February 2011 Readings & Events List

February 2011 Readings & Calls for work

Part I) Paris Events & READINGS by dates in February 2011 (readings have asterisks by them)
Part II) Creative Writing Workshops in Paris
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, new books & more!

Brought to you by Jane Cope & Jennifer K Dick.

(Please--IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for Feb OR March 2011 please send those announcements as early as possible, and in the format of the listings below if you can, to Jane Cope at parisrentree2010@gmail.com )

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Part I) Events & Readings by date in FEBRUARY 2011

1 Feb. 7:30PM. Educating Rita. Admission free. Reservation recommended. In English. With Julie Walters, Michael Caine, Maureen Lipman. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

1 Feb. - 27 March. Images of the African Diaspora in New York City Community Murals. An exhibition curated by Jane Weissman. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue Général Camou 75007 Métro: Alma-Marceau

*2 Feb. 7:00PM David Nicholls will present and sign his book One Day, winner of the
Galaxy Book of the Year and Popular Fiction Book of the Year. The French translation Un Jour (Editions Belfond) will be available for sale at the event. AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)

2 Feb. 3:00PM. Lute in the library with Jozef van Wissem. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

2 Feb 7:00 PM: Rencontre avec MICHÈLE RIOT-SARCEY, qui a dirigé l’ouvrage De la différence des sexes. Le genre en histoire (Larousse). Huit historiennes et historiens se sont donné le mot pour tenter de comprendre comment les hiérarchies entre les sexes s’établissent, s’organisent, se redéfinissent en fonction des enjeux du temps jusqu’à marquer la totalité des sociétés humaines. De la Grèce antique au haut Moyen Age, de l’Empire romain à Byzance, du classicisme au romantisme, de la révolution industrielle à nos jours, la vision linéaire et progressiste se défait et déstabilise les certitudes. Poser un autre regard sur l’histoire permet de comprendre autrement le politique, le social, le religieux, le culturel des différents temps historiques qui ont participé à l’émergence de la civilisation occidentale. Avec des articles de A-M. Helvétius, A. Primi, M. Riot-Sarcey, V. Sébillotte-Cuchet, G. Sidéris, T. Späth, S. Steinberg et F. Thébaud. AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.

2 Feb 7:30 P.M. MARLENE DIETRICH AND THE BLUE ANGEL. The reputation of Marlene Dietrich as singer and actress was launched by her 1929 film The Blue Angel. Produced in Berlin at the very moment the stock market crashed, precipitating the Great Depression, it became a symbol of a decadent Europe about to come to a catastrophic end. By then, however, with the help of Josef von Sternberg, the film's director (and her lover), Marlene was in Hollywood, being groomed into one of the most hallucinating of screen goddesses. John Baxter's VON STERNBERG, the first biography of the man some called "Dietrich's Svengali", tells the behind-the-scenes story of the perverse love affair that began on the set of The Blue Angel . The model of the tyrannical director, von Sternberg's bullying methods and eccentric behaviour disguised a genius in the photographing of women which has never been surpassed. As well as scenes from The Blue Angel, John will show some of the treasures from the American Library's collection of Dietrich memorabilia presented by the actress's family. AT American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau

2 Feb. 7:30PM Evenings with an Author: John Baxter. John Baxter's Von Sternberg, the first biography of the man some called "Dietrich's Svengali," tells the behind-the-scenes story of the love affair that began on the set of The Blue Angel. As well as scenes from The Blue Angel, John will show some of the treasures from the American Library's collection of Dietrich memorabilia donated to the Library by the actress's family. About John Baxter: John Baxter is an Australian-born writer, journalist, and film-maker. The veteran biographer has made his home in Paris since 1989. He is the author of Immoveable feast: a Paris Christmas and A Pound of Paper, as well as biographies on George Lucas, Woody Allen,Stanley Kubrick, and Robert De Niro. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue Général Camou 75007 Métro: Alma-Marceau

2 -3 Feb. 8:30PM Please join us at this unique screening of films from Le Tour du Blues en Quatre-Vingts Mondes / Around the Blues in Eighty Worlds. Text and films by Jean-Max Albert. Music by François Tusques. AT: l’ANGORA 3, blvd Richard Lenoir Paris 75011 M° Bastille

3 Feb 7:00 PM- Antoinette Fouque and the publishing house des femmes invite you to meet Carmen Boustani Prof. University of Beyrouth Lebanon and Venus Khoury-Ghata, novelist and poet, about women in wars : How do they live ? May writing revive traumas or help to overcome them ? AT: Espace des femmes 35 rue Jacob 75006 Paris Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Près

*3 Feb. 7:00PM ALAN RIDING And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris: The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet Alan Riding who will read from his latest book, And the Show Went On, published by Knopf. Alan Riding introduces us to a panoply of artists who kept working throughout the four year German occupation of France. Maurice Chevalier and Edith Piaf sang before French and German audiences. Pablo Picasso, whose art was officially banned, continued to paint in his Left Bank apartment. More than two hundred new French films were made, including Marcel Carné’s masterpiece Les Enfants du paradis. Thousands of books were published by authors as different as the virulent anti-Semite Céline and the anti-Nazis, Camus and Sartre. Meanwhile, as Jewish performers and creators were being forced to flee or, as was Irène Némirovsky, deported to death camps, a small number of artists and intellectuals joined the resistance. Throughout this penetrating and unsettling account, Alan Riding keeps alive the quandaries facing many of these artists and, by throwing light on this critical moment of twentieth century European cultural history, And the Show Went On focuses anew on whether artists and writers have a special duty to show moral leadership in moments of national trauma. For twelve years, Alan Riding was the European cultural correspondent for The New York Times. He was previously bureau chief for the Times in Paris, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City and is the author of the book, Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans. He has also written extensively on both the opera and Shakespeare. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon

*3 Feb 7:00PM Steve Crawshaw will present and sign his book Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and a Bit of Ingenuity Can Change the World. Guest speaker: Geneviève Garriogos,President of Amnesty International France. The French translation
Petits actes de rebellion (Balland)will be published 21st January and is supported by Amnesty International who celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)

*3 Feb. 7:00PM Pascal Quignard: lecture de Inter par P. Quignard et ses traducteurs AT: Théâtre de l’Odéon, salon Roger Blin 8 Boulevard Berthier, Métro: Odéon.

