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!
(Please--IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for March OR April 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 MARCH 2011
1 March 7:30 PM RISKING LIFE & LIBERTY: When Women Pursue Justice, an illustrated talk by Jane Weissman. RISKING LIFE & LIBERTY: When Women Pursue Justice, an illustrated talk by Jane Weissman. When asked how she wanted history to remember her, Shirley Chisholm dismissed her milestone achievements as the first woman and/or African American. Instead, she replied that she wanted to be known as “a catalyst for change” – words emblazoned on the pennant she holds aloft in Artmaker’s 2005 mural When Women Pursue Justice (45' x 72'). Sharing the wall with Chisholm are 89 women whose accomplishments influenced all spheres of American life – 13 additional twentieth-century “movement leaders,” 67 “activists” and 9 nineteenth-century “ancestors” who paved the way. Native and foreign-born, Native American, and women of color, these women – many jailed, several severely injured, some killed for their efforts – were undaunted in their struggles to achieve voting rights, civil rights and racial justice, health and reproductive rights, gay rights, immigrant rights, environmental justice and protection, and workplace/arts access and equality.In her illustrated talk, Jane Weissman – the mural’s project director and a participating artist – discusses their achievements in the larger context of twentieth-century activism. While many of them are well known and easily recognizable, several are unfamiliar to most Americans – their struggles never properly recognized or faded from memory. As Jane points out their placement in this mural that restores these remarkable women to their proper place in history, she will guide the audience to those visual “conversations” that connect them within and across generations. Their endeavors give truth to the words Susan B. Anthony penned at age eighty-six: “Failure is impossible.” During the Q & A following the presentation, audience members will be encouraged to share personal recollections and stories about activism and the women in the mural. AT: American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
2 March 6:00-7:30 PM "Vers d'autres voix" Lecture multilingue de poésie d'Auguste Lacaussade (poète et traducteur)(poèmes français ; poèmes traduits de l'anglais, du grec, de l'italien, du polonais) poèmes anglais, Ossian en bilingue (Clíona Ní Ríordáin + Christine Raguet, Sorbonne nouvelle) poèmes grecs, Anacréon en bilingue (Patrick Counillon, Bordeaux 3) poèmes italiens, Leopardi en bilingue (Jean-Charles Vegliante, Sorbonne nouvelle) poèmes polonais, Mickiewicz en bilingue (Magdalena Nowotna, INALCO) Né à l'île Bourbon en 1817 d'un avocat et d'une "libre de couleur", Auguste Lacaussade dut fuir la ségrégation à laquelle le condamnait sa naissance, et vécut principalement en France à partir de 1827. Secrétaire de Sainte-Beuve, journaliste littéraire, éditeur (de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore), il fut un poète reconnu (Les Salaziennes, Poèmes et paysages, Les Épaves), et un traducteur renommé, tant du grec (Anacréon), que de l'anglais (Macpherson, Crabbe, Coleridge), du polonais (Mickiewicz) et de l'italien (Leopardi). AT: Université Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3 Salle des périodiques de la Bibliothèque universitaire Censier 13 rue de Santeuil, 75005 Métro: Censier-Daubenton
2 March 7:30 PM Evenings with an Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo. Tilar J. Mazzeo discusses two French entrepreneuses - La Veuve Clicquot and Coco Chanel. AT: American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
3 March 7:00 PM La librairie Ciné Reflet et les Editions José Corti vous invitent à rencontrer Marie Étienne à l’occasion de la parution de son livreLes yeux fermés ou Les variations Bergman. Marie Etienne lira des extraits de son livre et s’entretiendra avec Maurice Mourier sur ses relations avec le cinéma. AT: Librairie Ciné Reflet, 14, rue Monsieur le Prince 75006 Paris - Métro Odéon
3 March 7:00 PM La librairie Michèle Ignazi vous convie à la sortie du livre de Michel Jullien, Au bout des comédies, publié aux éditions Verdier AT: Librairie Michèle Ignazi 17, rue de Jouy 75004 Paris Tél: 01 42 71 17 00 Métro : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie
3 March 7:00 PM After years of admiration spent devouring his books, Shakespeare and Co is thrilled to present Peter Carey, one of the most remarkable writers today. He will be reading from his latest novel Parrot and Olivier in America, an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, and an irrepressibly funny portrait of the impossible friendship between a master and a servant. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
3 Mar. 9:00PM. Welcome to Writers Get Violent! Welcome to the first fight club for bohemians. Struggling writers of Paris, sick of mutual readings, snobby criticism, sappy feedbacks in writing workshops, decide to fight. A literary event our good old granpa Hemingway would have liked. Come down and hear some REAL beat poetry.
