January 2011 Readings & Calls for work
THE LIST (revised & expanded for the new year!!!):
Part I) Paris Events & READINGS by dates in January 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! (this section is esp longer--some GREAT places looking for YOUR writing!)
Brought to you by Jane Cope & Jennifer K Dick.
(Please--IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for Feb 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 JANUARY 2011!!!
*3 January 7:00 P.M. here will be a selection of readings launching the latest issue of literary magazine Chimera/ Chimère: participants include Michel Deguy, winner of the Prix Goncourt de France, and the Mallarmé Academy's Grand Prize; Katherine Gallagher, the Australian poet; Patrick Chapman, the Irish writer; Adam Biles, editor of Gulper Eel; Philip Wilson, the translator; and last but not least, Rufo Quintavalle, editor of nthposition and co-editor of Upstairs at Duroc. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
*7 January 2:00 P.M. Alice Notley will talk & read in ENGLISH: Alice Notley à l'Université Paris Est Créteil. La conférence en anglais seront prolongées par une lecture et un débat. S'inscrivant dans le cadre du séminaire de master recherche sur l'écriture féminine aux Etats-Unis animé par Claire Fabre, Tatiana Weets et Vincent Broqua, ces conférences n'en sont pas moins ouvertes à tous. AT: Université Paris Est Créteil. Métro: Créteil Université. Plus d'infos: En salle de thèses de l'UPEC (bâtiment P)
*Les 7, 8, 9 et 14, 15, 16 janvier 2011: LES GEANTS—a series of readings proposed to you at la maison de la poesie of
8 January 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monthly Used Booksale at The American Library. Books in English for 1 and 2 euros. AT: The American Library in
**8 Janvier 18h30--A Reading by French poet Bernard Noel preceded by a film projection! Dans le cadre de la journée « Bernard Noël » organisée par la Maison de la PoésieChristian Bourgoignie, Directeur du Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris, et Claude GUERRE Directeur de la Maison de la Poésie sont heureux de vous inviter à la présentation du livre de Bernard Noël : “Paul Trajman ou la main qui pense” (Editions Ypsilon) La projection du film Encre sur encre en compagnie de sa réalisatrice Sarah Blum précédera une lecture de Bernard Noël et le vernissage de l'exposition Paul Trajman en présence du peintre et de l'éditrice du livre, Isabella Checcaglini. Exposition à la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles du 8 janvier au 5 février 2011. À découvrir à la Maison de la Poésie à 20 h 30 : l’Encre Géante de Paul Trajman. Programme du cycle « Les Géants » sur www.maisondelapoesieparis.com AT: Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles 46, rue Quincampoix - 75004 Paris M° Châtelet – les Halles ou Rambuteau Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles. Réservation souhaitée : 01 53 01 96 96 ou lettres@cwb.fr
*10 Jan: 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD rings in the new year with TONIGHT’s FIRST OPEN MIKE READING of the SEASON! 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
*10 janvier à partir de 19h. A l'occasion de la parution de “L'Âge de verre” traduit de l'anglais par Maïtreyi et Nicolas Pesquès (José Corti) rencontre avec l’auteure americaine COLE SWENSEN. AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue
*10 January 7:00 P.M. Adam Thirlwell, one of the most exciting British novelists today, will read from The Escape and possibly a selection of other work. ‘A novel where the humor is melancholic, the melancholy mischievous, and the talent startling.’ —Milan Kundera « Un roman dont l’humour est mélancolique, la mélancolie malicieuse et le talent impressionnant. » AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
*10 January 7:00 P.M. Ulrike Almut Sandig : Flamingos. En allemand et en français. Lecture en musique avec Ulrike Almut Sandig, Alban Lefranc (modération) et Marlen Pelny (guitare et chant). Dans son premier recueil de nouvelles, Ulrike Almut Sandig marie avec brio réalisme et surréalisme conférant parfois à ses écrits des allures de conte, et adopte une langue poétique singulière, douce et pénétrante. Où s'arrête la poésie? Où commence la chanson? Lors de leurs lectures-concerts, la musicienne Marlen Pelny et l'auteur Ulrike Almut Sandig fraient un chemin entre la poésie chantée et le poème. De manière presque fortuite, elles surprennent agréablement ceux qui pensent ne rien comprendre à la poésie. « Il faut dûment saluer l'entrée d'Ulrike Almut Sandig dans la prose. Ses histoires sont tristes, parfois tristes et belles, elles sont des contes du quotidien, parfois excentriques, mais surtout vivantes. » Ulrike Almut Sandig a étudié la religion et l'indologie avant d'entrer à l'Institut de littérature de