3 Feb. 7:30PM Swimming with My Mother. Dance Performance by CoisCéim Dance Theatre. Admission free. Reservation recommended. In English. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

*3 Feb. 8:00PM, Pierre Autin-Grenier à la librairie Le Comptoir des mots. Rencontre & lecture avec Pierre Autin-Grenier, autour de son dernier livre : Elodie Cordou, la disparition, vu par Ronan Barrot (éditions du Chemin de fer) et de C'est tous les jours comme ça (Finitude) AT: Le comptoir des mots, 239 rue des Pyrénées, 75020 Paris Métro: Gambetta

4 Feb. Animation: “Comment fait-on une revue" AT: Forum des métiers de l'édition, Maison des Métallos : 94, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris Métro: Couronnes.

*4 Feb. 5:00PM Autour de Miguel Hernández, salle Delpy: Récital sur l'œuvre de Miguel Hernández “Vientos del pueblo”par le poète Fernando Rubio Muñoz (Lanjarón, Granada)
AT: Institut d'Etudes Hispaniques et Latino-américaines 31, rue Gay-Lussac 75005 Paris RER: Luxembourg

*4 Feb. 6:00 PM. La librairie vous invite à rencontrer ROGER GRENIER à l'occasion de la parution de Le palais des livres (Editions Gallimard). AT: Librairie Les Cahiers de Colette, 23/25 rue Rambuteau 75004 Paris Tél: 01 42 72 95 06 http://www.lescahiersdecolette.com

*4 Feb 7:00 PM : Rencontre/lancement du n° spécial de la revue Critique “Bodybuilding. L’évolution des corps” (Minuit), en présence de THIERRY HOQUET, SYLVIE DUVERGER et PRISCILLE TOURAILLE. D’extraordinaires transformations (scientifiques, anthropologiques, sociales et morales) sont survenues dans ce qu’on peut appeler la “construction des corps”. C’est ce paysage bouleversés par de nouvelles théories, de nouvelles technologies et de nouvelles manières de vivre qu’explore ce numéro. Son titre, Bodybuilding, est à prendre littéralement et dans tous les sens. La “prise de forme” dont il est question ici n’est pas seulement l’évolution, que les scientifiques travaillent à élucider : c’est aussi la transformation du corps à laquelle s’efforcent ou se soumettent tant de nos contemporains. Ont participé à ce numéro, outre les intervenants : P. Blouin, J. Butler, S. Caianiello, F. Cézilly, E. Dorlin, M. de Gaudemar, X. Guchet, T. Heams, L. Hérault, L. Laplane, M. Morange et A. Nicoglou. AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.

4-5 Feb. Friday 11h-20h, Saturday 14h-19h Céline réprouvé et classique au Centre Pompidou. Auteur d'exception, tant dans la démesure et l'atroce que dans la dénonciation de l'asservissement de l'individu, Céline a traversé le vingtième siècle en contemporain capital. Face à l'horreur de la guerre, du colonialisme, de la mécanisation et de l'implacable médiocrité de la vie sociale, il a établi un diagnostic sans appel, qui rend d'autant plus intolérable son revirement autoritaire et raciste de la fin des années trente, en pleine montée des périls, avant de revêtir les oripeaux de l'exilé, puis finalement du médecin des pauvres.
Cinquante après sa mort, les termes du cas Céline se sont déplacés, comme en témoigne la diffusion exceptionnelle de son oeuvre, traduite dans une trentaine de langues, et le foisonnement international des études qu'elle suscite. Sont premièrement interrogées sa place dans l'histoire littéraire et dans l'Histoire tout court, sur laquelle il ne cessa de remettre en cause la réalité des faits qui l'accablaient. Au fil des récentes publications, un public toujours plus large découvre aussi un autre Céline : la considérable oeuvre épistolaire a été largement traduite et présentée en Pléiade, provoquant un événement éditorial. Et tandis que le cinéma explore depuis des années des scénarios possibles, le théâtre, qui a été la première passion littéraire de Céline, multiplie les adaptations de son oeuvre. Qu'attendre, donc, désormais, de cette écriture foisonnante et vociférante, si ce n'est la redoutable efficacité d'un regard blessé et toujours vif sur le monde contemporain ? AT: Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 Paris. Métro: Rambuteau, Châtelet

4-5 Feb 8:30PM Yvonne Rainer and Sally Silvers: Assisted Living Good Sports 2 & Spiraling Down. Le Centre Pompidou est heureux d'accueillir la danseuse et chorégraphe américaine Yvonne Rainer, figure phare de la danse post-moderne américaine, formée chez Martha Graham et Merce Cunningham dans les années 60 . Au programme de cette soirée, Assisted Living : Good Sports 2 et Spiraling Down , ses deux dernières créations, ont en commun la diversité de leurs sources d'inspiration : photos de journaux, mouvements propres à certains sports, vieux films, danse moderne … Puisant son vocabulaire chorégraphique dans les actions élémentaires du quotidien, Yvonne Rainer va jusqu'à convier sur scène les « créateurs de l'ombre », scénographe, régisseur, créateur lumière, qui évoluent au milieu des danseurs, réaffirmant ainsi son rejet des artifices du spectacle. Dégagé du carcan de la technique et des codes chorégraphiques, le corps dansant est révélé dans toute son authenticité. AT: Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 Paris. Métro: Rambuteau, Châtelet

5 Feb. 10AM - 7PM. Monthly Used Booksale is held 10am-7pm. AT American Library in Paris10, rue Général Camou 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau

