19 June 2010

More June Readings.... Yep, there is more to come in Paris this month!

ADDITIONAL Events & READINGS by DATE in June 2010 :
This supplement posting includes those listed on the other part of the June listing, but with a few pluses for these final, packed weeks of JUNE!!

For those who have the time this weekend, do not miss attending some of the Festival & Co events, next to 37 rue de la bucherie, 75005 Paris
http://www.festivalandco.com/index.php?page=516

Also: through 20 June : Annual Marché de la Poésie—hundreds (thousands ?) of readings, shows, workshops, booktables, signings and more for this Poetry Market year. Thumb through the events and check on new announcements at
http://poesie.evous.fr/ or Download in PdF format the entire programme: http://poesie.evous.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2703

*19 June SATURDAY: Festival & Co: a few things you might want to catch
14.00-15.10 Panel Table ronde What the World Cup Means for Africa: Four Writers Kick the Ball Around Panel chaired by
Mark Gevisser, with Breyten Breytenbach, Petina Gappah & Njabulo Ndebele
16.00-16.50 Philip Pullman Storytelling and Authority In conversation with Erica Wagner
17.00-18.00 Emma Larkin How to Write a Book in a Military Dictatorship In conversation with Steven Gale With a reading by Jane Birkin
18.10-19.00 David Hare Forty Years as a Playwright In conversation with Janine di Giovanni
Complete programme
http://www.festivalandco.com/index.php?page=516, in the tent by Shakespeare, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. Get there early for a seat!

*20 juin de 15 à 17h : TRILINGUAL Reading in English, Catalan & French with La Traductière and the Marché de la Poésie. Readers include : Claire Potter (Australie), Francesc Parcerisas (catalane), Jennifer K Dick (américaine), Denise Desautels (Québec), Bruno Doucey (France), Claude Held (France), Pierre Ouellet (Québec), et Patrick Williamson (Grande-Bretagne) on the theme of “Du poétique à la poésie”. Animé par Jennifer K Dick. BIO DETAILS: Claire Potter (Australia) http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=15572 who has a lovely chapbook out and a first book forthcoming *Francesc Parcerisas Catalan poet--the work will be read in French & Catalan.http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/79 * Jennifer K Dick see her blog http://jenniferkdick.blogspot.com/ for more. American reading in French & English *!Denise Desautels Québec poet, winner of General Gov award in 1990, who will read in French with English translations: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Desautels* Bruno Doucey France, director of Seghuers, reading in his native tongue. See more on him/listen to an interview: http://www.canalacademie.com/Bruno-Doucey-poete-casque-editeur.html*Claude Held France, reading in French as well: http://www.amourier.com/les-auteurs/49.php* Pierre Ouellet Québec--author of 40+ books: http://www.edvlb.com/ficheAuteur.aspx?codeaut=OUEL1008* & Patrick Williamson British poet based in Paris who will read from works in English & have translations presented. He has numerous books, the most recent of which appeared in a bilingual edition.http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/index.php?rub=poetheque&page=14&url=http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/poetheque/index.php?fiche_poete%26cle=495%26nom=Patrick%20Williamson). Come listen ! AT : Café de la Mairie, 8, place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice.

*20 June: SUNDAY Festival & Co: a few things you might want to catch
13.15-14.15 Mathias Énard & Raja Shehadeh Writing, Violence and Conflict In conversation with Natalie Levisalles (in French, translated into English)
14.30-15.20 Hanif Kureishi Writing the Suburbs, Writing the City In conversation with Steven Gale
16.10-17.00 Jeanette Winterson Please Don’t Leave Me - The World, The Story, The Self Introduced by Erica Wagner
Complete programme
http://www.festivalandco.com/index.php?page=516 ALL events in the tent by Shakespeare, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. Get there early for a seat!

20 juin à 15h30 en salle 100 Rachid Djaïdani présentera en exclusivité son deuxième long métrage, La ligne brune. As part of the 6e édition du festival Pocket Films, which is the18, 19 et 20 juin 2010. Entrée libre - Forum des images

*20 June 19h00 - 22h30ish. Paris soirées invites "CELEBRATED AUTHOR JAKE LAMAR AND SURPRISE LIVE MUSIC " For Expats Of All Origins, French and Visitors (All Ages) Happy Hour. Jake's Presentation. Dinner and Dessert . About our Guest of Honor: Jake Lamar, Author: Jake Lamar was born in 1961 and grew up in the Bronx, New York. He is the author of the memoire, Bourgeois Blues, and the novels The Last Integrationist, Close to the Bone, If 6 Were 9, and Rendezvous Eighteenth. He has lived in Paris since 1993. Please visit www.jakelamar.com + Surprise live music! It's €20 at the door. Reservations with your telephone number (Thanks!) on parissoirees@gmail.com or telephone +33 6 43 79 35 18. (Sundays telephone only. If you emailed me but didn't hear back, please call.) ADDRESS:At our friends' fun apartment in the Latin Quarter. m° St Michel. (Details with reservation) GREAT FOOD! Fusion cuisine. Lot's of vegetables. Free flowing wine.


*20 juin MOVING PARTS présente une lecture en français d’une pièce écrite par Jeff Taylor "Papy Payne" (en francais) Plus d’infos :
http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ ou Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

*20 June at 19h30: Rendezvous Dimanche master raconteur and prodigious writer John Baxter will unveil his new book THE PARIS MEN’S SALON. First editions will be available. Join us for an elegant buffet dinner in the presence of this prodigious author of over forty books, including bios of Fellini, Kubrick, Von Sternberg, Spielberg and Woody Allen. These evenings sell out quickly–please reserve today.
http://www.paris-expat.com/events.html#april Price: 75 euros, champagne included. Reservations: 06-70-98-13-68. or Terrance@paris-expat.com

21 juin à 14h30 Stephen Orgel ("editor" du /Conte d'hiver/ de Shakespeare dans l'édition Oxford Classics au programme de l'agrégation) donnera une conférence intitulée"THE STATUE IN THE GALLERY: Ambiguous Art in /The Winter's Tale/" L'accès est libre dans la mesure des places disponibles. AT : l'Institut du Monde Anglophone (salle 12 au premier étage)

21 June Summer solstice & the annual French Fête de la Musique is today! The Music of Women is the theme of this year’s Music Festival held from 6pm to midnight all over Paris, to celebrate the first day of summer.
http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/site-2010/

*23 juin à 19h : Rencontre avec LAURENCE VIALLET, éditrice, pour la parution du roman de KATHY ACKER Don Quichotte. Lecture par CATHERINE CORRINGER. Kathy Acker, née en 1947, a été l’assistante d’ Herbert Marcuse tout en gagnant sa vie en faisant du strip-tease et en collaborant avec des groupes punk. Elle a dominé la scène littéraire new-yorkaise des années 90 et meurt d’un cancer du sein en 1997. Chez Kathy Acker, don Quichotte est une femme qui, devenue folle après un avortement, se lance dans une formidable aventure : se faire chevalier errant et combattre les enchanteurs malins de l’Amérique moderne, en poursuivant “l’idée la plus insensée que jamais femme eût conçue. C’est-à-dire, aimer”. Elle erre dans un monde de mensonges et de faux-semblants, marqué par la brutalité des rapports entre sexes, la violence sociale, l’irrationnel religieux, l’oppression. Dans ce roman, qui est sans doute celui de Acker qui pose le plus la question du genre, du féminisme et de la liberté féminine, l’auteure offre un texte visionnaire, drôle, fou, insolent, savant, polyphonique, poétique en pulvérisant les frontières des genres littéraires. Catherine Corringer est comédienne et cinéaste. AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*24 June à 18h30 Lecture et présentation des nouvelles parutions aux éditions Mix. : Alessandro De Francesco, Redéfinition ; Jean-Baptiste Farkas, Des modes d'emploi et des passages à l'acte ; Daniel Foucard, ONE ; Giulio Marzaioli, Cadrans ; Noelle Renaude, De tant en temps ; Fabrice Reymond, Anabase. En dialogue avec Fabien Vallos AT : Michèle Ignazi, 4 rue de Jouy, 4e Paris. M° St Paul.