11 January 6:00 P.M. Lecture on Human Rights. admission free, reservation necessary (places limited) A series of lectures organised jointly by the Centre de Recherche sur les Droits de l'Homme et le Droit Humanitaire (UniversitÈ PanthÈon-Assas Paris II) and the Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway), in partnership with the Centre Culturel Irlandais. For the 11th of January, the topic will be "Le procès des Khmers rouges devant les chambres extraordinaires des tribunaux cambodgiens," and it will be facilitated by David Boyle (ancien juriste des CETC). AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005
*11 January 7:00 P.M. A reading of DAN CHAON's Await Your Reply: To celebrate the publication in French by les Editions Albin Michel of Await Your Reply, under the title Cette vie ou une autre in the Terres d’Amérique collection, The Village Voice Bookshop has the pleasure of inviting you to meet and hear Dan Chaon read from his latest novel. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
*12 janvier à partir de 19h A l'occasion de la parution de “Le noyau de toute chose” Hubert Lucot (Editions P.O.L) “L'oeuvre des mers” Eugène Nicole (Editions de l'Olivier) “A coup de pied-de-mouche” Eugène Nicole (Le bleu du ciel) rencontre avec les auteures Eugène Nicole et Hubert Lucot. AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue
*12 January 7:00 P.M. Rencontre avec FRANCESCO RAPAZZINI pour la parution de son ouvrage "Damia une diva française." La vie de Marise Damien, dite Damia (1889-1978), fut romanesque et sulfureuse. Née à Paris dans un milieu populaire, Damia affirme très tôt son goût de l’indépendance ; adolescente rebelle, elle fréquente les milieux interlopes qui se mêlent à Paris, joyeuse capitale de la fête et du plaisir à la veille de la Grande Guerre. Elle danse, chante. On la remarque, et cette beauté intemporelle devient au temps des Années folles une véritable idole dont la célébrité dépasse les frontières de l’hexagone. Sur scène, son jeu envoûte. Damia a inventé sa propre dramaturgie, marquée par l’expressionnisme allemand : elle a le geste épuré, son corps drapé de noir mis en lumière, le regard magnétique saisissant l’auditoire subjugué par sa voix grave et mélancolique qui fait merveille dans La Veuve ou Les Goélands. Juliette Gréco et Barbara lui doivent beaucoup, moins cependant qu’Edith Piaf qui a tout pris d’elle, surtout à ses débuts. Actrice, elle tourne avec Abel Gance et Sacha Guitry. Femme hardie, Damia est aussi vulnérable : elle s’adonne à l’opium, à la cocaïne et à l’alcool. Maîtresse de la danseuse Loïe Fuller, de la décoratrice Eileen Gray, elle s’étourdit avec des amants d’un jour, parfois pygmalions inspirés. Proust la connaît, Mauriac ira l’écouter à Bobino et Colette la fréquente, ainsi que Federico García Lorca, Simenon ou Jean Genet qui s’en inspire pour camper sa Divine dans Notre-Dame des Fleurs. Grâce à de nombreux inédits, Francesco Rapazzini dévoile dans cette première biographie de Damia le destin extraordinaire de la grande chanteuse réaliste. Sous sa plume surgissent une époque et un monde, le music-hall, où se côtoyaient sans façon artistes, hommes politiques, écrivains, peintres...Francesco Rapazzini a grandi entre
*12 January 7:30 P.M. Evenings with an Author: Annie Cohen-Solal discusses her latest book Leo & His Circle: The Life of Leo Castelli. Leo Castelli was one of the most influential art dealer in American history. He launched the careers of several major American artists (including Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg) and made art dealers and commercial galleries better integrated into the modern art world than ever before. Annie Cohen-Solal's new biography, we now have a more comprehensive picture of this seminal figure, a complex and interesting individual who helped define contemporary American art. About Annie Cohen-Solal: Annie Cohen-Solal was born in
