more about this debate! Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
* FOR KIDS: 30th Sept 3:30 p.m. Theme: Children's books by Mo Willems including his newest title Big Frog Can't Fit In Pop-Up book. Big Frog is big. Quite big. So big this book can't hold her. But with a lot of help from some good friends, Big Frog will fit in just fine! Filled with exciting and unique pops constructed sturdily, and perfectly suited for little hands, this vibrant new pop-up book will appeal to Mo fans old and new. Mo Willems is a children's author who started his career as a writer and animator for PBS' Sesame Street. His first book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! became a New York Times Bestseller. His best-loved characters include the pigeon, the Elephant and Piggie Early Readers series, Naked Mole Rat, Knuffle Bunny, Edwina the Dinosaur, and Leonardo the Terrible Monster. AT: WH Smith, 248 rue de Rivoli, M° Tuilleries or Concorde http://www.whsmith.fr/
**30 September 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Nicola Keegan on her novel, 'Swimming.'
In her stylish first novel, Swimming, Keegan tells the story of Pip, who is tall, flat and supernaturally buoyant -- qualities she relies on in her efforts to become an Olympic champion. Swimming traces Pip's journey from a small Midwestern team to the Olympic podium in Barcelona, from shaky adolescence to a young woman confident in the power of her own body. Good Housekeeping called this book "a shimmering debut." Free and open to the public. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
*30 sept 20h : Poète/publique : Frédéric Forte vous invite de rencontrer Eric Suchère & Catherine Flohic (de la maison d’édition Argol). Dans le cadre de "poète/public", résidence d'écriture qu'il effectue au Comptoir des mots de septembre 09 à juin 10, Frédéric Forte vous invite, chaque dernier mercredi du mois à 20h, pour rencontrer un poète et son éditeur. Comment un auteur conçoit-il un livre de poésie ? Quel est le rôle de l’éditeur ? Les invités tenteront de répondre à ces questions, et à d’autres…AU :Comptoir des mots, 239, rue des Pyrénées, Paris 75020.*30 septembre à 19h : Rencontre autour de la revue d'art AREA n° 19/20 "Féminin Pluriel" en présence de plusieurs artistes et auteures. A l'occasion de la sortie du numéro double d'arearevue sur le thème de la création féminine, la revue s'interroge sur le développement du féminin dans la création artistique. Il n'y a pas de réponse unique, le féminin est pluriel et sa richesse d'autant plus grande. 40 ans après le début contemporain des mouvements de libération des femmes, où en sont les combats des femmes et la création féminine ? En lien avec cette parution, arearevue organise plusieurs manifestations dans Paris dont une exposition et un colloque au Sénat et une exposition dans sa propre galerie (info : http://www.areaparis.com/). AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
30 September 18.30, admission free. ExpoTALK – Rosetta Beaugendre presents the exhibition Ile d’Hiver et Gaz Killer. AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg, Métro Place Monge ou Cardinal Lemoine. Ticket reservation - adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com Or http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/ for more info.
*1 Oct at 19h Writer and artist Eric Karpeles will talk about his book “Paintings in Proust”. A captivating, colorful examination of the ways in which Proust incorporated artists and the visual arts in his work. Not only are there frequent references to specific works of art in À la recherche du temps perdu, notably during the narrator's visits to Venice and in his evaluations of the style of the imaginary painter Elstir, but certain characters are also evoked by comparison to particular paintings. Karpeles has identified and located the many paintings to which Proust makes reference; or Karpeles has chosen a representative work to illustrate the impression that Proust sought to evoke. 200 paintings beautifully reproduced in full color and texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation, as well as concise commentaries on the novel's evolving story, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of Proustians everywhere. AT: The Village Voice Bookstore, 6 rue Princesse, Paris 6°, m° St Germain, or Mabillon. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/
*3 oct de 21 h à 1 h du matin : NOTOPOS, Évènement de la Biennale internationale des Poètes en Val de Marne. « Aller-retour et vice versa », la Biennale internationale des poètes fait tourner l’Europe des poètes de 21 h à 1 h du matin de La maison de la poésie de Paris à Gare au théâtre de Vitry-sur-Seine. Pour recevoir leur communication, écrivez à communication@biennaledespoetes.fr Pour infos/adresses : http://www.biennaledespoetes.fr/
3-4 October Nuit Blanche 19.00 – 7.00, admission free all night all over the city to art, performance, cultural and civic events! For complete official information see the Paris schedule at: http://www.paris.fr/ or pick up newspapers and schedules on the street on the eve of the 3rd. Rest up, this is an all-night event!!!