Here is the program:
First of all the weight. As tradition wants, every boxer will be weighted (almost naked). A Press Conference. A brief reading, a violent critic by the opponent, and when the words doesn’t matter anymore, the fight. First time ever on a ring:
Chris Newens (ENG) vs Peter Brown (AUS)
Jess Granatt (ENG) vs Georgina Emerson (USA)
Kirsten Forster (ENG) vs Beth Peacock Jervis (CAN)
Host: Alberto Rigettini Referee: Benjamin Perriello
Three Rounds. Violence. Illegal bettings. AT: Chat Noir, 76 Rue Jean Pierre Timbaud 75011 Paris. Metro: Parmentier, Couronnes
4 March - 3 April “Les Grandes Personnes” Marie Ndiaye. Directed by Christophe Perton. In French. English subtitled performances 22 MARCH and 2 APRIL. AT: La Colline – théâtre national 15 rue Malte-Brun 75020 Paris Metro: Gambetta
5 March 10 AM to 7 PM Monthly Used Booksale is held 10am-7pm. AT American Library in Paris10, rue Général Camou 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
5 March 10:30 AM Jean-Christophe Bailly lira un chapitre de Dépaysement, en avant-première de sa parution aux éditions du Seuil en avril. AT: Musée Rodin, auditorium du musée, 21 bd des Invalides, 75007. Métro: Invalides Réservation recommandée au 01 44 18 61 24
5 March 3:00 PM Autour de la revue Fusées à 15h avec Hubert Lucot, Yves di Manno, Aurélie Loiseleur, Benoît Casas, Mathieu Brosseau AT: bibliothèque Marguerite Audoux 10, rue Portefoin 75003 Métro: Arts et Métiers ou Filles de Calvaire
5 March 7:30 PM "Voyage dans la poésie de Jean-Pierre Lemaire" le samedi 5 mars à 19h30 à Paris, Crypte Ararat. C'est un récital à plusieurs voix, accompagné d'images entre dessins et photos, avec des musiciens (violoncelle, guitares et autres), suivi d'une conférence du poète. AT: Crypte Ararat, 11 rue Martin Bernard 75013
PAF: entre 8 et 12€. Métro: Tolbiac
Until March 5: Exhibition of recent paintings from Marie Morel at private gallery des femmes-Antoinette Fouque. You will find an overview of her work at : http://www.mariemorel.net/galerie-photo/ AT: Espace-galerie des femmes-Antoinette Fouque 35 rue Jacob 75006 Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Près
6 March 7:30 PM MOVING PARTS presents a reading of 3 one-act plays by Gwyneth Hughes
THEATRICS, ALTERATIONS, RETRIEVAL. AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Metro : Tuileries
7 March 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 March 7:00 PM Lecture Laurent Grisel AT: la médiathèque Marguerite Duras, 115 rue de Bagnolet, 75010 Métro: Gambetta
8 March 7:00 PM Les éditions Le Coudrier, Michel Aubevert et Piet Lincken au Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris, à 19 h Les éditions Le Coudrier ont 10 ans! Autour des « Utilités du rêve » : Un rendez-vous poétique, musical et plastique Joëlle Billy présente Le Coudrier, maison d’éditions forte de 45 titres où chaque publication est une création unique. Entre autre, une attention particulière est portée à Chemin du dernier vivant et Venir au jour de Jean-Michel Aubevert et J’ai cru voir un dieu de Piet Lincken. Le poète Jean-Michel Aubevert lit des extraits des Utilités du rêve, accompagné au clavier par Piet Lincken qui interprète ses compositions inspirées par les textes. Les pastels de Catherine Berael présentés sur scène illustrent à leur façon le recueil de poèmes. Rencontre et signatures avec les auteurs à la librairie Wallonie-Bruxelles où l’on découvre les pastels de Catherine Berael du 8 au 22 mars. Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles. Réservation souhaitée au 01 53 01 96 96 ou lettres@cwb.fr. AT: site du Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, 46, rue Quincampoix - 75004 Métro: Rambuteau
8 March 7:30 PM Les mardis du Lied au Goethe-Institut: Lieder de Gustav Mahler 2. Ce programme vient clore notre série de quatre concerts d’œuvres vocales de Robert Schumann et de Gustav Mahler. Les « Gesellenlieder » débutent sur une séparation – le mariage de la bien-aimée avec un autre homme – et s’achèvent sur un adieu, la dissolution de l’individu dans la nature divine mahlerienne. Pour son cycle des Kindertotenlieder, Mahler s’est inspiré de poèmes de Friedrich Rückert écrits après la mort de deux de ses jeunes enfants : Sous la tempête, ils quittent la maison des parents pour n’y plus jamais revenir, et les parents abandonnés vont « bientôt les rejoindre sur ces hauteurs. » Les « Rückertlieder » ne constituent pas un cycle à part entière : le quatrième et le cinquième élargissent la perspective des trois premiers sur le monde et le cosmos : on n’accède pas au salut par ses propres forces artistiques, seul compte l’effort accompli pour l’atteindre. Le concert sera accompagné d’une lecture de textes des Kindertotenlieder que Gustav Mahler n’a pas mis en musique. AT: Goethe-Institut - 17 avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris Métro: Iéna