*13 January 7:00 P.M. THOMAS GLADYSZ & The Diary of a Lost Girl: To celebrate the publication of a new edition of The Diary of a Lost Girl - The Village Voice Bookshop has the pleasure of inviting you to meet and hear editor Thomas Gladysz discuss this new book. The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, is based on a bestselling book first published in 1905. Though little known today, the book was a sensation at the beginning of the 20th century. Controversy, debate, and lawsuits followed its publication. By the end of the Twenties, it had sold more than 1.2 million copies – ranking it among the bestselling books of its time. Was it – as many believed – the real-life diary of a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution? Or a sensational and clever fake, one of the first novels of its kind? This contested work by Margarete Bohme (1867-1939) inspired a popular sequel, a banned stage play, a parody, a score of imitators, and two silent films. The best remembered of these is the often revived 1929 G.W. Pabst film starring Brooks. This new edition of the original English language translation brings this notable work back into print after more than 100 years. This "Louise Brooks Edition" includes three dozen illustrations as well as a 20 page introduction by Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society, detailing the book's remarkable history and relationship to the acclaimed silent film. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
*13 janvier 19h-20h For all you Oulipians and Oulip 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 “NOTES” AT: BNF François-Mitterrand, Grand auditorium, Entrée libre
*13 janvier à partir de 19h A l'occasion de la parution de “Le musée des valeurs sentimentales” (Editions Verticales) rencontre avec l’auteure Gaëlle Obiegly. AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi, 17, rue
*14, 15, 16 janvier 2011: the second half of the reading programme of events organized under the title “LES GEANTS”—a series of readings proposed to you at la maison de la poesie of Paris! Cette année, trois journées exceptionnelles avec Bernard Noël, Michel Deguy et Yves Bonnefoy, une soirée rare avec Stéphane Hessel, un hommage à Pierre Seghers et Pierre Schaeffer. To see the exact programme online go to: http://www.maisondelapoesieparis.com/index.php?ssrub=7&url=spectacle/spectacle.php&cle=58 where you can get tickets and/or reserve your place! (Often the room DOES fill up, so DO reserve early!) 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
14 janvier, 10h-17h: Journée d'études "Women, Racism and Eugenics" Journée d'études GRER-ICT Organisée par Florence Binard et Michel Prum. Matin : modératrice, Claudine Delphis 10h- 10h15 Introduction Michel Prum 10h15-11-15h Julie Gottlieb "The Gender of Tolerance and Hate: Women, philo-Semitism, and anti-Semitism in
14 January 7:00 P.M. Vernissage de l’exposition de photographies de MATHILDE BOUVARD "Féministe et militante - La nouvelle vague de militantes !" AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue
15 January 9:30 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. : A conference open to the public including many talks on the author Raymond Queneau: L’Équipe de recherches sur Raymond Queneau de l’Université Paris III (EA 4400 « Écritures de la modernité ») et l’Association des Amis de Valentin Brû organisent le samedi 15 janvier 2011 de 9 h 30 à 12 h 45 et de 14 h 45 à 16 h 45 la 13ème Journée Queneau de Paris III au Centre Universitaire Censier (salle 410, 4ème étage). AT: Centre Universitaire Censier 13 rue
*15 January 8pm Steve Dalachinsky reads/performs with yuko otomo & didier lassere on batterie AT: the house of marie gastaut,7, rue andré de sarte 5th fl codes 2580 A 8520B. To make a reservation call bertrand gastaut 06 83 49 29 41
*16 January 4pm American NY poet Steve Dalachinsky reads/performs with musicians noah rosen alan silva aldridge hansberry and rasul sadik. AT: espace z'Avante Garde, 137 rue de Sevres metro duroc
*17 January 7:00 P.M. Acclaimed writer Peter Manseau will read from his novel Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter which will be published in February here in France by Editions Christian Bourgois. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for fiction and the Sophie Brody Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature, this is a novel of faith lost and hope found in translation, at once an immigrant’s epic saga, a love story for the ages it is a Yiddish-inflected laughing-through-tears tour of world history for Jews and Gentiles alike, ‘An extraordinary novel, and Itsik Malpesh is one of literature's most stunning achievements.’—Junot Díaz AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie,