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Part II) Writing (& reading !) Workshops in Paris this fall!!! (listed by start date):
Sun September 13th: One day Parisian Literary Salon on “As I Lay Dying” from 3-8PM (3 spaces remaining) The one-day Salons cost 45 euro (includes supplemental reading copies). If you are interested in joining the As I Lay Dying Salon, please let me know in the next few days so I can send along the opening notes. http://literarysalon.free.fr/ Toby Brothers, Parisian Literary Salon Director
Starting 17 Sept: CREATIVE WRITING: “A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine.” Emerson. First session September 17, 2009: Ten Thursdays, weekly class, 2:30 to 5:30 pm with 20-minute pause in the middle. Write poetry. Play with forms & other arts. Compose in journals. Read writers on writing, in a supportive environment. Allow your creativity to flourish. Free write. Read inspiring authors, edit, exchange, all in good company. Participate in a public reading at the end of the class. Be guided toward publication. Location: An atelier surrounded by greenery in Paris’ Ménilmontant neighborhood—near art centers La Maroquinerie and La Bellevilleoise. 84 rue de Ménilmontant (center for Tamaas Association, http://www.tamaas.org/), Paris 20ième, metro Ménilmontant, Pyrenées, Jaurès. Class led by poet, artist, and essayist Sarah Riggs, author of Waterwork, Chax Press ’07, Chain of Minuscule Decisions in the Form of a Feeling, Reality Street, ’07, Word Sightings, Routledge, ’02, as well as in French translation, 28 Télégrammes, 60 Textos, and 43 Post-Its (Attente, trans. F. Valéry’06, ’08, ’09). Riggs has taught creative writing at Columbia University in Paris, and has a doctorate from the University of Michigan in poetry & visual media. She’s had solo shows in Paris and Montreal, and is the director of the intercultural arts non-profit Tamaas, and an active member of Double Change, the bilingual French-American poetry association. Fee, 300 € Reserve for limited spots, Sarah Riggs, sarah.riggs@wanadoo.fr, 06.62.57.70.40
Starting 17 Sept 19h-21h for 7 weeks: Novel & Nonfiction Advanced Writing Workshop.
Starting Tues. 22 Sept: Judith Merians is coming back to Paris and will be presenting a monthly series of lectures on adapting books into films. The venue is the American Library, and the first date is Tuesday 22nd September at 7:30 pm. If you're interested here's the site:
http://www.america/ nlibraryinparis.org/index.php?view=details&id=154%3Aa-night-at-the-movies-with-judith-merians&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=807.