24 juin - Chris Kenna as part of the series : Tous les jeudis en juin, concerts "East Side Wrecking Crew" Concert
http://www.myspace.com/christopherkenna AT : l'Empreinte, 54 avenue Daumesnil, 75012

*25 juin à 19h30 Lecture de poésie de femmes par Sophie Bourel : « De Sappho à Marielle Anselmo ». Au cours de ce récital (créé pour la première fois en mars 2010 à l'Ecole des beaux-Arts de Tours), l'actrice Sophie Bourel traverse avec intensité siècles et espaces de poésie féminine. Elle lira Sappho, Louise Labé, Anna de Noailles, Catherine Pozzi, Marina Tsvetaïeva, Anna Akhmatova et d'autres, voix anciennes ou plus contemporaines. AT : la Librairie La Lucarne des Ecrivains, 115 rue de l'Ourcq 75019 PARIS Tél : 01 40 05 91 29. Métro Crimée, ligne 7

*28 June, 7pm In collaboration with the New York Univeristy in Paris, writers, poets and editors Dan Chiasson and Meghan O’Rourke will be joining us to read a selection of their work. Dan Chiasson is the author of three books of poetry, The Afterlife of Objects, Natural History and Where's the Moon, There's the Moon, and a book of essays, One Kind of Everything: Poem and Person in Contemporary America. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Chiasson is poetry editor (with Meghan O'Rourke) of The Paris Review and Professor of English at Wellesley College. Meghan O'Rourke is the author of Halflife (W.W. Norton). A poetry editor for The Paris Review, she is also the culture critic for Slate magazine and a founding editor of the web site Double X. She is the recipient of the 2008 May Sarton Poetry Prize. Her essays and poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Best American Poetry, 32 Poems, and more. Her nonfiction account of grieving in America, The Long Goodbye, will be published in 2011. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel.
http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*28 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: Follow the Shakespeare & Co event with a reading of your own at SpokenWord! Share your work on any theme or work on the theme of the night. Join SpokenWord Paris’ meetup group or see their blog at :
http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ LAST SPOKEN WORD OF THE SEASON!!! AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

*29 June at 7 pm: Paris Writers Workshop faculty members Alice Notley, American poet, and Matt Thorne, British novelist, will be reading from their latest works. Notley is the author of over 26 books of poetry and essays. Thorne's novels will be a pleasure to hear extracts of--so do not miss this great event!!! AT: The Red Wheelbarrow, 22 rue Saint Paul, 75004, M° Saint Paul

*29 juin à partir de 18h William Kentridge Signature de ses ouvrages et Conversation avec l’auteur sud-africain, Denis Hirson. À l'occasion de son exposition, William Kentridge signera, à 18h, ses livres. Cette signature sera suivie, à l'auditorium à 19 heures, d'une conversation entre William Kentridge et Denis Hirson, écrivain. AT : la librairie du Jeu de Paume et l’auditorium du Jeu de Paume, 1, place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, M° : Concorde (lignes 1, 8, 12) Bus : 24, 42, 72, 73, 84, 94

29 June 7:30–10:30pm I N T U I T I O N through Art In this fun and fascinating workshop, held entirely in English, you’ll learn to use fine art as a door to your intuition...and you will amaze yourself. Read more on Jane Grey’s new Intuition page:
http://www.hopeinparis.com/intuition For enrollment, please email Jane at jgrey(at)noos.fr Early bird registration through June 22

*30 juin : 17h-19h : Camille Aubade et Patricia Godi présenteront « Voi(es)x de l'autre » sur les poésies écrites par des femmes--et les poètes Marielle Anselmo, Jennifer K Dick, Marie Etienne et Marylin Hacker liront leurs textes en conjonction avec cette présentation-discussion autour du livre. Venez écouter ces poètes lire, à cette occasion, des extraits de leurs textes contenus dans l'anthologie ! AT : Librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles, 46 rue Quincampoix, 75003 Paris, Métro Rambuteau/Châtelet/Les Halles

*30 juin 20h : Suivre la lecture à la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles par la dernière soirée de la résidence de Frédéric Forte : « Poète/publique : rencontre » avec Bénédicte Vilgrain & Alain Berset / Héros-Limite Dans le cadre de "poète-public", résidence d'écriture que Frédéric Forte 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.

*30 June at 19h30 The journalist, historian, novelist and literary columnist Allan Massie presents his new novel, Death in Bordeaux. The author of over 30 books, Allan Massie was born in Singapore and brought up in Scotland. After reading history at Cambridge University he taught for fifteen years in Scotland and Rome. He has worked as an author and journalist since the mid-1970s. His most recent books are Surviving, a novel set in contemporary Rome, a family history called The Royal Stuarts, and a murder mystery, Death in Bordeaux. He is currently working on a sequel to it and on a non-fiction book about France 1940-2000, entitled The Spectre of Vichy. He writes a political column for The Scotsman and a literary one for The Spectator. He and his wife have three grown-up children and one granddaughter, and live in the Scottish Borders with dogs, cats, horses and hens. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau.
http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*30 juin à 19h : Rencontre avec l’association Mnémosyne et remise du PRIS MNÉMOSYNE 2010 : Allemandes au Chili de PAULINE BILOT. Née à l’initiative de la revue CLIO, Histoire, femmes et sociétés, Mnémosyne a pour but le développement de l’histoire des femmes et du genre en France, dans les universités et tous les lieux institutionnels, associatifs et culturels d’enseignement, de formation, de recherche et de conservation. Le livre primé cette année étudie l’histoire de ces Allemandes qui débarquent au Chili dans la deuxième moitié du XIXè siècle, actrices de leur destin et de l’histoire des deux pays. Mariées ou célibataires, elles choisissent de fuir l’Allemagne en crise. Correspondances et journaux intimes mis à jour dans cette histoire inédite de la migration se nourrissent de références aussi fondamentales que les notions d’ethnicité, d’altérité, de communauté, de citoyenneté et de genre, démontrant que l’”identité nationale” n’est pas qu’affaire de discours officiels tenus par les élites politiques. AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
www.violetteandco.com/librairie/A FEW EVENTS IN JULY!!!:*1 July at 7:30 pm: Paris Writers Workshop faculty members Sheila Kohler, novelist, Mimi Schwartz, memoirist, and Special Guest Paula Butturini, memoirist will read and address various aspects of Biography and Memoir. AT: The American Library, 10 rue Camou, 75007, RER-M° Alma Marceau

*1 juillet: lecture pour la sortie du nouveau livre « Autour/Around » de Michaël Batalla, traduit par Christophe Marchand-Kiss et photos. voir
http://www.dici-la.fr/publications-parues.php Lecture bilingue de textes de Michaël Batalla. (Les traductions en anglais seront lu par Jennifer K Dick). More details to be posted for the July 1st listing.

3rd July: 12 to 4pm SOS Help announces an exceptional opportunity to stock up for your summer reading at a one-off Summer book clearance Sale on Saturday July 3rd. Thanks to the generosity of our book donors, we find ourselves with a large stock in hand after the Spring sale, so we invite you to come along and rummage for your reading in the open air. Pack a bag of books for the exceptional price of 5€ - and help a charity into the bargain! The donated books are all in English - fiction and non-fiction - for all ages - and in good condition. SOS Help Summer Book sale: Outside AT: St Joe's Church, 50 avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris, M° Etoile
http://soshelpline.org/

*4th July at 7:30: MOVING PARTS presents a reading by actors of Dan Heching’s play "Sammy Gets Mugged" (in English) 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

*6 July : American Poet and essayist Alice Notley, author of more than 26 books, will read at New York University. Contact them for more information (or ask Alice on June 29th when she reads at the Red Wheelbarrow bookstore at that event). More details to be posted on the July 1st listing if someone can send me this info!!!

01 June 2010

READINGS & Events in JUNE in Paris, France

THE JUNE is all about writing in PARIS LIST:
Part I) Paris Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by dates in June 2010
Part II) Writing Workshops in Paris
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, new books & more!
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Part I) Events & READINGS by DATE in June 2010 :

*2 June 19h30 Evenings with an Author: A presentation by political satirist, novelist and memoirist Christopher Buckley, author of ‘Losing Mum and Pup.’ Christopher Buckley is a novelist and satirist known for his Washington novels The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Supreme Courtship Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia, and for his comic essays in The New Yorker and other magazines. The only son of conservative lion William F. Buckley, Jr., and his wife Patricia, Christopher Buckley made headlines in 2008 when he was fired as a columnist at the magazine his father founded, National Review, when he endorsed Barack Obama for the presidency in The Daily Beast. In 2009, he published a critically admired memoir of his parents, Losing Mum and Pup. Buckley, born in 1952, graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School and Yale University. His first book, Steaming to Bamboola, recounted his experiences in the merchant marine. He has worked as managing editor of Esquire, chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush, and editor in chief of Forbes FYI magazine. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*2 juin à 19h : Rencontre avec CAROL MANN pour la parution de son essai Femmes dans la guerre, 1914-1945 (Pygmalion). Carol Mann est sociologue et historienne de l’art franco-britannique et auteure d’une dizaine d’études et de romans. Carol Mann prépare actuellement une étude sur les femmes en Afghanistan où elle a créé une association humanitaire, FemAid. AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

2 June: 19h. HARLAN CHAMBERS, who's making his first appearance at Moving Parts this week, is also to be seen in a play in franglais - great fun (and free!) - on Wednesday Etre immigre en France... qui aurait cru que ca puisse etre si drole ? "Bienvenue a Paris" sera jouee au Refectoire des Cordeliers, dans une representation gratuite. Venez avec vos amis, vos grand-meres et tout le monde qui aime la comedie ! Voici la bande d'annonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oU_I1aWWWY

*3 juin à 18h30. « Avatars : entre réalité et virtualité, quelle est notre véritable identité ? » RENCONTRE-DÉBAT autour de VIRGINIE POITRASSON, ALAIN DELLA NEGRA & KAORI KINOSHITA. Projection vidéos de Alain Della Negra et Kaori Kinoshita : Neighborhood (2005) et La Tanière (2009) BIOS : Virginie Poitrasson, écrivain, performeuse, plasticienne et traductrice explore les frontières entre les genres et les modes d'expression langagiers et plastiques. Elle est actuellement en résidence avec le collectif Veg@ à Synesthésie dans le cadre du programme Écrivains en Seine-Saint-Denis, initié et soutenu par le Conseil général avec les villes du département. Dans ce cadre, elle a mené des ateliers de création d’avatars avec Karine Lebrun, artiste vidéaste, au Collège Rosa Luxemburg d'Aubervilliers. Alain Della Negra et Kaori Kinoshita, artistes multimédia et documentaristes, mettent en scène, entre autres, des récits d’avatars de joueurs, adeptes des Sims ou de Second Life. Dans les vidéos, ces hommes et ces femmes se racontent à travers leur double virtuel. http://www.synesthesie.com/dossier.php?idSection=1724&idFolder=1730&idSub=2020 AT : École Municipale d’Arts Plastiques Gustave Courbet, 51 rue Auguste Poullain / 93200 Saint-Denis, Tel : 01 58 34 39 94. Tramway L1 : arrêt Théâtre Gérard Philipe - Bus 255 : arrêt Auguste Poullain.