9 March 6:00 PM "Writing Paris: A Cross-Genre Workshop" presents Diane Johnson, Stuart Dischell, & Heather Hartley reading and discussing their work.Diane Johnson’s books include Lulu in Marrakech (2007), L’Affaire (2004), Le Mariage (2000), and Le Divorce (1997), for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Awards gold medal for fiction. She has also won The Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; The Los Angeles Times Seidenbaum Award. She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books since the mid 1970s. With filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Johnson co-authored the screenplay to The Shining (1980). She is also the author of twelve other books, including the novels Persian Nights, Health and Happiness, Lying Low, The Shadow Knows, and Burning (all available in Plume editions). In 2003 a movie version of her comedy of manners novel Le Divorce was released, directed by James Ivory. Stuart Dischell is the author of four books of poetry: Backwards Days (Penguin, 2007), Dig Safe (Penguin, 2003), Evenings & Avenues (Penguin, 1996), and Good Hope Road, a National Poetry Series Selection (Viking, 1993). His poems have appeared widely in periodicals, including The Atlantic, Kenyon Review, The New Republic, and Slate and in anthologies such as Hammer and Blaze, The Pushcart Prize: the Best of the Small Presses, Good Poems, and Essential Pleasures. He has won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council. He teaches in the MFA Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Heather Hartley is the author of Knock Knock (Carnegie Mellon University Press 2010) and Paris Editor for Tin House magazine. Her poems, essays and interviews have appeared in The Guardian, Tin House, The Greensboro Review, Post Road, and other magazines and anthologies including Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House. She lives in Paris, where she curates Shakespeare & Company Bookshop's weekly reading series, and has taught creative writing and poetry at the American University of Paris. AT: Grand Salon The American University of Paris, 31 avenue Bosquet Métro: Ecole Militaire. Contact: Jeffrey Greene 01 45 49 26 43/jgreene@aup.fr
9 - 16 March 2011, Paris, Festival Textes & voix: Progamme complet ici
10 March 19h30 UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, the Paris-based literary journal in English, invites you to come celebrate Le Printemps des Poètes, France’s Poetry Month. Hosted by the American Library, this reading will feature work by four poets: MARGO BERDESHEVSKY, PAULA BOHINCE, DYLAN HARRIS and SARAH RIGGS. Bios: MARGO BERDESHEVSKY’s poetry collection, But A Passage In Wilderness, was published by Sheep Meadow Press, who will also publish her new book, Between Soul and Stone, in the fall of 2011. Her short story collection, Beautiful Soon Enough (University of Alabama Press, 2009) received Fiction Collective 2’s American Book Review / Ronald Sukenick Award for Innovative Fiction. Margo has received 6 Pushcart nominations and 2 Pushcart Special Mention citations as well as The Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Award. Originally from NYC, she lives and writes in Paris. PAULA BOHINCE is the author of 2 poetry collections, both from Sarabande Books: Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods (2008; e-book 2010) and The Children (forthcoming in 2012). She has received the 2010-2011 Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, and her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation and elsewhere. DYLAN HARRIS is an English poet who has lived and worked in various EU countries. This sequence of culture changes has come to dominate his