5 Feb - 4-6pm Expat Expo Author Events at Parc Floral, Paris. WHSmith has invited some of our favourite expatriate authors to share their experiences and give advice on the exciting (but sometimes frustrating) challenge of being an expatriate in Paris. 4-5pm: Stephen Clarke bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and 1000 Years of Annoying the French will be discussing (in pre-publication) his new book Paris Revealed: The Secret Life of a City. WHSmith will offer an exclusive sampler of the book to all event guests. 5-6pm John Lichfield journalist for The Independent since 1986 and author of Our Man in Paris: A Foreign Correspondent, France and the French. Heather Stimmler-Hall American-born travel journalist, creator of SecretsofParis.com and author of Naughty Paris: A Lady’s Guide to the Sexy City. Charles Timoney author of Pardon My French: How to Unleash Your Inner Gaul and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging Like the French. To RSVP, please send an email with the number of guests and your contact information to books (at) whsmith (dot) fr with 'Expat Expo Event RSVP' as the object of the message. You will not receive a confirmation, but your name will be registered on our guest list. AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)

*6 February 7:30PM MOVING PARTS presents the reading of a screenplay by Gautier Cazenave--SHERLOCK HOLMES versus FRANKENSTEIN. Translated from the original French by the author (with a little help from his friends, Stephen Muse and Stephanie Campion). AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Metro : Tuileries

*7 February 7:00 PM P.O.L. & DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS. The Review of Contemporary Fiction: The P.O.L. Number: To celebrate the release of of the Fall 2010 issue of Dalkey Archive's Review of Contemporary Fiction, dedicated to the French publishing firm P.O.L, the Village Voice bookshop is proud to invite you to meet authors, Leslie Kaplan, Marie Darrieussecq, Christine Montalbetti, Gérard Gavarry and Jacques Jouet. These authors have all been tranlated to English and their books are available at the Village Voice Bookshop. The authors, who will be introduced by John O'Brien, Editor of The Review of Contemporary Fiction and Director of Dalkey Archive Press and Paul Otchakovsly-Laurens, founder of the Editions P.O.L, will read from their work published in the review. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon

*7 Feb. 7:00pm Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poetry, with A.B. Jackson, Annie Freud, Sally Read, Ahren Warner Roddy Lumsden (poetry). In celebration of Bloodaxe’s anthology Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poetry, there will be a night of poetry from some of the most interesting poets today. Featuring prize-winning poets A.B. Jackson, Annie Freud, Sally Read, Ahren Warner and editor and poet Roddy Lumsden, Identity Parade presents new British and Irish poetry at a time of great vibrancy and variety. It is the first anthology to comprehensively represent the generation of poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. Eclectic, diverse and wide-ranging in scope, the book fully reflects the climate of ‘the pluralist now’. It offers the work of 85 highly individual and distinctive talents whose poems display the breadth of styles and approaches characteristic of our current poetry. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

7 Feb. 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD Paris: Come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN or any other language you would so like to share poetry in! You are also invited to play a short musical piece or read a poem by an author you admire if you so wish! To keep up on all things Spoken Word, check out our blog & sign up for our announcements listing. Reading AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville. http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/

*8 Feb. 7:00PM. Palabres centre-européennes à l’Institut hongrois, Palabres centre-européennes séance animée par Christine Lecerf, germaniste, journaliste, critique littéraire, productrice à France culture. Domaine germanique: Jean Améry, Les Naufragés, traduit de l'allemand par Sacha Zilberfarb, Arles, Actes Sud, 2010. Présenté par le traducteur [sous réserve]. Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Hammerstein ou L'intransigeance : une histoire allemande, traduit de l'allemand par Bernard Lortholary, Paris, Gallimard, 2010. Présenté par Georges Arthur Goldschmidt [sous réserve]. Domaine hongrois Sándor Márai, L’Etrangère, traduit du hongrois par Catherine Fay, Paris, Albin Michel, 2010. Présenté par András Kányádi, maître deconférences à l’Inalco.Imre Kertész, Journal de galère, traduit du hongrois par Natalia Zaremba-Huzsvai et Charles Zaremba, Arles, Actes Sud, 2010. Présenté par Luba Jurgenson, Université de Paris-Sorbonne et CIRCE. sous réserve de modification AT: Institut hongrois 92, rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006, tél : 01 43 26 06 44 Métro: Saint Sulpice

*8 Feb. 7:30PM. Quidam Editeur propose un moment d'échanges et de lectures avec Jacques Josse autour de son livre intitulé Cloués au port à 19h30. AT: la Maison de la Bretagne, 8 rue de l'arrivée 75015. Métro: Montparnasse-Bienvenue

8 Feb. 7:30PM Felix Rohatyn presents his memoir Dealings.It was a German soldier's chance decision to reach for a cigarette and absently wave a car through a checkpoint outside Marseille in 1940 that allowed Felix Rohatyn and his Jewish family to escape from Nazi-occupied France. In the States, a chance summer job led him to the small, private investment bank of Lazard Freres, where he came under the tutelage of legendary financier Andre Meyer. The summer job turned into an extraordinary fifty-year career. About Felix Rohatyn: Rohatyn is an American investment banker known for his role in preventing the bankruptcy of New York City in the 1970s. He served as United States Ambassador to France from 1997-2000. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue Général Camou 75007 Métro: Alma-Marceau

*8 Feb. 8:00PM Laurent Noël et Tristan Felix Je, îl(e) déserte): Cantate pour six voix et Calypso de Laurent Noel et Tristan Felix. Production L’Usine à Muses. AT: Grand Parquet 20 bis rue du Département, 75018 Paris, M° La Chapelle

9 Feb. 3.30 PM. February Kids' Club Madeline at the White House. See Washington, D.C., as never before, when Madeline takes a midnight sightseeing tour on a magic carpet of cherry blossoms. Invited to the White House by Candle, the president's lonely only daughter, for the annual Easter Egg hunt and roll, Madeline and the other little girls have a rollicking good time, and introduce Candle to the joys of occasionally breaking the rules. With a bouncy read-aloud text and gorgeous watercolor pictures, Madeline at the White House is in the best tradition of the beloved Madeline books. To RSVP for this event, please send an email with the child's name, age and English level to books (at) whsmith (dot) fr with 'February Kids' Club RSVP' as the object of the message. Your child's name will automatically be registered on our guest list. AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)