25-27 Sept : Parisian Literary Salons “READING THE BODY” Weekend intensive 25th-27th September, cost 220 euro. After a highly successful first Reading the Body weekend, Ann and I are offering a second study. I found the work of this weekend continues to strengthen me as I reach for a closer connection between the work of my mind and the body’s experience. Please see the Salon website for the weekend description. The cost includes all food, housing and supplementary materials. Please let Tony know if you are interested ASAP for more information. Details for all the Salons can be found on the website: http://literarysalon.free.fr/ Toby Brothers, Parisian Literary Salon Director
Starting Fri. 25 September: 19h00-21h00 Writing Workshop for young people at the American Library of Paris begins (ages 12+) Create, Edit, Share! Join us for a three-part writing workshop with acclaimed author, teacher and library favourite, Pedro de Alcantara. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris RER Alma Marceau or M° Ecole Militaire with a little walk. See the website for more information and info on signing up, at: http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
Various Workshops at Shakespeare & Co weekly : Evening Workshops on Weds and also a session now open on Thurs evenings, and “Another Writers’ Group”, the most affordable workshop in the city, meets Saturdays. Additionally, J Baxter is now offering private master class workshops via Shakespeare. Finally, Faber & Faber is also inviting authors to join them for workshops this fall as well. See complete and detailed information for each of these courses, their prices, info on signing or showing up, etc, on Shakespeare’s site at : http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/index.php?categories=110:1
EN FRANÇAIS !!!: à partir du 30 Sept : L'écrivaine CHANTAL PORTILLO, en partenariat avec la Mairie du XIè, propose un ATELIER LECTURE qui se tiendra trois mercredis par mois de 14h à 16h à la librairie Violette and Co. Dans cet atelier, Chantal Portillo nous invite à participer à sa recherche d¹écrivain qui lit autant qu’elle écrit : "Nous approcherons des écritures, des textes contemporains : romans, nouvelles, poésie, essais que nous lirons ensemble. Nous pourrons apprécier, ne pas apprécier, nous disputer, rire, pleurer un peu, mais partager. Nos lectures, nos étonnements, nos questions, et la préparation, la rencontre avec les auteurs invités. Une fois par trimestre, les participants de l’atelier d’écriture d’Isabelle Buisson nous feront entendre une sélection de leurs textes écrits en atelier, à la Mairie." Atelier ouvert toute l’année à partir du 30 septembre, participation gratuite. Renseignements et inscriptions au 06 87 49 96 40 AT : Violette & Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October 2009 Faber Academy WORKSHOP at Shakespeare & Co: “The Art of Novel Writing” with Sarah Hall and Andrew Miller. What makes a work of fiction convincing and effective? How can life, the world, its inhabitants and their stories, be processed by the imagination and distilled into words? How might a writer strike the right balance between those fresh early drafts and the ‘false velvet’ of the edited page? What is the relationship between art and reality, perception and representation in the novel, and who is the writer to broker such a deal? This course, hosted by the prize-winning authors Andrew Miller and Sarah Hall at legendary Left Bank bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in the beautiful and inspiring city of Paris, will investigate how key aspects of fiction - character, setting, narrative, dialogue and style - are alloyed to create literature with vitality and meaning. More information on the courses and the Faber Academy can be found at http://www.faberacademy.co.uk/
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications + calls for work:
PARIS AUTHORS WORK SOUGHT: or translations! Call for submissions: American author in Paris, Alexander Dickow invites your submissions to him while he is guest curating editor of a forthcoming special issue of the American online literary journal Ekleksographia (http://ekleksographia.ahadadabooks.com/). Ekleksographia is the cooperative literary journal of Ahadada Press, an international micropress of poetry and prose. The issue he is curating is dedicated to anglophone poetry in France, broadly defined (the issue will also include several francophone poets in translation, as well as a few notable mediators of "Francophonia" living in North America or elsewhere). If you would like to have your work considered for inclusion in this issue, please send by email, before Oct 15th: - up to 5 pages of previously unpublished prose, verse or concrete/visual poetry in English or in English translation, as an attached file in Word (.doc), WordPerfect (.wpd) or .rtf format. Visual work should be sent in .pdf format. OR - previously unpublished English translations of contemporary French or Francophone poets. If you wish to contribute otherwise to this issue of Ekleksographia, Dickow is also seeking translators and reviewers. If you are interested in these possibilities, or if you have other relevant inquiries, please write to him at alexdickow9@yahoo.com.