3 June 19h30 DISCUSSION--A Night at the Movies: Judith Merians on ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ making an unlikeable character likeable and the art of casting. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*3rd June 5-7 pm - With WH Smith Bookstore, and To celebrate the new film, Café Etienne Marcel will become the Sex & the City Café Every day there will be events & workshops inspired by Sex & the City. Tonight: "All that glitters" Dana Thomas, author of "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster" AT: 32 RUE ETIENNE MARCEL PARIS 2ème.

*3 juin : à partir de 18h30. Vernissage et lectures ! De septembre 2008 à novembre 2009, Nicolas Rozier a dessiné sur toile le portrait « intérieur » des écrivains qui lui sont chers : vingt-sept auteurs défunts réunis dans une galerie intitulée Tombeau pour les rares où Villon, Baudelaire et Artaud côtoient Ilarie Voronca, Gérald Neveu et Francis Giauque. Soirée accompagnée par des lectures par des poètes : Zéno Bianu/Jean-Pierre Duprey, Marie-Claire Bancquart/André Laude, Pierre Dhainaut/Maurice Blanchard, Yves Buin/Ilarie Voronca (chaque poète lira une de ses œuvres et une œuvre correspondant à l’un des portraits de l’exposition), Christian Noorbergen présentera les œuvres de Nicolas Rozier. Avec la participation de Marcel Moreau. AT : Halle Saint-Pierre, 2 rue Ronsard 75018 Paris.

3 juin de 18h30 à 21h : Vernissage de l’exposition « Etre femme » de Maria Buil. AT : la Galerie Les Singuliers.

3 juin - evening June Kickoff - avec Chris Kenna, Brandon Pusey et los Caballeros Simpáticos as part of the series : Tous les jeudis en juin, concerts "East Side Wrecking Crew" Concert AT : l'Empreinte, 54 avenue Daumesnil, 75012

*4 June 19h30 The Wandering Quill@The Library: Everyday magic - a literary evening featuring prose, fictional or autobiographical work by students from the Sections Internationales de Sèvres (S.I.S). There will undoubtedly be musical performances and, as always, a special guest speaker to entertain the crowd. Copies of the new edition of the magazine will be available for purchase during the course of the evening. We look forward to seeing you there! AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*4th June 5-7 pm - With WH Smith Bookstore, and To celebrate the new film, Café Etienne Marcel will become the Sex & the City Café Every day there will be events & workshops inspired by Sex & the City. Tonight: "The Best of Both Worlds: Combining French and American Culture" Laurel Zuckerman, author of "Sorbonne Confidential" and Elizabeth Bard, author of "Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes" AT: 32 RUE ETIENNE MARCEL PARIS 2ème.

4 et 5 juin à 19h30 Brokentalkers presents « Silver Stars » by Sean Millar.The sell-out hit of the 2009 Dublin Theatre Festival, “Silver Stars” is based on singer/songwriter Millar’s interviews with gay Irish men. "Extraordinary, its effect is simply devastating, the music remains endlessly consoling" The Irish Times "Beautifully orchestrated, brave, new and very, very good" Irish Independent. Free, réservation conseillée, in English. adoherty@centreculturelirlandais.com to reserve. AT : Le Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. http://url.emm07.net/t/52287/2920/9106705/2251/0, Tel: 01 58 52 10 30.

5 June 10h00-19h00 USED BOOK SALE all day AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*5 June at 7:00pm."K Barré 7 (Lectures + Concert)" Lectures : Alain Descarmes, P.P. Porro, Christophe Marchand-Kiss + Concert : AnnaO accompagnée à la batterie par Camille Ollivier ; AnnaO vit et travaille à Paris, elle est poète, musicienne et plasticienne. Son premier album « She was a Princess » est à paraître, imaginé par AnnaO & Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague) sur le label Kwaidan/the Perfect Kiss. Elle s’est produite en tant que musicienne et/ou en tant que poète au Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, aux Trois baudets, à la Maison de la Poésie, à la Flèche d’Or, au Glaz’art, etc. On vient de lui offrir une carte blanche à la Générale-Paris où elle a présenté une grande centaine de ses oeuvres plastiques (sculpture (bronze), peinture (feuille d’or, huile…) photographie), ponctuée de concerts et de lectures de ses invités et elle même. Elle prépare en ce moment sa prochaine exposition, la sortie de son album et une nouvelle carte blanche… Liens : http://www.myspace.com/annao et http://annaoetc.blogspot.com/ et http://www.youtube.com/user/byAnnaOetc Elle sera accompagnée à la batterie par Camille Ollivier : Auteur d’un premier recueil de poésie intitulé « Aucune Bretagne », Alain Descarmes donne de nombreux extraits de son travail à lire sur internet – récits, « instantanés », blog/atelier, roman en ligne in extenso, participations à des projets collectifs & revues (Runbook, Zaporogue, etc.). Il est également journaliste en presse écrite & web. http://descarmes.blogspot.com/ AT/Aux : Chiffons (bar) 90 rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris, M° ligne 4 - Marcadet-Poissonniers.

5 Juin, à 20h30 : La Cie Cirque Kallisti présente son duo de trapèze " Vol en Vers " dans le cabaret " 53 rue du Cirque " For any of you who know her, Frieda BK (aka hibou) will be performing in this !!!! AT : chapiteau Meli-Melo, Stade de Porchefontaine, 53 rue Rémont, Versailles, (RER C - Porchefontaine)

5 June : GOAL Annual Paris Charity Gala Ball. Tickets are still available. http://www.goal-ball.org/ GOAL is an NGO charity which since 1977 has provided relief and development programs to the poorest of the poor in 50 countries. http://www.goalfrance.org/v2/fr/indexfr.htm

5 juin : Violette and Co présentera la librairie pendant une table-ronde du Colloque “40 ans de pratiques féministes en Ile-de-France” organisé par l’Institut Emilie du Châtelet (info : www.mnhn.fr/iec), Museum d’histoire naturelle, Paris 5è

*5, 6 et 7 juin : Lancement de « ZARPATAEDO » - 3 jours de scènes d’art contemporain au Musée du Montparnasse, Frédéric Roulette, Guillaume Sarrazin , Guy Tzifkansky + lecture de poésie par Nina Zivancevic ! AT : Musée du Montparnasse, 21 ave du Maine.M° Mpntparnasse—sortie n° 2.

6 Juin, à 16h00: La Cie Cirque Kallisti présente son duo de trapèze " Vol en Vers " dans le cabaret " 53 rue du Cirque " For any of you who know her, Frieda BK (aka hibou) will be performing in this !!!! AT : chapiteau Meli-Melo, Stade de Porchefontaine, 53 rue Rémont, Versailles, (RER C - Porchefontaine)

*6 June 7:30 MOVING PARTS presents a reading of two short screenplays in English by Jerry Prillaman: MEDITATIONS: A poetic performance piece for four voices : two on, two off. AND INCIDENT AT PAPAGAYO'S Dramatisation in the form of a short filmscript of a true incident in Madagascar, 1967. Starring HARLAN CHAMBERS, BRIAN KENNEDY, MAURIZIO ARENA, EDUARDO CUE, JAMES MITCHELL, MURRAY SIMPSON and STEPHANIE CAMPION 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

*6th June 5-7 pm - With WH Smith Bookstore, and To celebrate the new film, Café Etienne Marcel will become the Sex & the City Café Every day there will be events & workshops inspired by Sex & the City. Tonight: "How to find your own Mr. Big" Jamie Cat Callan, author of "French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love " AT: 32 RUE ETIENNE MARCEL PARIS 2ème.

6 juin : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Forum “40 ans du Mouvement de libération des femmes” à la Flèche d’or, Paris 20è (info : http://re-belles.over-blog.com/)

*7 juin à 19h Double Change invites you to a bilingual reading with Jena Osman, Rob Halpern & Frank Smith. Osman and Halpern’s texts will be read in both English and French. BIOS: Jena OSMAN is the author of The Network (poem-essay), selected as part of the National Poetry Series, 2009 to be published by Fence Books in Nov. 2010. She has also written An Essay in Asterisks & The Character. Osman co-directs ChainLinks with Juliana Spahr and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Temple University. For more: http://www.temple.edu/creativewriting/faculty/osman/ Rob HALPERN has published Rumored Place (Krupskaya 2004) & Disaster Suites (Palm Press 2009). With Taylor Brady : Snow Sensitive Skin (Atticus / Finch 2007). Currently he coordonates with Kathleen Fraser an edition of work by Frances Jaffer, and he translated the first essays by Georges Perec of which the second, "Engagement ou crise du langage" (trad. "Commitment or the Crisis of Language"), just appeared in the Review of Contemporary Fiction. Rob Halpern lives and works in San Francisco, where he partcipates in the Nonsite Collective. Frank SMITH est producteur à France Culture, il y coordonne l’Atelier de création radiophonique avec Philippe Langlois depuis 2002. Directeur-fondateur de la collection ZagZig de livres/CDs aux éditions Dis Voir. Il a publié 4 livres de poésie : Pas, photographies d’Anne-Marie Filaire, (Créaphis, 1998) ; Je pense @ toi, (Olbia, 2002) ; Le cas de le dire, (Créaphis, 2008) et Dans Los Angeles, (Le bleu du ciel, 2009). Guantanamo, (Le Seuil, Coll. Fiction & Cie, 2010) vient de paraître. http://www.franksmith.fr/ http://www.doublechange.org/ AT : Fumoir du China, 50, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, Tél : 01 43 46 08 09 http://www.lechina.eu/fumoir.php or else: http://www.lechina.eu/ m° Ledru Rollin or, with a 15 min walk : Gare de Lyon & Bastille