9 Feb 7:30PM Limericks Competition: Announcement of prize winners. Admission free, reservation recommended. In English and French. Numerous contestants participated in the limericks competition organized by the Centre Culturel Irlandais. More than 300 short poems were sent to the judges. This evening the lucky prize winners will be announced: two people, the best ones writing in English and in French, will enjoy a weekend in Limerick in the spring. There will be readings of some of the best entries. A warm welcome and an entertaining evening guaranteed! AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

Until 10 February. MC93 Bobigny Theatre proposes a series of international productions in German, Dutch & Flemish with French subtitles during their Festival “Le Standard Idéal.” AT: 1 Boulevard Lénine 93000 Bobigny, France Tél: 01 41 60 72 60 Tram: Libération

*10 Feb. 7:15PM Anise Koltz / Lecture: Introduction de Marie-Claire Bancquart. Venez découvrir une des grandes dames de la littérature luxembourgeoise et européenne! De nationalité luxembourgeoise, Anise Koltz est aujourd´hui l´un des écrivains majeurs de la littérature francophone. D´ascendances tchèque, allemande, anglaise et belge, d´expressions allemande, française et luxembourgeoise, mais aussi héritière d´une famille qui a ardemment milité dès l´entre-deux guerre pour l´unité européenne, elle est l´une des figures les plus représentatives des lettres européennes. Et dans les librairies à partir du 13 janvier son nouvel ouvrage: ouvrage «je renaîtrai » aux Editions Arfuyen. AT: Ambassade du Luxembourg - 33, avenue Rapp - 75007 Paris Tel. 0033 (0)1 45 55 13 37 / Fax. 0033 (0)1 45 55 01 95 RER: Pont de Alma

10 Feb. at 7:00PM Dinaw Mengestu: The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet Dinaw Mengestu who will read from and discuss his latest novel, How to Read the Air. The new novel by the author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears is an immigrant story which tells a son's heartbreaking to recapture the harrowing years his parents went through just after their arrival in America. To be immigrants meant not only to be strangers in an alien world, it meant also to be strangers to themselves, strangers to eachother. And yet, How to Read the Air is an irresistable invitation to revisit the past and to own it for, as volatile as it may be, it is as vital as the air we breathe. Dinaw Mengestu's first novel, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears (published in the UK under the title, Children of the Revolution) received the Guardian First Book Award. The author is also the recipient of a 2006 fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a 5 Under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation. Dinaw Mengestu will also be present at the Village Voice for the Granta 114: Aliens event on February 24th.

*10 Feb 7:00PM À l'occasion de la parution de Boxing Parade (Editions Gallimard/L'Arbalète), rencontre avec Pascale Bouhenic AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi 17, rue de Jouy 75004 Paris Tél: 01 42 71 17 00 Métro : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie

*10 Feb: 7:00PM to 8:00PM For all you Oulipians and Oulipo fans out there, the monthly 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. Tonight’s theme “PECHES” (sins) AT: BNF François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium, Entrée libre

11 Feb 7:00 PM : Vernissage et rencontre autour de MONIQUE WITTIG. Rencontre pour la parution du Chantier littéraire (co-éd. ixe et PU de Lyon) en présence de ORISTELLE BONIS (éditrice) et de CHRISTINE PLANTÉ (auteure de la préface). Cet ouvrage, à la fois inédit et familier puisque plusieurs sections ont été publiées sous d’autres formes, est issu du mémoire rédigé en 1986 par M. Wittig et qu’elle a largement retravaillé. Ici Wittig traite de ce qui est au centre de sa pratique : le travail de l’écrivain vu comme fabricateur de chevaux de Troie. Toute œuvre littéraire importante est une machine de guerre. Et on se rend compte combien le chantier littéraire et le combat politique sont chez Wittig indissociables. La rencontre sera suivie du vernissage de l’exposition “Sortie de chantier”, portraits de Monique Wittig par COLETTE GEOFFREY : “Elle marchait devant moi, j’allais voir la première de sa pièce Le voyage sans fin, au Théâtre du Rond-Point, en 1985. Elle s’est retournée et m’a souri. Je l’ai abordée avec l’audace de quelqu’un qui vient d’avoir son BTS cinéma : “Tu sais, j’aimerais faire ton portrait !” Ça l’a fait rire et elle m’a dit “on verra”... C’est ainsi que tout a commencé.” (C.G.) (exposition du 9 février au 6 mars) AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.

12 Feb. 3:00PM Figures d'humanité conférence. Invité : Elias Sanbar. Les conférences « Figures d’humanité » entament leur deuxième saison. Le déclencheur de ce cycle est le dialogue, à près d’un siècle d’intervalle, de deux philosophes à propos de la question de l’humanité. Le 18 avril 1904, dans l’éditorial fondateur du journal qui porte ce nom, Jean Jaurès écrit : « L’humanité n’existe point encore ou elle existe à peine.» Le 4 mars 1999, dans les colonnes du même titre, Jacques Derrida commente ainsi cette formule : « Magnifique ! Intolérable ! Une telle audace doit éveiller chez certains des pulsions meurtrières… Ils ne supporteraient pas de voir mettre en question tremblée ce qu’ils CROIENT SAVOIR. » A propos de cette figure d’humanité, il s’agit donc de proposer à des philosophes, des poètes, des penseurs de divers ordres, de s’interroger sur cet indéterminé et cette promesse, à la lumière de la réflexion qu’ils poursuivent dans leurs domaines respectifs. AT: La maison de la poesie, Passage Molière - 157, rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris – Tel: 01 44 54 53 00, M° Rambuteau - RER Les Halles