poetry. His books include the collection antwerp (wurm press, Dublin), the chapbook Europe (wurm press, 2008) and his recent poetry / photography chapbook smoke, published by the The Knives Forks and Spoons Press in the UK. SARAH RIGGS is a poet, translator and visual artist. She has published Waterwork (Chax Press, 2007) and a book of essays: Word Sightings: Poetry and Visual Media in Stevens, Bishop and O’Hara (Routledge, 2002). Her most recent chapbook is 60 Textos (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). She has translated Isabelle Garron, Ryoko Sekiguchi and Marie Borel (with Omar Berrada). A member of Double Change and the director of Tamaas, she teaches at NYU in Paris. AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire
10 March 7:00 PM MAXINE HONG KINGSTON "I Love a Broad Margin to My Life" The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet Maxine Hong Kingston who will read from and discuss her memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life. This event takes place on the occasion of Maxine Hong Kingston's presence in France for a symposium on Asian-American Literature held at the Université de Haute Alsace. The author will be introduced by Nicoleta Zagni, a researcher in Asian-American Literature and co-organizer of this symposium. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
10 & 11 March at 7:30. Met Peter Sheridan who will conjure up the voices and accents of his childhood in the 1960s. Centre Culturel Irlandais, Reservation recommended. Call 01 58 52 10 30 AT:Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg
11 March 6:30 PM Une lecture de textes de Claude Esteban liés à l'art aura lieu à la Maison de l'Amérique latine, présentée par Pierre Vilar, avec la participation de Jean-Pierre Boyer, Florence Delay, Claude Garache, Rémy Hourcade, José Jiménez et Aline Schulman. AT: Maison de l'Amérique Latine 217 Boulevard Saint-Germain
75007 Métro: Solférino
11 March 7:00 PM Vernissage de l’exposition de peinture de NATHALIE SMAGUINE "Et nous irons vers le soleil" AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
14 March 7:00 PM Helen Constantine, editor of Paris Metro Tales, at Shakespeare & Co. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St-Michel
14 March 7:00 PM Peter Conradi présentera et dédicacera The King's Speech, l'histoire vraie du film "Le discours d'un roi," récompensé par 7 Baftas, 4 Oscars et 1 Golden Globe AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)
14 March 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 March 7:00 PM KATHLEEN SPIVACK "A History of Yearning": The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet Kathleen Spivack who will read from and discuss her new collection of poems, A History of Yearning. Kathleen Spivack is the author of a number of previous volumes of poetry including Flying Inland, The Jane Poems and Moments of Past Happiness as well as a novel, Unspeakable Things. Her writing has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker and The Paris Review. She has also written about her friend, Robert Lowell, and other poets of his time such as Elizabeth Bishop, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. She teaches American Literature and Creative Writing in both Paris and Boston. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
15th March 2011, 7:30pm Poets Live are proud to host Simon Smith, Kerry Featherstone and Helen O’Keeffe. Simon Smith ran the Poetry Library in London from 2003-2007. There are four full-length collections of poetry, the latest is London Bridge (Salt, 2010). In 2009 he was a Hawthornden Fellow, and has translated and published work by Pierre Reverdy, Apollinaire, Catulllus and Martial. Kerry Featherstone works as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Loughborough University. He writes in French and English (sometimes in the same poem) and also writes songs as part of The Orange (whose album ‘Concealed Exit’ is available on itunes, amazon, etc.). His book on Bruce Chatwin will be published in 2011 and he is currently translating Ingriod Thobois’ novel ‘Le Roi d’Afghanistan ne nous a pas mariés’. AT: Carr’s Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue de Mont Thabor, M Tuileries. Email poets@live.fr, browse poets-live.com .