*7 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: SpokenWord! Share your work on any theme or work on the theme of the night. Join SpokenWord Paris’ meetup group or see their blog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

*7 juin- 20h - Poétarium catalan#2 : Poèmes de l’alchimiste : Josep Palau i Fabre (Barcelone, 1917-2008). Poète, narrateur, essayiste et dramaturge. Il est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs experts au monde de l’œuvre et de la personnalité de Pablo Picasso, sur qui il a publié plus d’une vingtaine d’ouvrages traduits dans une dizaine de langues. Il a joué un rôle important dans le renouveau de la littérature catalane dans l’après-guerre, notamment en tant que fondateur et éditeur de la revue Poesia et comme organisateur de récitals. Lectures en français par Philippe Burin des Roziers. Entrée libre AT : Mairie du 2e Arrondissement de Paris, 8 rue de la Banque 75002 Paris

*8 June at 19h30 Ivy Writers bilingual reading with Joël Baqué, Nicole Mauro & Stephen Vincent. BIOS : Nicole Mauro is an American poet from CA who has published an interdisciplinary book about sidewalks titled Intersection: Sidewalks and Public Space (co-editor, with Marci Nelligan, ChainArts, 2008), a full-length poetry collection, The Contortions (Dusie, 2009), & the forthcoming Tax-Dollar Super-Sonnet Featuring Sarah Palin as Poet (Black Radish Books, 2010). She is the author of the chapbooks Odes (Sardines, 2003), Dispatch (co-authored with Marci Nelligan, Dusie, 2006), The Contortions (Dusie, 2007), Tax-Dollar Super-Sonnet (Pendergast/Dusie, 2009), Two-Dollar Bill (Dusie, 2010), & the forthcoming Mr.Water and Mrs. Quake (Meritage, 2010), part of the "H for H" (Hay(na)ku for Haiti) series edited, published and curated by Eileen Tabios for Haitian earthquake relief effort. Joël Baqué vit à Paris. Ses livres sont start-up aux Editions Le Quartanier (Québec), 2007, un rang d'écart aux Editions l'arbre à paroles (Belgique), 2003, angle plat aux Editions Hors Jeu (France), 2002 et une publication collective en Norvège, Audiatur katalog for ny poesie 2009. Joël participe à nombreuses revues dont (Action Poétique, BoXon, Nioques, Hapax etc…). Poet, artist and poetry and art book publisher Stephen Vincent’s poetry titles include Walking Theory (Junction Press), A Walk Toward Spicer (Cherry On the Top Press), Sleeping With Sappho (faux ebooks), and Triggers (Shearsman ebooks). Recent poems have appeared in Vanitas, New American Writing, Volt, Crayon, 26, Masthead, Onedit, & the Hamilton Stone Review. He is also a visual artist, & the Legion of Honor Museum, Logan Book Gallery, plants to exhibit his "Poetry Reading" Haptics and accordion fold City based works in the Fall of 2011. “Haptics” was the name of recent show of his drawings at San Francisco’s Braunstein-Quay Gallery. See more on Vincent's blog http://stephenvincent.net/blog/ The reading is FREE!!! AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol) 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles. See http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/ for more !

*8 June 19h30 Authors of prose and poetry, and editors/publishers: Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley and Laurel Zuckerman will share with you some of their experiences and thoughts on the topic of “Writers on Writing: Vehicles to get your work seen”. This will be a discussion on publishing techniques, from joining editorial boards of magazines to blogging or opening your own press. What do new technologies like Kendle have to offer? Whether or not to eBook, to Chapbook, to go with a minor press or one in the Uk vs USA vs Canada—and more! AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*8 June at 8:00pm "Performances - poésie action - musique" Dans le cadre de sa résidence d'écrivain en Ile de France, Jean-Michel Espitallier programme une série de soirées multimédias à haute teneur en collisions diverses et rencontres improbables. Le 8 juin :Chloé Delaume (lecture performance) Antoine Boute (lecture performance) Prairie Calmel (performance) Anne-James Chaton (lecture performance) Jerome Game + JM Spit (lecture performance + batterie) AT: La Java - 105, rue du Fbrg du Temple 75010 M° Goncourt ou Belleville

8 JUNE at 19h15: PSI Workshop on body language: Signal YES & NO clearly - Set your boundaries and protect your time! Do you know how to say 'NO' effectively -- even when everyone wants you to say 'YES' to what THEY want you to do or be? Saying "NO" can be challenging. Use new techniques to handle the stress of competing demands. Apply it at work and at home. Contribution? 15€ for the evening. We provide coffee, tea, and soup. psicommunications.com AT: a private home near metro Nation. Reserve by email or phone and we’ll provide the codes: Antonio 06 87 18 53 03 or email: antonio.psicom@gmail.com

9 juin à 19h : Vernissage de l’exposition de photos de DANIEL NASSOY “a-PARIS-tions II”. “Des colonnes rongées par le temps naissent des hommes de pierre / Des murs, des palissades, des rideaux de fer, de partout flottent les corps… AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

*9 June 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Historian Robert Paxton presents “In Search of Vichy France: An American Scholar’s Odyssey.” Born at Lexington, Virginia, in 1932, Robert O. Paxton received a B. A. from Washington and Lee University in 1954, an MA from Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar) in 1956, and a doctorate from Harvard in 1963. Paxton devoted much of his scholarly career to studying the Vichy régime of Marshal Philippe Pétain (1940-1944). The French archives were still closed when he began work in 1960, but he was able to draw from interviews with former Vichy officials and from German and American archives a view of the Vichy Regime quite different from what was generally believed in France at this time. Paxton retired as from Columbia University as professor emeritus of history in 1997. He is the author of five books, most recently The Anatomy of Fascism, written with Michael Marrus. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

10 June : at 17h. Writers’ drop in: Come meet director of WICE’s creative writing dept, Suzanne Allen, and other writers to share interest in writing, talk about options for courses and readings in Paris, make contacts and more!!! AT: Au Chien qui Fume, 33, rue du Pont Neuf, M°: Les Halles

*10 juin, from 19h-20h Theme « Menus propos » for the 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 françois Mitterand, large Amphi. Starts promptly, so be there on time !

*10 June, 7pm Special evening dedicated to the founder of the original Shakespeare & Company, Sylvia Beach. Keri Walsh, the editor of recently released The Letters of Sylvia Beach will discuss the life of this formidable woman as revealed through her correspondence. Keri Walsh is assistant professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles. Founder of the Left Bank bookstore Shakespeare and Company and the first publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses, Sylvia Beach had a legendary facility for nurturing literary talent. In this first collection of her letters, we witness Beach's day-to-day dealings as bookseller and publisher to expatriate Paris. Friends and clients include Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, H. D., Ezra Pound, Janet Flanner, William Carlos Williams, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Richard Wright. As librarian, publicist, publisher, and translator, Beach carved out a unique space for herself in English and French letters. This collection reveals Beach's charm and resourcefulness, sharing her negotiations with Marianne Moore to place Joyce's work in The Dial; her battle to curb the piracy of Ulysses in the United States; her struggle to keep Shakespeare and Company afloat during the Depression; and her complicated affair with the French bookstore owner Adrienne Monnier. These letters also recount Beach's childhood in New Jersey; her work in Serbia with the American Red Cross; her internment in a German prison camp; and her friendship with a new generation of expatriates in the 1950s and 1960s. Beach was the consummate American in Paris and a tireless champion of the avant-garde. Her warmth and wit made the Rue de l'Odéon the heart of modernist Paris. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*10 June 7-9pm Love, Sex and Middle-Age Edith Kunz author of FATALE: How French Women Do It and The Merits of Middle-Aged Men and Where to Find Them joins Terrance for a lively discussion of the French national pastime-flirting and falling in love. AT: Where: Restaurant des Beaux-Arts, 80 rue Mazarin, Paris 75006, M°: Odéon Tickets: 20 euro includes charcuterie and complimentary glass of wine Reservations: Terrance@paris-expat.com or 06-70-98-13-68

10 June : 6th Annual Joke Contest at Toastmasters !!! Guests are always welcome to visit this lively and friendly public speaking group. Guests are never expected to give a speech! Club members will compete in the annual hilarious Joke Contest on Thursday, June 10. The last meeting of the season is Thursday, June 24. Learn all about Toastmasters, our location, and what happens at a meeting: http://www.toastmasters75.org

10 juin - Brandon Pusey as part of the series : Tous les jeudis en juin, concerts "East Side Wrecking Crew" Concert http://www.bpuseyband.com/ AT : l'Empreinte, 54 avenue Daumesnil, 75012

*11 juin 14h30 – 17h30 : « Littérature et mathématiques : Séance autour de Jacques Roubaud » 14h30 : « La représentation populaire de la suite de Fibonacci : Internet et romans de gare » par Anne Larue (Littérature comparée, Paris 13) 15h15 : « Mathématiques en poésie : sextines, spirales, et compagnie » par Michèle Audin (Mathématiques, Strasbourg) 16h15 : « Le singe et l’ordinateur » par Anne Garréta (Littérature, Rennes 2) 17h : « Petite algèbre et grand nombre » par Jacques Roubaud. Cette séance a été organisée par groupe j groupe de recherche en poétique historique et comparée (CELAM – Université Rennes 2), LILA et DMA (Départements de Littérature et de Mathématiques, ENS) AT : ENS, rue d’Ulm, Paris (Salle Henri Cartan)