*12 Feb. 5:00PM La république des poètes: Revue parlée animée par Marc Blanchet sur l’actualité poétique. Invité : Zéno Bianu pour le recueil de poèmes Le Désespoir n'existe pas, anthologie de sa poésie, éditions Gallimard. Quatrième année de ces rencontres à la Maison de la Poésie-Paris, avec la mise en avant de maisons d’édition et de leurs auteurs «maison», pour entendre des poètes mais connaître aussi dans le temps la vie éditoriale des éditeurs français, petits et grands. La République des poètes a pour voeu d’accueillir poètes, traducteurs, essayistes, éditeurs, responsables de revue : tous ceux qui d’une manière ou d’une autre font "l’actualité poétique». Faire connaissance suppose ici d’entrer dans les textes des auteurs invités ou publiés, de partager ces langues poétiques aussi diverses soient-elles pour que la singularité de chacune trouve sa place, simplement, justement, le temps d’une rencontre. Avec bienveillance,mais sans complaisance, devant le texte et non devant des modes, nous discutons, interrompus avec plaisir pour la vérité nécessaire d’une lecture, de la voix du poète ou en complicité avec un invité ou un comédien. AT: La maison de la poesie, Passage Molière - 157, rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris – Tel: 01 44 54 53 00, M° Rambuteau - RER Les Halles

*12 Feb. 7:00PM A l'occasion de la parution de Dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche (Editions Verticales), rencontre avec Nicole Caligaris. AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi 17, rue de Jouy 75004. Tél: 01 42 71 17 00 Métro : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie

Until Feb 12: “La Comédie des Erreurs” Directed by Dan Jemmett. In French. AT: Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, 09 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75010. Métro: Louis Blanc Réservations: 01 46 07 34 50

Until Feb 13: “La Tempête” Directed by Declan Donnellan. In Russian with French subtitles. AT: Théâtre Les Gémeaux Scène National Sceaux 49 Avenue Georges Clemenceau 92330 Sceaux. RER: Bourg-la-Reine Réservations: 01 46 61 36 67.

*14 Feb. 7:00PM. Lecture de Nino Haratischwili : Juja. Lecture en allemand par l'auteur. Lecture en français et présentation animée par Alban Lefranc (écrivain et traducteur). Dans son premier roman, la dramaturge Nino Haratischwili s'inspire d'un fait réel survenu dans les années 1970: le livre d'une jeune inconnue, Jeanne Saré, qui s'est suicidée vingt ans auparavant, devient un véritable succès, notamment dans le milieu féministe. Chargé de haine et d'une poésie glaciale, il pousse un certain nombre de jeunes femmes au suicide. Aujourd'hui encore, le flou persiste quant à l'origine et la genèse de ce texte et quelques curieux se lancent sur les traces de cette jeune fille mystérieuse. Pour accompagner la lecture, l'artiste hambourgeoise Julia Bührle-Nowikowa réalise un collage d'images numériques, de peintures, dessins et photographies, qui sera projeté sous forme de vidéo. Née en Géorgie en 1983, Nino Haratischwili dirige la compagnie de théâtre bilingue « Fliedertheater » de 1998 à 2003 et monte plusieurs pièces en Allemagne et en Géorgie. Elle a publié plusieurs pièces et un récit. Son premier roman Juja (Verbrecher Verlag) fait partie de la première sélection du Prix du livre allemand 2010. AT: Goethe-Institut - 17 avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris Métro: Iéna

14 Feb. 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD Paris: Come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN or any other language you would so like to share poetry in! You are also invited to play a short musical piece or read a poem by an author you admire if you so wish! To keep up on all things Spoken Word, check out our blog & sign up for our announcements listing. Reading AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville. http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/

*15 Feb 7:30PM. Poets Live reading ith steve dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo and Nina Karacosta. steve dalachinsky is from Brooklyn, New York. His work has appeared extensively in journals on & off line, in many chapbooks, books, and CDs. He writes for the Brooklyn Rail as a contributing writer. Yuko Otomo is a bilingual (Japanese & English) poet & a visual artist (in pursuit of Pure Abstraction). Her publications includes "Small Poems", "The Hand of The Poet" (both from Ugly Duckling Presse) & "A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of Museum" (Propaganda Press) & "Fragile" (Sisyphus Press). Nina Karacosta is an actor and poet. Work of hers has appeared in Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry, Best of Stain Anthology, Surreal-zine, The Melancholy Dane, The Smoking book, Ditch, Upstairs at Duroc. She will launch her new chapbook at the event. AT: Carr’s Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue de Mont Thabor, M Tuileries. Email poets@live.fr, browse poets-live.com

15 Feb. 7:30PM Compagnie by Samuel Beckett. A film of the theatrical presentation, directed by Pierre Chabert and performed by Pierre Dux (1984). AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

*16 Feb. 1:00 - 2:30 P.M. Claude Louis-Combet: traducteur, essayiste et romancier, écrivain de l’expérience intérieure et créateur du genre mythobiographique, Claude Louis-Combet, à l’occasion de ses trois dernières publications, est l’invité de la Maison des écrivains et de la littérature. AT: l’auditorium du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Métro: Champs-Elysees Clemenceau

*17 February 6:00PM Bard-sur-Seine (reading of Henry V, places all filled & not open to public). AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

*17 February 7:30PM John Banville. admission free, reservation recommended in English. Winner of the Booker Prize for his novel The Sea, John Banville is considered as one of the most important living English language writers. Known for his precise style, ingenuity and humour, he also makes forays into crime fiction under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. This rencontre is organized on the occasion of the launch of French versions of The Infinities (Infinis) and, as Benjamin Black, The Silver Swan (La double vie de Laura Swan), published by Editions Robert Laffont. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

18 February 6-7:00PM Yvon's Paris signing by Robert Stevens (photography books signing) AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

*20 Feb 7:30PM MOVING PARTS reading of Isabel Eastman's "Irresistible" (in English). AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Metro : Tuileries