SEEKING PLAYS!: Contact Stephanie Campion to book a reading of YOUR play in English or in French. Moving Parts arranges for actors to complete a public reading of your work which is then followed by an audience-participation feedback session. Lots of fun, a great way to get new theatre work out of the writing room and towards a later stage presentation!!! Bookings now being taken for December 2009 and all of 2010; For current listings, see their website : http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ And to have a book of your own send an e-mail to Stephanie Campion at movingpartsparis@gmail.com or contact her on : 06 14 67 18 58
SUBMIT/SUBSCRIBE: to The Poker, which encourages its audience to support continued publication by making both financial and artistic contributions. The Poker encourages you to send poems, translations, articles, book reviews, books to review, and commentary. We invite criticism and debate. Essays by poets will be prized. Poetry by politicians will be ridiculed. Ideas for large articles, projects, interviews, and visual art should be queried before sent. Previous contributors include Rae Armantrout, Christ Pusateri, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Lee Ann Brown, Anna Moschovakis, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Hoa Nguyen. We prefer not to receive submissions via e-mail, but to our editorial address: P.O. Box 390408, Cambridge, MA 02139. However, the editor can be reached via bouchard@mit.edu The cost of each The Poker is $10.00, Subscriptions: 2 issues for $18.00, 3 for $24.00. Write the editor for international subscription postage price. All orders post paid. Make checks payable to Daniel Bouchard, and mail to P.O. Box 390408, Cambridge, MA 02139.
INNOVATIVE MANUSCRIPTS SOUGHT: for Futurepoem books, holding an open call for manuscripts during the month of September 2009. Futurepoem welcomes unpublished book-length manuscripts of innovative prose, poetry and multi-genre work during our open reading period. As part of our collective approach to editorial decision-making, a slightly different panel of guest editors read and choose manuscripts for publication each year. Our editors for this year are Eileen Myles, Bob Perelman, Kim Rosenfield, and Dan Machlin. The editors will select two manuscripts for our upcoming publication season, which will be announced by end of March 2010. Please follow the guidelines outlined on their website at http://www.futurepoem.com/submissions.html which also gives you the opportunity to order one of their fabulous titles!!!!
SITE TO WATCH : Oulipo’s new, youngest member, American author Daniel Leven Becker, has his new website up and running. It is a fun one to watch ! Check it out at http://dinnerlunchbreakfast.com/
SUBMIT POEMS: Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2009 Judges: Maura Dooley & Jamie McKendrick (Both judges will read all poems). Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250 (approximately $1,655, $827, $414) plus 20 prizes of £20 ($33) each and a prizewinners' Coffee-House Poetry reading with Maura Dooley & Jamie McKendrick on Monday 30th November 2009 for all winning poets Submissions: by Friday 9th October 2009. Both judges will read all poems submitted. For complete and detailed rules and directions, go to their site at http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes For other info see http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/ or http://www.troubadour.co.uk/
SUBMIT POETRY BOOKS: to AROHO's To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize will be awarded for the best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 96 pages of poetry postmarked by September 30, 2009. The $20 reading/entry fee is payable by check or money order to A Room of Her Own; please indicate “To the Lighthouse PPP” in the memo line. Include an SASP [self-addressed stamped postcard] with your package for notification of receipt. Your name and address should appear on the cover sheet only, along with the manuscript title, and your address and telephone number. The award amount is $1000 and publication of your poetry collection by Red Hen Press. The winner will be contacted by phone or email prior to the web announcement date. Send your manuscript along with SASP (self addressed stamped postcard), cover sheet, and check (postmarked 9/30/2009) to: A Room Of Her Own , Attn: To the Lighthouse PPP , PO Box 778 , Placitas, NM 87043. Get official cover sheet for this on their site at http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/To_the_Lighthouse.php
READ ONLINE now: Akilah Oliver’s interview in BOMB magazine that has just come out. http://bombsite.powweb.com/?p=3872
ANNOUNCING : de Lucien Suel : « La patience de Mauricette », mon deuxième roman aux Editions de La Table Ronde, après « Mort d’un jardinier », sera en librairie le 3 septembre 2009. Ce roman a été écrit entre août 2008 et avril 2009 alors que j’étais en résidence d’écrivain sur le site de l’Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale d’Armentières - Lille Métropole, au G18, dans le service de psychiatrie générale dirigé par le Docteur Christian Müller. L’action principale du roman se déroule à « La Clinique » du secteur G18 à la fin de l’été 2008, pendant les trois semaines d’hospitalisation de Mauricette Beaussart, 75 ans. La narration inclut des retours en arrière sur l’enfance de l’héroïne et les drames qui l’ont marquée. Entre chaque chapitre du roman, le lecteur découvre aussi le monologue intérieur de la patiente, une sorte de journal intime et instantané, un aperçu de sa souffrance intérieure. D’autres précisions et les premières pages du livre sont à découvrir sur le blog http://luciensuel.blogspot.com/ ou sur le site des Editions de la Table Ronde.