*12 June at 7:30pm Bloomsday!!! Irish Senator David Norris presents his famous one man show on James Joyce. In English. FREE. AT: Irish Cultural Centre (in the courtyard) 5 rue des Irlandais Paris 5e http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com/

12 et/ou 13 juin : Violette and Co tient une table de vente au Forum de la Marche mondiale des femmes, Montreuil (info : http://www.mmf-france.fr/)

**13-20th June : 33rd Annual Festival Franco-Anglaise de la poésie. A series of readings, poetics discussions, art and music shows will happen all week long in conjunction with the publication of this year’s issue of La Traductière (present at their stand, on sale, at the Marché de la poésie, too) See their entire week’s events list at : http://www.festrad.com/f/0activ.html

*14 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: SpokenWord! Share your work on any theme or work on the theme of the night. Join SpokenWord Paris’ meetup group or see their blog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

*14 juin, de 18h30 à 23h : Bipval vous proposent quatre créateurs qui ont su s’emparer de l’informatique pour proposer de nouvelles approches d’écriture. - Jean-Pierre Balpe, Annie Abrahams, Philippe Boisnard et Emmanuel Rabu. Une part importante des créations d’aujourd’hui se produit dans des espaces qui jusque là n’étaient pas les siens : poésie-média, vidéo-poésie, holo-poésie, poésie générative. Le médium ordinateur a fait exploser ses possibilités d’expression. … « Écrans de toutes sortes, performances, ordinateurs, installations, réseau Internet, depuis quelques années, la poésie s’est emparée des possibilités multiples d’expression que les nouvelles technologies proposent aux artistes : interactive, générative, collaborative, performative, multimédia, elle est aujourd’hui sortie très largement du livre qui fut pendant six siècles son support privilégié pour renouer avec des pratiques antérieures mais occultées pendant cette période : jeu, improvisation, variations, dynamisme, collaboration avec d’autres pratiques artistiques… Une part importante des créations d’aujourd’hui se produit donc dans des espaces qui jusque là n’étaient pas les siens : poésie-média, vidéo-poésie, holo-poésie, poésie générative. Le médium ordinateur a fait exploser ses possibilités d’expression. » J-P Balpe AT : MOTIF, 6 Villa Marcel Lods – Paris 19e Entrée libre

14 June 7:29 pm - 9:29 pm Launch meeting of Speech Masters, a new Advanced Toastmasters club in Paris for public speaking. This launch meeting will feature speeches by Toastmasters' Governor for France, Jill Jacquot; the Champion of the Evaluation Contest for France, Nancy Norton and the Champion of the International Speech Contest for continental Europe, Bob Mohl. Plus short speeches improvised on the spot by several other entertaining speakers. The meeting is followed by a dinner. At: Latina Lounge near metro George V. For more details and sign up: http://www.parisspeechmasters.com/

**15 June at 19h30 Ivy Writers second bilingual reading this month with RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS and J-P AUXEMERY is tonight!!! BIOS : Ron Silliman said that award-winning United States poet and Critic Rachel Blau DuPlessis’ long poem project “Drafts” “…is proving to be one of the major poetic achievements of our time.” Begun in 1986, it is collected in Pitch: Drafts 77-95 (2010), in Torques: Drafts 58-76 (2007), in Drafts 39-57, Pledge, with Draft unnumbered: Précis (2004), all from Salt Publishing, as well as in Drafts 1-38, Toll (Wesleyan U.P., 2001). The Collage Poems of Drafts is forthcoming from Salt in fall 2010. Patrick Pritchett said of these: “DuPlessis has created one of the most sustained and magnificent meditations written by a contemporary poet on loss, presence, and the haunting persistence of language to redeem what has vanished ….”. But DuPlessis is also an acclaimed critical writer, having published the books of essays, Blue Studios: Poetry and Its Cultural Work (2006), The Pink Guitar: Writing as Feminist Practice (1990/2006) both from University of Alabama Press, along with Genders, Races, and Religious Cultures in Modern American Poetry, 1908-1934 (Cambridge University Press, 2001). Her recently completed critical book is Purple Passages: Patriarchal Poetry and its Ends. She has edited The Selected Letters of George Oppen (1990). Her work has been translated into French (by J-P Auxémery & Chris Tysh), Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Serbian. She has received a Pew Fellowship for Artists, a residency at the Rockefeller Study Center at Bellagio, Italy & a fellowship at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina. Her poetry can be heard on PENNSound, & her websites are http://rachelblauduplessis.com/ & also: http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/duplessis J-P AUXEMERY: est l’auteur de 9 recueils de poésie, « Distances, et c’est » (H.C., Dakar, 1979), « L’abolition de l’esclavage » ( Le Lumen, 1980), « Le centre de gravité » (Bedou, 1984), « le feu l’ombre » (Bedou, 1987), « Parafe » (Flammarion, 1994), « es-tu… » (Tétras-Lyre (Belgique), 1997 avec image de Michel Barzin), « Codex » (Flammarion, 2001), « Les Aphorismes du pire »( Le Taillis Pré (Belgique), 2004) et « Les Animaux industrieux » (Flammarion, 2007—qui a gagné le prix Artaud 2008) ainsi que le récit « Les Actes d’Hélène » (Ulysse Fin de Siècle, 2000). Parmi ses traductions de l’anglais, du latin et du Grec moderne on trouve les traductions de Charles Olson: « Les Poèmes de Maximus » (Julien Ségura), « Au travers de l‘espace et du temps » (H.C., Thiviers, 1984) et « Maximus amant du monde » (Ulysse Fin de Siècle, 1989) ; de Charles Reznikoff, de Leslie Scalapino « La foule et pas le soir ou la lumière » (Royaumont, 1992), d’Ezra Pound, d’H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), de Robert Creeley, de Clayton Eshleman, de Michael Gizzi , de Kenneth Koch, de Michaël Hartnett, de Rachel Blau DuPlessis : « Essais, quatre poèmes » (Créaphis/Un bureau sur l’Atlantique, 1995), de William Carlos Williams, de Titos Patrikios et de Catulle : « Catullus, petit chien » (Tristram, 1999). Auxémery a écrit la préface et participé à la traduction de : Démosthène Agrafiotis, (Epigraphies, Ulysse Fin de Siècle, 2003) aussi. Il est actuellement en train de préparer deux volumes de Nathaniel Tarn. Un livre d’entretiens par Auxémery a paru à la Médiathèque François-Mitterrand, Poitiers, 2004 : « Pow Wow », L’atelier de Claude Margat, avec des photographies d’Auxeméry. The reading is FREE!!! AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol) 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles. See http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com/ for more !

*16 June at 19h30 : Keri Walsh presents “The Letters of Sylvia Beach”at the American Library in Paris. Keri Walsh, an assistant professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, has edited a collection of the letters of Sylvia Beach, the founder of the legendary Paris bookstore, Shakespeare & Co. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*16 June at 19h Sarah Riggs and Michelle Noteboom are reading at Michèle Ignazi for their respective sorties : Hors-cage (éditions de l'attente tr par Frédéric Forte) and Chaîne de décisions minuscules dans la forme d'une sensation (traduit par Stéphane Bouquet, Virginie Lalucq, Jérôme Mauche, Eric Suchère et Bénédicte Vilgrain : chez le Bleu du Ciel, juin 2010) AT : Michèle Ignazi, 4 rue de Jouy, 4e Paris. M° St Paul.

*16 juin à 19h30 : LECTURE de CLAUDE BER pour la sortie de « LE LIVRE LA TABLE LA LAMPE » Ed. le Grand Incendie juin 2010 : Ce texte dédié aux deux « René », le poète René Char et le commandant de compagnie FFI René Issaurat entrelace l’évocation du père résistant et l’interrogation sur le sens du poème Initialement publié dans la revue le Nouveau Recueil, il est ici accompagné de photographies et de documents inédits sur la Résistance dans les Alpes Maritimes AT : le MARCHÉ DE LA POÉSIE DE PARIS BARAQUE E6, Place Saint Sulpice

16 JUNE at 19h15: PSI’s Once-a-month event: STAGE FLIGHT! Come play with us!: Fly through your next interview or presentation! Join us for our Stage Flight workshops to learn communication tools and improv games to improve your performance when you're in the spotlight! It's an evening of good humor and discovery! Welcome if you are new to improv -- you already know how to play! psicommunications.com Contribution? 15€ for the evening. We provide coffee, tea, and soup. psicommunications.com AT: a private home near metro Nation. Reserve by email or phone and we’ll provide the codes: Antonio 06 87 18 53 03 or email: antonio.psicom@gmail.com

*17th June 7:00 p.m. Nicola Keegan will present and sign her first novel "Swimming."Available in paperback from 1st July. Exclusive advance sale of the paperback at the event. A spectacular debut about the rise of an Olympic champion—a novel about competition, obsession, the hunger for victory, and a young girl with an unsinkable spirit struggling to stay afloat in the only way she can. Swimming is the story of Pip’s journey from a small Midwestern swim team to her first state meet, her brutal professional training, and the final, record-breaking swims that lead to her dizzying ascent to the Olympic podium in Barcelona. It’s the story of a girl who discovers, in the loneliness of adolescence, in the family tragedies that threaten to engulf her, the resilience of the human spirit and the spectacular power of her own body. A ferociously original novel, sparkling with wit and blazing with emotionAT: WH Smith, 248, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris M° Concorde Exit: rue Cambon. For more info: http://www.whsmith.fr/ They would like you to RESERVE, so see the site for details.