21 Feb. 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD Paris: Come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN or any other language you would so like to share poetry in! You are also invited to play a short musical piece or read a poem by an author you admire if you so wish! To keep up on all things Spoken Word, check out our blog & sign up for our announcements listing. Reading AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville. http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/

22 Feb. - 3 April Exposition de Henry de Monfried. Le don des héritiers d’Henry de Monfreid (1879-1974) à la Société de Géographie de documents exceptionnels (papiers personnels, lettres, journaux de bord, photographies stéréoscopiques, films et enregistrements sonores de l’auteur) est l’occasion de retracer, à travers ses aventures dans la Corne de l’Afrique et en Mer Rouge, les multiples facettes de l’écrivain-voyageur. AT: BNF François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium, Entrée libre

*22 Feb. 7:00 PM : Rencontre avec CLAUDINE LEBÈGUE pour la parution de son roman (accompagné d’un CD) A ma zone (La passe du vent). Claudine Lebègue est auteure, compositrice, interprète, comédienne, accordéoniste et maintenant écrivaine. Avec ce livre elle retrace en de courts chapitres une enfance de HLM à Villeneuve-la-Garenne dans les années 60. C’est poétique, drôle, émouvant, généreux, tendre, intelligent, une vraie découverte. Un récit qui fait du bien, sans fausse nostalgie, un retour sur une enfance pas malheureuse qui a fait de Claudine Lebègue une femme libre. Musicienne, elle était en première partie de la tournée d’Anne Sylvestre en 2001-2002. Elle a créé un spectacle également intitulé “A ma zone” au Festival d’Avignon 2009 et le CD de ses treize chansons est inclus dans le livre. Pour la présentation à Violette and Co, elle interprétera de sa voix chaude un extrait du CD, ce “slam-musette pour mélomanes de HLM”. AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.

22 Feb. 7:30PM La dernière bande by Samuel Beckett. A film of the theatrical presentation, directed by Samuel Beckett and performed by Pierre Chabert. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg

22 Feb. 7:30PM 22 À la SCAM, « La Poésie s'appelle reviens », de Gilles Weinzaepflen projection du film documentaire « La Poésie s'appelle reviens », de Gilles Weinzaepflen. Le nombre de places étant limité, merci de confirmer votre venue par mail(gillestoogatgmail.com). « La Poésie s'appelle reviens ». Un film de Gilles Weinzaepflen, avec Nathalie Quintane, Ivar Ch'Vavar, Lucien Suel, Julien Blaine, Yves di Manno, Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens, Dorothée Volut, Eric Pesty, Jean-Marie Gleize, Stéphane Bérard, Noura Wedell, Jérôme Mauche, Anne-James Chaton, Christophe Tarkos, Charles Pennequin, Rudy Riciotti, Antoine Dufeu, Sylvain Courtoux. AT: 5 avenue Vélasquez - 75008 Paris, Métro: Monceau

23 Feb. 7:30PM. Leila Garfield : Berlin - Visages d'une ville. Vernissage le mercredi 23 février à 19h30.Le Goethe-Institut présente, avec le soutien du showroom Walter Knoll, de jeunes photographes qui travaillent dans le contexte franco-allemand. La Française Leila Garfield inaugure cette série. Pour elle, comme pour tant d'autres, Berlin est devenue la seconde patrie. La jeune photographe s'y est rendue pour saisir sur le vif toutes les impressions d'une métropole en perpétuel mouvement. L'exposition « Berlin - Visages d'une ville » est une sélection de travaux des deux séries « Berlin everyday » et « Warum Berlin ». Tandis que la première reflète le quotidien de la capitale allemande, Leila Garfield, avec la seconde, dévoile surtout son amour des gens. Qu'il s'agisse de Berlinois pur jus ou d'adoption, ses photos magnifiques en noir et blanc font le portrait intime des habitants d'une ville qui bat. Une déclaration d'amour toute personnelle à Berlin. Née en 1981 à Paris, Leila Garfield étudie le cinéma à la Sorbonne Nouvelle et la photographie expérimentale et le graphisme à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Berlin. Depuis 2004, elle se partage entre Paris et Berlin et expose régulièrement dans les deux capitales. AT: Goethe-Institut - 17 avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris Métro: Iéna

23 Feb.7:30PM Evenings with an Author: John V. Fleming.Professor Emeritus John V. Fleming presents his book The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books that Shaped the Cold War. The books altered the course of history; the lives behind them have the dark fascination of fiction. The subject of The Anti-Communist Manifestos is four influential books that informed the great political struggle known as the Cold War: Darkness at Noon (1940), by Arthur Koestler, a Hungarian journalist and polymath intellectual; Out of the Night (1941), by Jan Valtin, a German sailor and labor agitator; I Chose Freedom (1946), by Victor Kravchenko, a Soviet engineer; and Witness (1952), by Whittaker Chambers, an American journalist. The authors were ex-Communist Party members whose bitter disillusionment led them to turn on their former allegiance in literary fury. John V. Fleming's humane and ironic narrative of these grim lives reveals that words were the true driving force behind the Cold War. About John V. Fleming: John V. Fleming graduated from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 1958. He then went for three years as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford, where he took a honours BA in English. He next spent two years at Princeton getting a Ph.D. (1963), before becoming an Instructor in English at the University of Wisconsin. He returned to Princeton in 1965, where he taught until his retirement in 2006. AT: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue Général Camou 75007 Métro: Alma-Marceau

24 Feb. 7:00PM Vestoj (magic, magazine launch) - please reconfirm date on Shakespeare & Co website. Roll up! Roll up! In order to celebrate the second issue of Vestoj - The Journal of Sartorial Matters, themed around fashion and magic, we invite you to an evening of ‘Magic for Beginners’. On Thursday 24st of February we will treat you to music, magicians, tarot card readers, seances, ouija boards and all sorts of magical games that you may or may not remember from when you were still a kid. Come drink the elixir of youth with us and taste the confit that Nostradamus made for Catherine de Medici in the 16th Century. Listen to us reading about the mystical properties of dress, have your future divined and attempt to communicate with the spirits of comrades lost or found. We can’t wait to share some magic with you! AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