NEW BOOK FROM DUSIE Press: "Dusie Press (based in Switzerland) is pleased to announce its newest book, ‘The Contortions’, by poet Nicole Mauro. Don't miss your chance to support an indy experimental press, with what Dana Teen Lomax describes as, THE CONTORTIONS exposes our fearholes, our limited tenderest tongues, and our raw victual hearts. Wanting to touch to a terrible extent, Mauro's uncanny sound work and edgy wit will change your mind and dilate the rest of you..." Available TODAY!!!! Via SPD. Support SPD and other small press distributors, or order through local Paris bookstores such as Shakespeare, Village Voice or Red Wheelbarrow ! See http://www.dusie.org/ for more info!
PARIS PHOTOGRAPHER TO AFRICA !!!: Jennifer Huxta has embarked upon a long-awaited adventure to Africa this fall, where she will work as a volunteer in Uganda. To support her action, help by purchasing a photo or donating to her cause. OR just keep up on the adventure as it unrolls at her blog and website! http://www.laclandestine.blogspot.com/ or her site at http://www.jenniferhuxta.com/
MAGAZINE SEEKING SUBMISSIONS: The Honey Land Review. We are currently accepting submissions for our fall 2009 issue. Please feel free to review our guidelines today at: http://www.thehoneylandreview.com/Submissions.html Also worth mentioning is our graduate student (MA or MFA) spotlight feature. For those who teach at the graduate level please pass this call for submission along to your students as well! FYI: No bios please! We like to select work based upon its own merit!
NEW BOOKS OUT: by Fence/Fence Books celebrating the publication of “A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years, Volumes 1 & 2” with a Garden Party in NYC if you are there, Sept 12th or else help them feel the joy of publishing these volumes by purchasing a copy for yourself or a friend! If in NYC, these two fat books will be available at a pleasing discount: One for $20/two for $35. And subscriptions to Fence for $10! Readings every hour on the hour by editors and contributors including but not limited to: Peter Gizzi, Matthew Rohrer, Lynne Tillman, and Max Winter. Otherwise, order through local Paris bookstores or online at SPD or directly from Fence. See http://fencebooks.fenceportal.org/ for more!
NEW at WAVE BOOKS: Wave Books is also starting off the new school year by announcing the inaugural title of their Fall 2009 season: SELECTED POEMS by DARA WIER,encompassing work from 1977 through 2006. For complete info, & to order, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/77 For more on Dara Wier, including a schedule of upcoming readings, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/authors/47 Other WAVE FORTHCOMING TITLES in October: volumes by MAGGIE NELSON and RACHELZUCKER (Zucker is one of my, Jen Dick’s, favourite authors, so do get a copy of that or feel free to send one my way!!!) For info, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog?by=forthcoming All three Fall titles can also be purchased through Wave's SOFTCOVER SUBSCRIPTION, which brings the entire year's catalog to you, for $60. For information, visit: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/73
DIAGRAM FICTION ISSUE!!! Is up for free reading online: Yep, the end of summer fiction issue is up today and waiting for you to come give it a pet. At http://thediagram.com/. Here's what it has: 1. "Field Notes," a story from our 2009 $5 Innovative Fiction Contest winner August Tarrier, introduced by judge Brian Evenson 2. Erica W. Adams' story "Opening" 3. Michael Agresta's story "After the Party" 4. Kristina Born's story "Jack Twig is the Evil Pulse of Canada" 5. Micah Nathan's story "Simulacrum" 6. Lito Elio Porto's story "Airport Botany"7. Natania Rosenfeld's story "The Tenant" 8. Rhoads Stevens' story "Who Does What to Whom" 9. Jenny Zhang's story "The Empty The Empty The Empty" Additionally a number of killer schematics! So come and check it out, warriors of a certain kind of online literary journal love. Also a place for you to submit for future poetry or fiction issues!