*17 Jan: 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD invites you to come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, or any other language you would so like to share prose or 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
*18 January at 7:30pm. IVY Writers
*19 January 1:00 P.M. Talk and reading by French poet Nicolas Pesquès de 13 h à 15 h « La poésie, pour quoi faire ? » à l’auditorium du Petit Palais, séminaire animé par l’universitaire
20 January 7:00 P.M. 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’. 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
22 January 6:00 P.M. Guerres d'hier, guerres d'aujourd'hui: Théâtre et débat. En partenariat avec Le Monde Diplomatique À l'occasion de la présentation, au Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (7 janvier - 12 février) de la pièce Ithaque, de Botho Strauss, dans une mise en scène de Jean-Louis Martinelli. Rencontre animée par Pierre Conesa (Le Monde Diplomatique); avec Stéphanie Latte-Abdallah, chercheuse et enseignante à l'Université
*24 Jan: 21h onwards to midnight! SPOKEN WORD invites you to come read YOUR work in ENGLISH, FRENCH, or any other language you would so like to share prose or 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
*26 January at probably 7pm: American poets Steve Dalachinsky & Matt Shipp read AT: the
*26 January 7:00 P.M. Rencontre avec LAURE CHARPENTIER à l’occasion de la réédition de son roman "Gigola" et de la sortie du film. Gigola est un roman qui,lors de sa parution en février 1972 aux éditions J.J. Pauvert, sembla tellement dérangeant et provoquant qu’il fut censuré pour ses scènes érotiques. Il fut enfin publié aux Editions Fayard en 2002 après 30 ans de censure ! Il raconte l’histoire en grande partie autobiographique de George, collégienne de 15 ans qui tombe amoureuse d’une de ses professeures avec laquelle elle aura une liaison. Après le suicide de cette dernière, George devient Gigola, dandy sans coeur, gigolo pour dames et souteneur à ses heures, dans le Pigalle interlope des années 60 où se côtoient prostituées, macs, voyous et homosexuels, le Paris nocturne de l’argent, de l’alcool et des cabarets. Laure Charpentier a réalisé elle-même le film tiré de son roman avec Lou Doillon dans le rôle principal (sortie nationale le 19 janvier). Elle le présente ainsi : "Ce film qui a pour titre Gigola , je le porte en moi depuis de longues années. L’histoire de George alias Gigola , c’est un peu mon histoire. Les personnages qui gravitent autour d’elle, je les ai tous connus. Cette époque des années 60 à
*27 January at 7 pm: UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, the
27 January 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. Lire plume à la main: vernissage. Admission free. Since the 19th century, readers have learned not to write on books. The development of the public library system, the practice of passing on school books from one pupil to another, as well as new rules of librarianship gradually eradicated the habit. Reading 'pen in hand' was, however, a common practice for readers at the time of the Ancien Régime. If some contented themselves with adding their signature or some words to the title page, others filled the margins with personal observations – called, literally, marginalia. The hundred or so annotated books in the Old Library of the Centre Culturel Irlandais provide a rich illustration of this practice. The exhibition showcases a fascinating selection of such documents.Exhibition curated by Emmanuelle Chapron who held an Old Library research bursary in 2009. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005
27 January 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. Finola Graham & Pauline Turmel Cross-Currents vernissage. The works shown in this exhibition are the outcome of a joint project: an exchange between the artists Finola Graham and Pauline Turmel. They met thirty years ago when Finola was a student of Pauline’s father at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. They re-established contact when Pauline visited