*24 February 7:00PM To celebrate the publication of Granta 114: Aliens, the Village Voice Bookshop and Granta have the pleasure of inviting you to meet authors Mark Gevisser and Dinaw Mengestu. Whether it’s the closely observed ecology of married life or the violent acts of criminals operating from afar, Granta 114: Aliens draws into focus one of the most pressing issues of our time: Who do we call outsiders? In Edenvale, Mark Gevisser writes of five decades of friendship between two gay South-African men who live out their secret lives in a counter-cultural, apartheid-era Johannesburg, under a regime determined to keep black and white apart. The author is also a journalist and is best known for A Legacy of Liberation, his biography of Thabo Mbeki – South Africa’s second democratically elected president. Dinaw Mengestu: In They Always Come In the Night, Dinaw Mengestu reports on a war in the Congo managed by exiles in France. Dinaw Mengestu is a novelist whose work includes the critically acclaimed The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears and the newly released How to Read the Air which he will be presenting at the Village Voice on February, 10th. This event is part of Granta’s viral project "I Am an Alien". To keep informed you can visit either the Granta website or their Facebook page. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon

*28 Feb. 7:00 P.M. Christoph Meckel: Portrait-robot. Mon père / Portrait-robot. Ma mère. En présence de l'auteur, de son éditeur Pascal Arnaud, et de la libraire et agent littéraire Catherine Houssay. À vingt ans d'intervalle, Christoph Meckel a écrit le portrait de son père, écrivain idéaliste et apolitique incapable d'assumer ses contradictions, et celui de sa mère, « icône du protestantisme féminin », sans tendresse ni amour pour son fils. Publiés en diptyque, ces deux récits radiographient l'univers intime de l'Allemagne d'hier et le séisme auquel son peuple doit encore faire face aujourd'hui. Christoph Meckel, né à Berlin en 1935, a fait des études de graphisme à Fribourg et Munich et vit actuellement entre Berlin, Fribourg et le sud-est de la France. Il a remporté de nombreux prix pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre : le prix Rainer Maria Rilke (1979), le prix Georg Trakl (1982) ou encore le prix Joseph Breitbach (2003). Il est notamment l'auteur de Un inconnu : récit (Le Temps qu'il fait, 2007) et de La Ville de cuivre (Gallimard, 1993). AT: Goethe-Institut - 17 avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris Métro: Iéna

*28 Feb. 7:00 PM Alan Jenkins, Blue Days (The Sailor's Return): Alan Jenkins, prize-winning author of the collections The Drift, Harm and A Shorter Life, returns to Shakespeare and Company to read his new book of poems, Blue Days (The Sailor’s Return). The two salty, interlocking sequences of poems slide in and out of each other as teasingly and ungraspably as their speaker slides in and out of love – and sex – with a woman or series of women variously recalled as mermaids, dutiful daughters and heiresses to shipping fortunes. Unable to resist the siren call of memory, the sensual pull of the tide, this ancient mariner has lingered in the chambers of the sea too long, and recalls the landfalls of his life with haunting directness. The text is accompanied by four stunningly evocative images by William Pownall. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

28 Feb. 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD Paris: Come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN or any other language you would so like to share poetry in! You are also invited to play a short musical piece or read a poem by an author you admire if you so wish! To keep up on all things Spoken Word, check out our blog & sign up for our announcements listing. Reading AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, 75020 Paris Metro Belleville. http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/

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Part II) Creative Writing Workshops in PARIS

7 & 28 February: Slam: De Bouche à l'Oreille au Centre Pompidou. Dire des textes de poésie de son crû, devant un public: le slam est arrivé en France à partir des États-Unis vers la fin des années 90. Depuis, il est rapidement devenu une discipline de poésie reconnue, pour faire vivre la langue française autrement. » Suite des ateliers d'écriture de slam organisé par la Bpi, ouverts à tous, sur inscription *. À chaque séance, deux slameurs du collectif Slam Tribu proposent de vous initier au slam.On écoute, on lit des textes ensemble puis on écrit les siens… et on les offre aux autres. Venez nombreux, on vous attend! AT: Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 Paris. Métro: Rambuteau, Châtelet Reservations: ateliers d'écriture (ouvert à 20 personnes sur inscription) tel. 01 44 78 44 52 ou verdeille@bpi.fr

Theatre Classes in English: A novel way to practice your English and acquire acting skills. Call 01 77 15 71 90 or write wordsaliveo@gmail.com www.wordsaliveo.info

Hidden Selves: A Character Workshop:: Just as a sculptor chisels stone to reveal the figures within, so a writer uses words to shape the abstract natures of his or her own imagination. Discover some of the voices that speak through you and learn how to turn them into compelling characters and narratives to make your writing stronger and more effective. This course is intended for fiction writers in any genre, especially those closet memoirists who prefer to camouflage their own acquaintances in the guise of fiction! (You know who you are!) It overbooked in its debut season this fall so don't wait to enroll. Instructor: "Hemingway-ESQUE David Barnes" is a Paris based writer, teacher, and workshop facilitator. He won Shakespeare & Company's Travel in Words Competition in 2006 and is the dedicated host of the lively and much-talked-about Spoken Word Paris, held weekly at the Cabaret Pop in Belleville. You must be a member of WICE to take this course. Pre-registration required. Date: Mondays, February 28; March 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Code: WF281 Fee: 125€ Place: Maison Paroissiale, 13 place Etienne Pernet, 75015 Paris; Métro: Félix Faure; Bus: 70 or 88.