*17 juin : dès 21h : Dans le cadre de la résidence du collectif Poésie is not dead (T.V.La.S.Un.Or. et Thomas Fernier ; Anne-Sophie Terrillon et Christophe Acker) aux Voûtes, nous vous invitons à une rencontre humaine et artistique peu commune qui réunira autour de la poésie, des musiciens, vidéastes et photographes. Soirée exceptionnelle avec des lectures par des poètes internationaux autour d’un verre de l’amitié. Avec : Denise Desautels [Québec], Jean-Marc Desgent [Québec], Kim Doré [Québec], Georgette Leblanc [Acadie], Julia Musté [France] et Samira Negrouche [Algérie] (ENTREE LIBRE) Rendez-vous aux Voûtes, 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris (métro ligne 14 : Bibliothèque François Mitterrand ; métro ligne 6 : Quai de la Gare)

17 juin - Caballeros Simpáticos as part of the series : Tous les jeudis en juin, concerts "East Side Wrecking Crew" http://perryleopard.free.fr/ Concert AT : l'Empreinte, 54 avenue Daumesnil, 75012

**17-20 June : Annual Marché de la Poésie—hundreds (thousands ?) of readings, shows, workshops, booktables, signings and more for this Poetry Market year. Thumb through the events and check on new announcements at http://poesie.evous.fr/ or Download in PdF format the entire programme: http://poesie.evous.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2703

17 au 19 juin : Multilingual cultural events around the theme of sustainable development : Formation européenne sur la thématique du développement durable dans les lieux culturels. Dans ce cadre, nous proposons 3 soirées en anglais ouvertes au public. Autour de propositions théâtrales et chorégraphiques, nous nous ré-interrogerons sur notre comportement et notre rapport au monde avec une approche globale écologique, sociale, économique et culturelle. Le samedi 19 juin, une présentation des stratégies développées pendant la formation seront présentées sous forme de Pecha Kucha et sera suivi d’une discussion. Les participants à la formation viennent d’Espagne, Portugal, Croatie, Roumanie, Allemagne, Italie, Luxembourg, Grande Bretagne, Suède... Pour plus d’informations : Flyer sur le site http://www.mainsdoeuvres.org/article929.html ou OR FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EVENTS IN ENGLISH, please go to : http://www.mainsdoeuvres.org/article930.html AT: l’Avant Rue, Paris 17ème

**18th - 20th June from 11am to 7pm: An international collection of authors, poets, essayists and dramatists are converging on Paris. Shakespeare & Co. is holding their fourth bi-annual literary festival packing readings, panel discussions and performances into a three day weekend: THE FESTIVAL: 4th edition. There will be readings and discussions with superb and exciting authors on the theme “Storytelling and Politics”. There will be books in French at a L'arbre à Lettres stand, delicious coffee at the Caféothèque stand and unbelievable sandwiches at the Bob's Kitchen stand. Between events, Storytellers will be randomly roaming the square recounting stories. There will also be some events in the evening so check our festival website: http://www.festivalandco.com/ - Oh and it's all free and most events will be in English and in French. During the festival, we will be launching a literary magazine and a literary prize ! So come along that weekend and it will be magical ! Some of the authors include : Martin Amis, Fatima Bhutto on « Politics and violence in Pakistan », Zena Edwards with her slam poetry, Hanif Kureishi, Philip Pullman, Will Self on « Sex, Death and Laughter in the Dark », Jeanette Winterson and many others… Come also to our evening with London’s 5 x 15, with speakers including Beth Orton!!! in the Square Réné Viviani which is directly next to Shakespeare & Company: 37 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5e

*18 juin : dès 21h : Poésie is not dead: 2ème soirée, avec des lectures de Paul Bogaert [Belgique], Mario Campana [Equateur], Maxime Hanchir [Belgique], Amadou Lamine Sall [Sénégal], Jérôme Nicolle [France] et Michel A Thérien [Canada, Ontario] dans le cadre de la résidence du collectif Poésie is not dead (T.V.La.S.Un.Or. et Thomas Fernier ; Anne-Sophie Terrillon et Christophe Acker) aux Voûtes, nous vous invitons à une rencontre humaine et artistique peu commune qui réunira autour de la poésie, des musiciens, vidéastes et photographes. (ENTREE LIBRE) Rendez-vous aux Voûtes, 19 rue des Frigos 75013 Paris (métro ligne 14 : Bibliothèque François Mitterrand ; métro ligne 6 : Quai de la Gare)

*18 juin à 20 h Bilingual English-French reading : Lecture bilingue organisée conjointement par le Festival franco-anglais de poésie et les éditions de l’Hexagone, à Montréal AT : Café de Flore (172, boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 7e, M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés) For more activities linked to the Traductière this week, see : http://www.festrad.com/f/0activ.html

*20 juin de 15 à 17h : TRILINGUAL Reading in English, Catalan & French with La Traductière and the Marché de la Poésie. Readers include : Claire Potter (Australie), Francesc Parcerisas (catalane), Jennifer K Dick (américaine), Denise Desautels (Québec), Bruno Doucey (France), Claude Held (France), Pierre Ouellet (Québec), et Patrick Williamson (Grande-Bretagne) on the theme of “Du poétique à la poésie”. Animé par Jennifer K Dick. Come listen ! AT : Café de la Mairie, 8, place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice.

*20 juin MOVING PARTS présente une lecture en français d’une pièce écrite par Jeff Taylor "Papy Payne" (en francais) Plus d’infos : http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ ou Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

*20 June at 19h30: Rendezvous Dimanche master raconteur and prodigious writer John Baxter will unveil his new book THE PARIS MEN’S SALON. First editions will be available. Join us for an elegant buffet dinner in the presence of this prodigious author of over forty books, including bios of Fellini, Kubrick, Von Sternberg, Spielberg and Woody Allen. These evenings sell out quickly–please reserve today. http://www.paris-expat.com/events.html#april Price: 75 euros, champagne included. Reservations: 06-70-98-13-68. or Terrance@paris-expat.com

21 juin à 14h30 Stephen Orgel ("editor" du /Conte d'hiver/ de Shakespeare dans l'édition Oxford Classics au programme de l'agrégation) donnera une conférence intitulée"THE STATUE IN THE GALLERY: Ambiguous Art in /The Winter's Tale/" L'accès est libre dans la mesure des places disponibles. AT : l'Institut du Monde Anglophone (salle 12 au premier étage)

*21 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: SpokenWord! Share your work on any theme or work on the theme of the night. Join SpokenWord Paris’ meetup group or see their blog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

21 June Summer solstice & the annual French Fête de la Musique is today! The Music of Women is the theme of this year’s Music Festival held from 6pm to midnight all over Paris, to celebrate the first day of summer. http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/site-2010/

*23 juin à 19h : Rencontre avec LAURENCE VIALLET, éditrice, pour la parution du roman de KATHY ACKER Don Quichotte. Lecture par CATHERINE CORRINGER. Kathy Acker, née en 1947, a été l’assistante d’ Herbert Marcuse tout en gagnant sa vie en faisant du strip-tease et en collaborant avec des groupes punk. Elle a dominé la scène littéraire new-yorkaise des années 90 et meurt d’un cancer du sein en 1997. Chez Kathy Acker, don Quichotte est une femme qui, devenue folle après un avortement, se lance dans une formidable aventure : se faire chevalier errant et combattre les enchanteurs malins de l’Amérique moderne, en poursuivant “l’idée la plus insensée que jamais femme eût conçue. C’est-à-dire, aimer”. Elle erre dans un monde de mensonges et de faux-semblants, marqué par la brutalité des rapports entre sexes, la violence sociale, l’irrationnel religieux, l’oppression. Dans ce roman, qui est sans doute celui de Acker qui pose le plus la question du genre, du féminisme et de la liberté féminine, l’auteure offre un texte visionnaire, drôle, fou, insolent, savant, polyphonique, poétique en pulvérisant les frontières des genres littéraires. Catherine Corringer est comédienne et cinéaste. AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

24 juin - Chris Kenna as part of the series : Tous les jeudis en juin, concerts "East Side Wrecking Crew" Concert http://www.myspace.com/christopherkenna AT : l'Empreinte, 54 avenue Daumesnil, 75012

*25 juin à 19h30 Lecture de poésie de femmes par Sophie Bourel : « De Sappho à Marielle Anselmo ». Au cours de ce récital (créé pour la première fois en mars 2010 à l'Ecole des beaux-Arts de Tours), l'actrice Sophie Bourel traverse avec intensité siècles et espaces de poésie féminine. Elle lira Sappho, Louise Labé, Anna de Noailles, Catherine Pozzi, Marina Tsvetaïeva, Anna Akhmatova et d'autres, voix anciennes ou plus contemporaines. AT : la Librairie La Lucarne des Ecrivains, 115 rue de l'Ourcq 75019 PARIS Tél : 01 40 05 91 29. Métro Crimée, ligne 7