NEW in FRENCH: en librairie le 26 septembre : “nEcrit” de Luc Bénazet, (éditions NOUS) (diffusion/distribution Belles Lettres). Pick up a copy, watch for readings!
Read & Submit: First, SHIRA DENTZ: announces her new chapbook! Get yourself a copy via http://www.tiltpress.com/index_files/Page1032.htm Second, when you know her work and can guess at her tastes, send some poems to Shira Dentz. For Shira is also the guest poetry editor for Quarterly West Review and is seeking good poems for the next issue. Email her a short submission at shirad@earthlink.net
NEW: Counterpath Press announces the publication of the following books: THERE'S THE HAND AND THERE'S THE ARID CHAIR by Tomaž Šalamun (poetry in translation), ROSE ALLEY by Jeremy M. Davies (Fiction), THE BRITTLE AGE AND RETURNING UPLAND by René Char, translated by Gustaf Sobin, foreword by Mary Ann Caws (Poetry, Translation) and Forthcoming: READING THE UNSEEN: (OFFSTAGE) HAMLET by Stephen Ratcliffe (Available Oct 15, Lit Crit), INCIVILITIES by Barbara Claire Freeman (Available Nov 16, Poetry: "Insistent scraps of language pushed beyond the possibility of narrative sequence by forms of destruction."—Judith Butler) and “SHOT” by Christine Hume (Available Dec 15, Poetry). Please visit
YOGA & Stretching Classes : PranaStretch classes and workshops with Ann Moradian At Levels I & II this yoga-based bodywork helps you to release tension, improve your alignment, posture and flexibility, deepen your strength, rediscover and reclaim your integrated self! ONGOING CLASSES from September 7th: Tuesday 9:30 - 10:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 Moving Encounters (Level III); Tuesday 2:30 - 3:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Thursday 19:00 - 20:00 PranaStretch (Level I); Friday 9:30 - 10:30 PranaStretch (Level I); Friday 2:30 - 3:30 PranaStretch (Level I) For additional information: www.affinitiz.com/space/perspectivesinmotion or email pranastretch@yahoo.com You can also telephone: 01-40-70-07-85 Workshop: PranaStretch Intense (for dancers) Sunday, October 11, 2009, 17:00-20:00 at micadanse in Paris PranaStretch in its original form, for dancers and professional movers, this fluid, breath-based work is intense but without strain. Using the breath to open inner channels and release blockages, we extend our energy beyond the body and out into space, and claim our power, ease and articulation. Workshop: Moving Encounters (for dancers) Sunday, November 22, 2009, 17:00-20:00 at micadanses in Paris Working with elements from yoga, the martial arts and dance, we will move from the breath-based work of the October 11th workshop, toward each other, toward relationship and into partnering.