Date: Sat March 19 (2pm- 5pm) & Sun March 20 (11am – 5pm). Writer Lisa Pasold offers DON’T JUST SIT THERE: a literary workshop on finding and unleashing your creative inspiration. Want to write? Keep meaning to start that project? Stuck at page 32? Don’t Just Sit There! In this weekend workshop, discover how inspiration is like breathing. Instructor: Lisa Pasold has a decade of experience in teaching creative writing to writers of all levels. She has taught at the American University in Paris, at WICE, and has led workshops across Canada. Her first book of poetry was called “a masterpiece” by Geist Magazine; her second book of poetry was nominated for the Alberta Book Prize. Her recent novel Rats of Las Vegas is “as enticing as the lit-up Las Vegas strip and as satisfying as a winning hand at poker” according to The Winnipeg Free Press. Fee: 60 euros for weekend (limited space, pre-registration essential) For a full outline of the workshop & to register, visit http://www.lisapasold.com/calendar.html

Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. WICE offers a short course in memoir writing: Part II of Writing to Travel with Christine Buckley—well-traveled writer, journalist, speaker, co-author of Slave Hunter (Simon & Schuster 2009) and contributor to Best Women's Travel Writing 2010. Part workshop and part seminar, this course addresses practical pointers on the craft and the personal challenges and ethical questions that come up as you battle to find your story and tell your own "truth." Fee: 95€ You must be a member of WICE to attend and pre-registration is required. Enroll on line or call our office at 01 45 66 75 50

Thursday afternoons in March: WICE welcomes Left Bank local, Heather Hartley! Think you know Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Joyce and Sylvia Beach? What about their sometimes overlooked and incredible neighbors, including George Orwell, Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Lawrence Durrell, Janet Flanner, William Faulkner and Allen Ginsberg? And who is the striking, mysterious Kiki de Montparnasse? The poems and prose of these authors (and others) will serve as departure points for your own explorations on the page and on the street as you write and walk your way through Left Bank Literature—the perfect combination of literature, walking tours, and writing workshops, now being offered in two parts: The writing workshop on Thursdays, March 3, 17, 31—85€; and the walking tours on Thursdays, March 10 & 24—50€. (2:00-4:00 p.m.) Or, take all five classes for just 125€. You must be a member of WICE to attend. Heather Hartley is Paris Editor for Tin House magazine and curates the weekly reading series at Shakespeare & Company. She teaches creative writing and poetry at the American University of Paris, and is the author the poetry collection Knock Knock (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010).


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Part III) REVIEWS NEWS & NEW REVIEWS:

The Poets Live podcast posts recordings of our readings, including Jerome Rothenberg, Kazim Ali, Troy Yorke and Rufo Quintavalle. Go to http://poets-live.com/ and click on recordings at the top. If you want to be heard in the podcast applauding some brilliant poets, get yourself along to our next event, noted above.

CONTEST OPEN FOR POETRY BOOK SUBS: Begin the new year by entering the 2011 Sawtooth Poetry Prize contest! Via their new Submission Manager they’ll be using this year and from now on! CONTEST: January 1, 2011 through March 1, 2011, $1,500 for a book of poems. FinalJudge: Paul Hoover. The contest rules have changed a little as a result of the online submission format—take a look at them on Asahta’s home site http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/index.htm To learn more about or support the press, read last year’s winner: 2010 Sawtooth Prize Winner: James Meetze, “Dayglomeetze.cov”.Terrance Hayes selected this collection of poems that are filled with light, from the sun of a perfect beach to the “icky cinematic / light” that pervades the mythic landscape of California. “Think of Thoreau inhabiting a city like San Diego, perhaps on a beach where ‘when brightness becomes your halo / it’s just sun / and nothing holy,’ and you will have a sense of the wonders of this collection. . . . Like the images of (sun)light and water that recur throughout Dayglo, James Meetze is a poet of irrepressible latitude and depth.” More about the book, including a sample poem, an extended bio of the author, and an author statement is available on Asahta’s site.

Cleveland State University Poetry Center Awards announces its First Book and Open Book Competitions. $1,000 and publication in the CSU Poetry Series is offered for the best full-length volumes of original poetry in English submitted between November 1, 2010 and February 15, 2011. The First Book Award is given to an author who has not previously published a book of poetry. The Open Competition is for poets who have previously published at least one full-length collection. For more information click here.

Issue.zero magazine finally out! Pick one up at SpokenWord Paris. You can also get a copy by contacting David Barnes and Maxime Daher at themag.paris@gmail.com. 28 poets & writers given one page each. Many of them read at SpokenWord. Including: Alexander Maksik - Stephen Troy Yorke - Tate Nanje - Barbara Roush - Helen O’Keeffe - Maxime Daher - Karin Schneider - Jessica Malcomson - Dylan Harris - Thérèse Will - Jeanne Gustafson - Jieni Fu - Elizabeth Jervis - Suzanne Allen - Alexa Rutherford - Nina Karacosta - Noah Cutler - James Melcher - Tanai Cardona - Tabitha Burns Álex Díez - J R Brady - Trudie Shannon - Julianne Sibiski - Edme de Beru - Mandoline Whittlesey - David Barnes - Conor Quinn

New magazine from the American University of Paris is now accepting submissions: CORE accepts submissions of essays, poetry, stories, photography, artwork, epistles, engravings...anything you like that we can somehow represent on paper. We are especially interested in academic/analytical writing, but if that's not the kind of writing you do, feel free to ignore what I just said. The theme for this edition is Architecture, to be taken in any sense you like: the architecture of an idea, a conversation, a relationship, a cat, a candy dispenser. It's really just about structure, and the way that you understand the composition and construction of things in your world. There is no particular length specification, but if your piece exceeds 1500 words, make sure you're truly taking advantage of all 1500. Submissions can be sent to this email address or to core.asm@gmail.com, and must be sent no later than March 21st. Submission does not guarantee selection for publication, and you are welcome to submit multiple pieces for consideration.


The current issue of Bone Bouquet, a journal of women's poetry, is now available. The issue features work from Carolyn Guinzio, Emily Skillings, Jennifer H. Fortin, Leigh Stein, Dawn Pendergast, Arielle Greenberg, Claire Hero, Becca Klaver, Jennifer Firestone, Tamiko Beyer, Kara Dorris, and Dana Teen Lomax. Additionally, their reading period is currently open. For more information, head to their website.