*27 January 7:00 P.M. Soirée autour de Hilde Domin : lecture, film, musique, discussion. En allemand et français. En coopération avec les éditions L'Oreille du Loup. Présentation du livre “Avec un si léger baggage” (Mit leichtem Gepäck), le premier de Hilde Domin traduit en français (éditions L'Oreille du Loup). Lecture bilingue par Cornelia Geiser, comédienne et Stéphane Chaumet, traducteur de l'ouvrage. Accompagnement musical : Jean-Renaud Lhotte (violoncelle), Emilie Pélissier (guitare), Laure Warney (flûte). Projection d'extraits du film Begegnungen mit Hilde Domin en début et fin de soirée. Hilde Domin, née en 1909 à Cologne, est morte en 2006 à Heidelberg. Étudiante en Italie, elle doit fuir les lois fascistes contre les Juifs et se rend d'abord à
*27 January 7:00 P.M. John Lichfield, journalist for The Independent since 1986, will present and sign his book Our Man in
*27 January 7:00 P.M.: FATIMA BHUTTO & Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter’s Memoir: To celebrate the publication in French by les Editions Buchet Chastel of Songs of Blood and Sword under the title Le Chant du sabre et du sang, The Village Voice Bookshop has the pleasure of inviting you to meet and hear Fatima Bhutto read from her memoir. In September 1996, a fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother while shots rang out in the streets outside the family home in
*30 January at 6pm: American poet Steve Dalachinsky, Japanese-American poet Yuko Otomo read with musical accompaniment: makoto sato - batterie & richard comte – guitar. AT: Bobine -Naxos 135 rue de la roquette
*31 January 7:00 P.M. Join Amy Sackville, recent winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys prize, who will discuss and read from her poignant novel “The Still Point”. For novelists and novel fans, this is a reading not to miss! ‘If Virginia Woolf had had a younger sister with a passionate interest in icebergs, she might have written something like this beautiful, unearthly novel, in which the secrets of a house and of a marriage continually open out onto a wild glare of Arctic light.’ Francis Spufford. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
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Part II) Creative Writing Workshops in PARIS
8 January: A partir de janvier, Violette and Co vous propose de participer à des ateliers d’écriture animés par CATHERINE BÉDARIDA, écrivain et journaliste (Le Monde, Mouvement) qui organise des ateliers d’écriture créative avec des institutions culturelles et associatives. Découvrez ou retrouvez le plaisir d’écrire ! L’atelier offre un lieu solidaire pour écrire en toute liberté quelque soit son expérience. En partant de thèmes variés et de pistes de réflexion en lien avec les questions de genre, de minorités sexuelles et adossés à l’expérience littéraire féministe, l’atelier permet d’explorer et d’inventer ses propres mots.Horaires : un samedi sur deux, de 11h à 13h, à partir du 8 janvier.Tarif : 20 € par atelier. Renseignements et inscriptions : catherine.bedarida@leboutdelalangue.com
WRITING CLASSES at WICE: In all cases for the courses below, you must become a member of WICE (which has tons of great benefits!) and sign up and pre-pay for courses. You must be a member of WICE to take these courses. Pre-registration required. We suggest you sign up early to be sure that the course does not get cancelled for underenrollment!: See more on WICE and creative writing at http://www.wice-paris.org/wice/creative-writing-and-literature
Date: Thursday, January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. THE ART OF FICTION: This very popular combination of workshop and fiction seminar continues to welcome beginning writers, professionals and many repeat participants! Start by reading excerpts from such notable authors as Anne Rice, Stig Larrson, Jonathan Franzen, among many others. Then, under their influence and inspiration, experiment with writing something similar yourself. This course is a must for readers and book-group lovers, too. Due to the workshop element, space is limited, so sign-up early. Instructor: Gretel Furner conducts the Migrant Soul Series at WICE and many other courses on literature and culture. She has a Ph.D. on the modern novel and for the past two years has led a popular, long-standing writing group, sharing with writers from around the world her knowledge on literary device and editing. Code: WJ131 Fee: 135€ Place: Maison Paroissiale, 13 place Etienne Pernet, 75015 Paris; Métro: Félix Faure; Bus: 70 or 88.