*28 June, 7pm In collaboration with the New York Univeristy in Paris, writers, poets and editors Dan Chiasson and Meghan O’Rourke will be joining us to read a selection of their work. Dan Chiasson is the author of three books of poetry, The Afterlife of Objects, Natural History and Where's the Moon, There's the Moon, and a book of essays, One Kind of Everything: Poem and Person in Contemporary America. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Chiasson is poetry editor (with Meghan O'Rourke) of The Paris Review and Professor of English at Wellesley College. Meghan O'Rourke is the author of Halflife (W.W. Norton). A poetry editor for The Paris Review, she is also the culture critic for Slate magazine and a founding editor of the web site Double X. She is the recipient of the 2008 May Sarton Poetry Prize. Her essays and poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Best American Poetry, 32 Poems, and more. Her nonfiction account of grieving in America, The Long Goodbye, will be published in 2011. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

*28 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: Follow the Shakespeare & Co event with a reading of your own at SpokenWord! Share your work on any theme or work on the theme of the night. Join SpokenWord Paris’ meetup group or see their blog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/ AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

*29 June at 7 pm: Paris Writers Workshop faculty members Alice Notley, American poet, and Matt Thorne, British novelist, will be reading from their latest works. AT: The Red Wheelbarrow, 22 rue Saint Paul, 75004, M° Saint Paul

*29 juin à partir de 18 h William Kentridge Signature de ses ouvrages et Conversation avec l’auteur sud-africain, Denis Hirson. À l'occasion de son exposition, William Kentridge signera, à 18h, ses livres. Cette signature sera suivie, à l'auditorium à 19 heures, d'une conversation entre William Kentridge et Denis Hirson, écrivain. AT : la librairie du Jeu de Paume et l’auditorium du Jeu de Paume, 1, place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, M° : Concorde (lignes 1, 8, 12) Bus : 24, 42, 72, 73, 84, 94

*30 juin : 17h-19h : Camille Aubade et Patricia Godi présenteront « Voi(es)x de l'autre » sur les poésies écrites par des femmes--et les poètes Marielle Anselmo, Jennifer K Dick, Marie Etienne et Marylin Hacker liront leurs textes en conjonction avec cette présentation-discussion autour du livre. Venez écouter ces poètes lire, à cette occasion, des extraits de leurs textes contenus dans l'anthologie ! AT : Librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles, 46 rue Quincampoix, 75003 Paris, Métro Rambuteau/Châtelet/Les Halles

*30 juin 20h : Suivre la lecture à la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles par la dernière soirée de la résidence de Frédéric Forte : « Poète/publique : rencontre » avec Bénédicte Vilgrain & Alain Berset / Héros-Limite Dans le cadre de "poète-public", résidence d'écriture que Frédéric Forte 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.

*30 June at 19h30 The journalist, historian, novelist and literary columnist Allan Massie presents his new novel, Death in Bordeaux. The author of over 30 books, Allan Massie was born in Singapore and brought up in Scotland. After reading history at Cambridge University he taught for fifteen years in Scotland and Rome. He has worked as an author and journalist since the mid-1970s. His most recent books are Surviving, a novel set in contemporary Rome, a family history called The Royal Stuarts, and a murder mystery, Death in Bordeaux. He is currently working on a sequel to it and on a non-fiction book about France 1940-2000, entitled The Spectre of Vichy. He writes a political column for The Scotsman and a literary one for The Spectator. He and his wife have three grown-up children and one granddaughter, and live in the Scottish Borders with dogs, cats, horses and hens. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/

*30 juin à 19h : Rencontre avec l’association Mnémosyne et remise du PRIS MNÉMOSYNE 2010 : Allemandes au Chili de PAULINE BILOT. Née à l’initiative de la revue CLIO, Histoire, femmes et sociétés, Mnémosyne a pour but le développement de l’histoire des femmes et du genre en France, dans les universités et tous les lieux institutionnels, associatifs et culturels d’enseignement, de formation, de recherche et de conservation. Le livre primé cette année étudie l’histoire de ces Allemandes qui débarquent au Chili dans la deuxième moitié du XIXè siècle, actrices de leur destin et de l’histoire des deux pays. Mariées ou célibataires, elles choisissent de fuir l’Allemagne en crise. Correspondances et journaux intimes mis à jour dans cette histoire inédite de la migration se nourrissent de références aussi fondamentales que les notions d’ethnicité, d’altérité, de communauté, de citoyenneté et de genre, démontrant que l’”identité nationale” n’est pas qu’affaire de discours officiels tenus par les élites politiques. AT : la librairie Violette and Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny. www.violetteandco.com/librairie/

A FEW EVENTS IN JULY!!!:
*1 July at 7:30 pm: Paris Writers Workshop faculty members Sheila Kohler, novelist, Mimi Schwartz, memoirist, and Special Guest Paula Butturini, memoirist will read and address various aspects of Biography and Memoir. AT: The American Library, 10 rue Camou, 75007, RER-M° Alma Marceau

3rd July: 12 to 4pm SOS Help announces an exceptional opportunity to stock up for your summer reading at a one-off Summer book clearance Sale on Saturday July 3rd. Thanks to the generosity of our book donors, we find ourselves with a large stock in hand after the Spring sale, so we invite you to come along and rummage for your reading in the open air. Pack a bag of books for the exceptional price of 5€ - and help a charity into the bargain! The donated books are all in English - fiction and non-fiction - for all ages - and in good condition. SOS Help Summer Book sale: Outside AT: St Joe's Church, 50 avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris, M° Etoile http://soshelpline.org/

*4th July at 7:30: MOVING PARTS presents a reading by actors of Dan Heching’s play "Sammy Gets Mugged" (in English) 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 workshops in Paris!

7 & 14 June (FREE !): Not Quite All Mondays: Poet's Voice: Monday afternoons at 4:00 on 7 & 14 June. A rotating format as follows: SESSION on 7 June : Analysis and cultural references of poems passed out on May 31st—contact Makkika and Nina for a copy. SESSION on 14 June : Bring your own poetry based on the work read and discussed June 7th. RSVP for location and current session: nkaracosta@hotmail.com or mallika.henry@gmail.com.

The Other Writers' Group! David Barnes' drop in writers' workshop (just turn up!) every Saturday 5pm till 7pm. Bring 8 copies of your prose or poetry for instant feedback and discussion. Length should be up to about 3 pages (prose) or 2 poems. Suggested donation 5 euros. Upstairs in the library at Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005
http://www.meetup.com/The-Other-Writers-Group/

Are you ready to take your writing seriously? WICE's 21st Paris Writers Workshop, June 27 - July 2, 2010, is an intense week of workshops, lectures, walking tours, readings, and individual consultations. Become a member of an international writer’s community. Do not miss the chance to work with a stellar faculty: Sheila Kohler, Alice Notley, Mimi Schwartz and Matt Thorne. Limited space remains in the Poetry and Short Story workshops. CNF and the Novel are FULL. Visit:
www.pariswritersworkshop.org Email: pariswritersworkshop@yahoo.com

Paris Writers Workshop à la Carte: The Paris Writers Workshop welcomes you to its series of special lectures with well-know English-language writers Presenters include: Gretel Furner: “The Novel and Globalization”; Ann Mah and Christine Buckley, “Travel Writing”; Ann Mah, Janet Charles Skeslien, Paul Schmidtberger, “Nuts and Bolts of Publishing Your First Novel”; and Laurel Zuckerman, “Electronic Book: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Writers.” Fee: 10€ per lecture. Lectures are open to WICE members and the General Public. Prior-registration required. For more details:
www.wice-paris.org . Tel: 01.45.66.75.50

29 June: 7:30–10:30pm I N T U I T I O N through Art workshop: In this fun and fascinating workshop, you will learn an exciting new technique for “hearing” and understanding your own inner wisdom through the dimension of fine art. Through written and partnering exercises, you will practice interpreting your intuitive “readings” to answer your own life questions. Have you ever seen a painting or a photograph that “speaks” to you? Find out why in this course! Read more on Jane’s new Intuition page http://hopeinparis.com/intuition To enroll, please contact Jane Grey at jgrey@noos.fr


JULY 3 & 4, 2010: Les Ateliers DreamAgo presents... AN INTENSIVE TWO-DAY SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP.10 minutes from the center of Paris, in a stunning environment : CREATE UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS! WRITE ACCURATE AND COMPELLING DIALOGUE! Using the American method created by Maggie Soboil 3D SCREENWRITING AT LYCEE COROT (91600 SAVIGNY S/ORGE). A practical approach to screenwriting focusing on Characters and Dialogue and exploring your writing in depth. Using reading, writing, and acting exercises, you'll go beyond the two-dimensionality of the page, learn to understand your character’s inner motivations, and train your professionnal screenwriter’s ear. 3D Screenwriting is a new interactive approach to writing. Make your characters come to life. Write dialogue that shows more than it says. Add depth to your scripts. MORE INFORMATION / REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.dreamago.com/3D-Screenwriting
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News:
publications + calls for work

ONLINE MAG: Octopus 13 is now online http://octopusmagazine.com/ Featuring poetry by Sawako Nakayasu, Daniel Lin, Julie Carr, José Díaz, Chanel Clarke, Cherise Bacalski, Tim Van Dyke, Ayane Kawata translated by Sawako Nakayasu, Kristin Sanders, Bin Ramke, Bhanu Kapil, Takako Arai translated by Jeffrey Angles and MORE, including “recovery projects”, reviews and song reviews.

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS of poetry manuscripts at BLACk OCEAN PRESS. This very exciting press which publishes translations as well as English-native language texts just opened yesterday for manuscript submissions. This means you have t-minus 29 days to submit your ms. it's free. it's freedom. it's a breeze: http://www.blackocean.org/submit/ won't you join the family? Also, check out their FANTASTIC books, or even get yourself a super deal by buying a SUBSCRIPTION and receiving ALL of their published works in one fell sweep for a single year—check out the deals at http://www.blackocean.org/retro-subscriptions/ !!!!!!!

