01 December 2009

Dec Readings in Paris: follow the word-trails leading us into a new decade

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