Date: Mondays, January 24, 31; February 7, 28; March 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. SHORT STORY WRITING This eight-week course features readings of noteworthy short stories as well as follow-up exercises to get you started on writing your own. In later weeks, after the February school holidays, much of the class time will be spent sharing your work and challenges with the group. This is our longest running workshop in years, created specifically so that you have time to start, re-write and polish a finished story... maybe even two! Because of the comprehensive nature of this course, beginners are especially welcome. Instructor: David Barnes is a
Date: Tuesdays, January 25; February 1, 8 Time: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.WRITING TO TRAVEL This two-part course is for travelers who write or for writers who travel and would like to see their work in print. The emphasis will be more on the professional aspects of travel and memoir writing than on workshopping, although we will do some writing exercises. This is a place where you can ask practical questions and engage in discussions about publishing in these genres. It has been divided into two short sessions, but if you'll be in town, you'll want to take them both. Instructor: Christine Buckley is a well-traveled writer, journalist, speaker, co-author of Slave Hunter (Simon & Schuster 2009) and contributor to Best Women's Travel Writing 2010. She's regularly heard on Radio France International and is also an editor at
Date: Wednesdays, January 26; February 9; March 2, 16 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. WORDS & IMAGES Good storytelling is born when the right words are matched with powerful images. This class will provide a review of basic tools for writing, research, and interviewing; discussion of well-written published pieces and effective photo essays; techniques for capturing powerful images; and proven editing techniques for polishing final pieces. Projects will include a travel article/blog-post/story, a personality profile, an ad or photograph(s) with integrated words, and a news story with images. We'll also discuss the best channels for publication of finished pieces and the best way to pitch yourself and your story to an editor. The class will meet every two weeks to ensure quality time for writing and revision of projects. Instructor: Meredith Mullins is an internationally exhibited photographer and popular photography instructor, a winner of the 2009 Grand Concours Photo sur
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Part III) REVIEWS NEWS & NEW REVIEWS:
PARIS POET JEFFREY GREENE’s featured poem is a great way to ring in 2011: Jeffrey Greene’s little New Year poem! http://poems.com/feature.php?date=14976#journal
SEND PROSE, POETRY, & ART by JAN 15th to VERSAL JOURNAL. Versal, a literary magazine out of
Read the new Chapbooksout now by Australian poet who visited and read in
DOUBLE CHANGE’S ONLINE ARCHIVES for your LISTENING PLEASURE: Double Change began a film archive of readings in Paris in 2004.As we celebrate our ten years as a reading series and online journal, we are pleased to announce the publication of the film and audio archives of some sixty French and American poets who read for Double Change between 2007 and 2010.These archives are now available at http://doublechange.org/archives/ as personal resources as well as for teaching purposes. Authors include: Alice Notley, Bernard Collin, Eleni Sikelianos, Laird Hunt, Elena Rivera, Vanessa Place, Claude Closky, Jena Osman, Rob Halpern, Caroline Bergvall, Anne Portugal, Jérôme Game, Christophe Marchand-Kiss, Susan Howe, Carla Harryman, Barrett Watten, Guy Lelong, Suzanne Doppelt, Peter Gizzi, Kenneth Goldsmith, J. H. Prynne, Pierre Alferi, Stephen Rodefer, Eric Suchère, Rosmarie Waldrop, Bénédicte Vilgrain, Frédéric