NEW European Mag in English : FULL METAL POEM. Celebrating its “irreverent” existence with a launch in Amsterdam with readings and art and live music but mostly socializing and copies of Full Metal Poem on sale. It's a beautiful numbered edition of 250 with stencil-printing and a wraparound jacket. Launch on June 13 20.00 De Nieuwe Anita, Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 (by the roundabout). http://www.denieuweanita.nl/ With sleek design and edit from Amsterdam and Hamburg, Full Metal Poem brings poetry, micro-fiction, art and photography between its irreverent covers. http://www.fullmetalpoem.com/ for more info, to order, keep up on them, etc. Includes work by Cralan Kelder, Mark Terril, Floortje Bouwkamp and Eliza Newman-Saul. Art, poetry, text, other… check it out!

YOU NEED 2 KNOW THIS: “Paris Writers” Blog, run by Laurel Zuckerman! It is a lovely resource and source of interviews, good reads, spotlights on events and more. Check out the past months’ postings and more at: http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writer-news/ and specific link to the INTERVIEWS: http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writers-news-interviews-.html

CALL FOR WORK: Gangway #40 Expatriations: The expatriat edition. Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Peter Porter, Germaine Greer, Paul Bowles, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Eugene Ionesco, Milan Kundera& all expats. This issue is dedicated to expatriates and expatriation in all its forms. From the Latin expatriare, ex (out of, from) and patria (pater/father; paternal; fatherland), the word expatriat literally demonstrates the bond that the subject has to the old land, the pater land, even as he/she is ex out of it. The expatriate is someone who must recognise their fatherland and their separation from it.Submissions are welcome from expat poets, writers, scholars, thinkers and artists on the theme of expatriation with only one caveat: insofar as expatriates are not tourists, this is neither an issue devoted to travel writing or tourism, nor to tales of extended trips, vacations or gap years. Deadline: Flexible (pref. June 2010). http://www.gangway.net/magazine/

NOW OUT: the inaugural volume in the Wave Books PAMPHLET series: GARRETT CAPLES'S QUINTESSENCE OF THE MINOR: SYMBOLIST POETRY INENGLISH: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/83 -- a 42-page bibliographic essay surveying oft-neglected Symbolist poets, revealing -- with acuity, erudition and blessed candor – an entire tradition of invaluable and invigorating poetry. QUINTESSENCE OF THE MINOR is available for $5, directly from Wave.

YAY JOE RAY: He still has more going on then ever! See: Joe Ray Food & Travel. Writing & Photography. 2009 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year http://www.joe-ray.com/ Now Blogging on Eating The Motherland And with Le Figaro food critic Francois Simon at Simon Says! AND on Globe-trotting, The Boston Globe's travel blog. Check him out, leave him little « hi there » comments, or cook up some of the recipes / go out to some of the places he mentions.

BLAZEVVOX : Calls for work & readers: BlazeVox offers up its recent publications for reading and purchase ! Check out their site and info for more. And note: Please send work for our fall issue now. Simply send an email to editor (at) blazevox.org : always looking for new materials, even if they are a bit full as you can imagine, but they always have room for one more. Please send the manuscript to this email address in either a Microsoft Word doc, RTF, or even a PDF is fine. To see some recent eBooks: go to their Wilde Reading Room: Adobe PDFs, free at http://www.blazevox.org/ebook.htm and click on the links. They look beautiful! Keep the press in print, too, by purchasing a book or their newest magazine issue (the 10th!) for yourself or friends at BlazeVox’s main site: http://www.blazevox.org/

CERISE PRESS NEW ISSUE UP ONLINE : In English, French, etc : Le numéro 3 de Cerise Press, revue littéraire internationale est déjà arrivé : http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-3-features Submit/read/share! Nos amis présents pour la littérature française aujourd'hui dans ce numéro sont Pierre Peuchmaurd (traduit par E. Belli), Habib Tengour (traduit par Pierre Joris), Tahar Bekri (traduit par Marilyn Hacker), Marie Étienne ... D'autres collaborateurs-artistes de France incluent Maurice Fryson (peinture), Valérie Belmokhtar (peinture) et William La Ganza (littérature-critique). D'autres écrivains : Carl Dennis (États-Unis, Pulitzer), Senadin Musabegovic (Sarajevo), Shi Ke (Chine), Yan Jin (Chine), Nathaniel Tarn (États-Unis), Leslie Ullman (États-Unis), Robert Wrigley (États-Unis) ETC. Notre anciens numéros se trouvent ici : http://www.cerisepress.com/site-map or http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-2-features or else http://www.cerisepress.com/vol-1-issue-1-features

ONE WORLD CAFE VIRTUAL READING SERIES PRESENTS Paris-based author HOLLACE M. METZGER, JUNE 1 - 30, 2010. American-born architect, author, and artist Hollace M. Metzger performs readings from her collected works. Chronicling a journey from the subways of New York, travels across Europe, and into Parisian life, Metzger's work is a portrait of transition and a search for one's creative voice. Receiving high praise for both her photography and poetry, Metzger published her first book, Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven (2007), followed by two poetry collections: Transcriptions of Time (2009), followed by Why the WilloW (2010). The audio books Observing the Labyrinth from Heaven: ParisRecordings (2009) and TranSynPhony (2010) were also released. During this period of writing, Hollace's poetry enjoyed exposure through radio play and vocal collaborations, including the European stage, cinema, independent films, gallery installations and with musicians around the globe. In addition, her art and writings have been published in literary journals such as 3:AM, Antique Children, Beauty of Washing Lines, Hecale, Heliocentric Anthology of American Poetry, Juxtapoz, Paraphilia, Pirene's Fountain and The Toronto Quarterly. In Paris, Hollace runs an independent architecture atelier based on renaissance principles of all arts utilized in creation and contemporary theory of these arts addressing sentiment, well-being and unity. She has begun work on her first novel and third audio book in addition to many collaborative projects currently underway. This is an online event at www.hercircleezine.com/one-world-cafe

TV/RADIO SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS, or HELP : at BBC Writersroom (UK) / www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writing / The UK’s public service TV and radio broadcaster. Broadcasts radio and TV drama, children's drama, TV and radio comedy, Radio Entertainment / Considers: Radio and TV play scripts / Does not accept: Scripts for existing shows. Script samples. Short stories. Novels. Sketches, or ideas/treatments for programmes. Scripts for short films. Adaptations of other people's work. // PLUS lots of good advice and notes on the website.

NEW CHAPBOOKS: John Yau's new chapbook Exhibits in now available for $8 (including shipping): http://www.lettermachine.org/ Also, a special deal for all three Letter Machine titles released in 2010: Sawako Nakayasu's Texture Notes, Travis Nichols's Iowa, and John Yau's Exhibits for $26 including shipping: http://www.lettermachine.org/specialdeal.html


SUBMIT TO: The Wolf (UK) / http://www.wolfmagazine.co.uk/ / Publishes new poetry by emerging and established writers. Considers: Poetry / critical prose / translations / interviewsContact: James Byrne, Editor: editor@wolfmagazine.co.uk

NEW : two small books of Brandon Shimoda’s, just out, and something of fraternal sibling-strangers: LAKE M: http://www.corollarypress.org/Corollary_Press/Shimoda.html , a long poem, and the preface of an even longer (forever in-progress) poem, beautifully made by Sueyeun Juliette Lee and her Corollary Press: http://www.corollarypress.org/Corollary_Press/Home.html . LAKE M resides at the bottom of a 15,000 year-old lake in western Montana, where Brandon’s grandfather, Midori Shimoda, was imprisoned during World War II, under suspicion of being a spy ... and THE BOWLING: http://www.airforcejoyride.com/gg26.html , a collaboration with the royal Sommer Browning, and made by good wizard Carl Annarummo and his Greying Ghost Press: http://www.airforcejoyride.com/. THE BOWLING is a collection of bowling, no less than the grease and the gleam, the balls and the buns of ten frames of subterranean heroism.

1913 is OUT NOW: Please check out & spread the word re. the newest new issue of “1913 a journal of forms” #4...hot off the roller! $13 available for purchase via PayPal on the website: http://www.journal1913.org/ or via Small Press Distribution. A faux-bois cover a la Picasso's 1913 papier colle & Duchamp's 1913 bicycle wheel inset hug 300 pages of celebrated new work by dozens of the most exciting authors 1913 could find, including: Pierre Albert-Jourdan translated by John Taylor, Chris Bolin, Julia Cohen, Srikanth Reddy, Alejandro Miguel Justino Crawford, Catherine Daly, Biswamit Dwibedy, Robert Fernandez, Evie Shockley, Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker, Barbara Henning, Kevin Holden, Sandra Liu, Erik Leavitt, Brian Kim Stefans, Alistair McCartney, Sara Mumolo, Tom Orange, Will Smiley, Edwin Torres, Rodrigo Toscano, Marina Tsvetaeva translated by James Stotts, Catherine Wagner, Lynn Xu, John Yau and MORE!!!! Why 1913? Follow us on Twitter or see also 1913 Who? Join us on Facebook

ALSO NEW! from 1913: 1913 a journal of forms, Issue 4 "Ozalid" by Biswamit Dwibedyand "READ" 1913's annual translation anthology from the Tamaas seminars in Parishttp://www.journal1913.org/

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