NEW NOVEL OUT: by LISA PASOLD, her first novel, entitled “Rats of Las Vegas” even has a fun vid-trailer at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS76LGY3cqY. Synopsis: “Millard Lacouvy is a short, plain, fiercely independent prodigy in the male world of poker. She learns her craft in Depression-era Vancouver and then graduates to high stakes games on the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the trains fail to satisfy either her ambition or her need for security, she goes to Bugsy Siegel’s Las Vegas. There she is haunted by the handsome conman she has known all her life, and learns that love can also be a game of chance.” Published by Enfield & Wizenty, order directly at http://www.greatplains.mb.ca/wordpress/?page_id=345. Lisa Pasold: website: lisapasold.com or the Elsewhere blog: http://lisapasold.blogspot.com/
GIVE IT A READ : OCTOPUS! If you don’t know it, check out http://www.octopusmagazine.com/ and Octopus Books as well, selling their excellent poetry collections online at http://www.octopusbooks.net/
PARIS NOVEL OUT NOW: “Paris City of Night”, a new thriller by David D. Downie, is out now.The title tells much: Paris isn’t the alluring City of Light, but rather the City of Night, with emphasis on the N. It’s a shadowy place full of fraudsters, forgers, murderers, Homeland Security operatives and aging Cold Warriors. An orange alert is on, New Year’s looms in the form of a twinkling Eiffel Tower, and a bunch of fanatics on both sides of the terror/fundy divide are out to make life unpleasant for my antihero, Jay Anthony Grant, aka JAG. See more at the author’s website: http://http://www.davidddownie.com/Downie’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidDDownie
ENTER : Kudos Competition 1st prize: year’s subs to either Kudos or Orbis; runner-up: free copy of one of the magazines 50 word (maximum) short, short story, or a prose poem, which incorporates the words ‘North’ OR ‘East’, AND ‘gawky’. And you just have to email your offerings by September 30 (no attachments) to carolebaldock@hotmail.com
CELEBRATE : 2 years of collaboration at the REWORDS blogsite. Over 61 authors have become members of Rewords, begun in Oct 2007, many from around the world though the site began as a product of a Paris Nuit Blanche conversation, a game. DO go and check it out! DO become an official follower! DO consider becoming a reworder if you think you are ready to post regular poems online in reaction to others’ poems. All aesthetics and styles have been represented these past 2 years, from the most concrete sign-oriented even vid-poem work to formal explorations including strict metrics. http://rewords.blogspot.com/ Tell your friends about us! Spread the word on rewording!
30 August 2009
September Readings in Paris!
YES, it is rentree time. But I am still away. So this post is just a holder, an illusion!
Fear not, there will be a list up here by the 5th, but for anoyone needing to make it to a fabulous event beforehand, check out Dave Eggars at Shakespeare & Co on the 4th.
Best!
Fear not, there will be a list up here by the 5th, but for anoyone needing to make it to a fabulous event beforehand, check out Dave Eggars at Shakespeare & Co on the 4th.
Best!
29 July 2009
Aug Aug and AWAY!!!!
Alas, alas, there is no readings list for August! "Everyone" goes away on vacation. Or wants to be going away? Or at least they are here hanging out in a much more relaxed, emptied out version of the city, populated by more tourists than natives, with shops shut up for the month or part of it. With this closing up shop comes a sort of lovely relaxedness to Paris. Pressure is off, yet the city's charm remains.But if you are coming HERE to Paris for vacation, do not despair! The hard core permanent fixtures of the city are sure to help you get your reading fill in: check by Shakespeare and Co for Monday events and Sunday teas (if that is happening), look up Paris Soirees organized by Patricia Laplante Collins to see whether she will be around, and check with the other bookstores such as Village Voice, Red Wheelbarrow, The Abbey, WH Smiths et al as well as stop by the American Library site, Irish Cultural Center, and even try the Canadian Cultural Center to see whether they will be hosting anyone this sleep summer month!
I will be back with a RENTREE listing here at the end of the first week of September for you all! I hope until then that you will enjoy some good books on the beaches, be that Paris Plage or les plages de la côte d'azur!!! (Photo credit for the lovely sea image here goes to LocaSun the other one is a 1925 poster of the Tour Eiffel) 
So NO Paris,
and Yes to the BEACH!!!
See u all this fall
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