Forte, Juliana Spahr, Francis Cohen, Anne Parian, Charles Bernstein, Emmanuelle Pireyre, Chris Edgar, David Antin, Lyn Hejinian, Dominique Fourcade, Ron Padgett, Bernard Noël, Elizabeth Willis, Pascal Poyet, Michael Heller, Christophe Lamiot Enos, Marie-Louise Chapelle, Michael Davidson, Jean-Marie Gleize, Stephen Ratcliffe, Ryoko Sekiguchi, Stacy Doris, Sabine Macher, Charles Alexander, Jean-Patrice Courtois, Pierre Joris, Andrew Zawacki, Eugene Ostashevsky, Sébastien Smirou, Jen Bervin, Jérôme Mauche, Anna Moschovakis. A double-box set of the film archives from the first three years of filming, 2004 through 2006, are available at the Presses du Réel. (Orders can be placed online. Free shipping worldwide over 69 €.) http://www.lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage.php?id=1210
or http://www.lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage.php?id=1209 For more on Double Change, or to check up on their forthcoming events, see: www.doublechange.org
NEW ONLINE MAGAZINE: to read & submit to-- Announcing a new monthly journal called "Evening Will Come." Dedicated to poetics, "Evening Will Come" will appear online, twelve times a year, on the first day of each month. The first issue features a new essay by C.D. Wright. http://www.eveningwillcome.com/ Future issues will include poetics pieces by Tyrone Williams, Nathanaël Stephens, and Sueyeun Juliette Lee, among others. Dan Beachy-Quick is at work on a poetics daybook for us, and Joshua Clover, Juliana Spahr, and Chris Nealon
are conducting a roundtable on poetry and the political. Still other pieces and projects are in the works, and we are open to queries: eveningwillcome@gmail.com Our editorial board: Rosa Alcalá, Nathan Brown, Brian Foley, Tim Johnson, Dorothea Lasky, Sara Marshall, Summer Robinson, Evie Shockley, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson. We hope you'll enjoy this new endeavor. http://www.eveningwillcome.com/
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, “Dayglo
”.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
WHAT is COOL & COMING OUT OF EUROPE? Dusie Kollektiv! Based in
NEW IN MAGAZINES: Dimitri Keramitis! Paris-based fiction and nonfiction writer Dimitri Keramitis’ story "The Grave Within" (a Henry Jamesian ghost story) was published by a UK fantasy mag called “Strange Circle”, (http://www.scribd.com/full/45680936?access_key=key-1gfsth1a3tz5c0rylyov) winning the "overall prize" of their story competition! Congrats to Dimitri! Readthe story, submit to the magazine or subscribe at their site: http://magazine.strangecircle.org.uk/
LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Upstairs at Duroc, the literary journal published in
CONGRATS to novelist Barry Kirwan for his story “Writerholics Anonymous” publication on the Piker’s Press site. Free to all, and Barry (a Paris-based author whose first novel in a SciFy trilogy will be out this winter in ebook format—for all you Kendle and eReader users) would love your comments on the work! http://www.pikerpress.com/article.php?aID=4259
Author John Berendt, of the blockbuster best-seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) advises aspiring authors to :
"Keep a diary, but don't just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up as a brief vignette. Give it color, include quotes and dialogue, shape it like a story with a beginning, middle and end — as if it were a short story or an episode in a novel. It's great practice. Do this while figuring out what you want to write a book about. The book may even emerge from within this running diary."
(source: Garrison Keillor’s WRITERS ALMANAC, 5 Dec 2010. Receive the Writers Almanac daily by email, for free!: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/ or make a donation to support Public Radio today!)
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