15 March 7:30 PM La Médiathèque rencontre… Maurice Riordan. Admission free, reservation necessary (space limited). In English. Poet in residence Maurice Riordan has had a long-standing interest in twentieth-century French prose poetry and has translated both Yves Bonnefoy and Jacques Reda; a version of Francis Ponge’s Flore et Faune will be in his new collection. Publications in 2010 include contributions to The New Penguin Book of Irish Verse and The Word Hoard: Translations from Anglo-Saxon. AT: Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. RER: Luxembourg
16 to 27 March “Othello” William Shakespeare. Directed by Thomas Ostermeier. In German with French subtitles. AT: Théâtre Les Gémeaux Scène National Sceaux 49 Avenue Georges Clemenceau Reservations: 01 46 61 36 67 92330 Sceaux Train: Bourg-la-Reine
16 March 7:00 PM Hommage à Joaquim Vital (La Différence) AT: Maison de l’Amérique latine Auditorium de la Maison de l’Amérique latine 217 bd Saint-Germain 75007 Métro: Solférino
16 March 7:30 PM Evenings with an Author: Laura Furman. Acclaimed short story writer and editor Laura Furman presents her new collection, The Mother Who Stayed. Laura Furman, recently appointed to the American Library in Paris Writers' Council, is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Mirabella, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, and The Yale Review. She is the editor of the PEN/ o.Henry Prize Stories series and teaches at the University of Texas in Austin. AT: American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
17 March 7:30 PM ROBERT BEROLD & MANDLA LANGA Afrique du Sud: Une traversée littéraire. The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet Robert Berold and Mandla Langa to celebrate the publication of Afrique du Sud: Une traversée littéraire, an anthology of South African poetry and prose edited by Denis Hirson and co-published by les Editions Philippe Rey and l'Institut français. South African poet and essayist, Denis Hirson, will introduce the authors. Afrique du Sud: Une traversée littéraire is an anthology of South African literature, featuring both prose and poetry by authors representative of their nation’s diversity such as Robert Berold, Mandla Langa, J.M. Coetzee, Mxolisi Nyezwa and Bernat Kruger, some of whom are translated here for the first time into French. A historical panorama of South African literature by Denis Hirson is followed by essays on contemporary prose and poetry in this country by Denise Coussy and Joan Metelerkamp. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
18 March 6:00 PM Hommage à François Caradec: Un “Hommage à François Caradec”, organisé par l’association “Les rencontres littéraires de Montsouris”, AT: la Société des Gens de Lettres 38, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 RER: Port Royal Métro: Saint Jacques
18 March 7:00 PM Henri Cole et Claire Malroux: À l’occasion de la parution du recueil Terre médiane (éditions Le Bruit du temps) rencontre-lecture avec le poète américain Henri Cole et sa traductrice Claire Malroux Librairie Michèle Ignazi AT: 17, rue de Jouy 75004 Paris 01 42 71 17 00 Métro : Saint-Paul ou Pont-Marie
18 to the 21 March: The Paris Book Fair will send out its literary vibes at the Porte de Versailles. This year, the focus is on Nordic writers and there will also be a special stand celebrating Buenos Aires as the World Book Capital with guest writes from Argentina. Hours:: Friday 18 : nocturne 10h-23h, Saturday 19 & dimanche 20 : 10h-20h Monday 21 : 9h-13h réservé aux professionnels/reserved for professionals. 13h-18h ouvert au public/open to the public. For more info, go to the site. AT: Paris Porte de Versailles – Pavillon 1 Boulevard Victor, Paris 15ème Métro: Porte de Versailles
20 March 12 PM to 4 PM On Saturday, the SOS Spring Book Sale takes place from 12 pm to 4 pm Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€. We have books in every category, with tons of general fiction, young adult, and parenting. Be sure to tell your friends about this great way to get inexpensive books, and meet other people in the English-speaking community! All profits to SOS Help, the emotional support line in English AT: Orrick Law Offices, 31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie 75016 Métro; Alma-Marceau
20 March 7:30 PM Moving Parts presents Gaelle Arenson's "The Case of the Lophius" (in English) AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Metro : Tuileries
21 March 7:30pm Stephane Hessel, author of Time for Outrage, reading at Shakespeare & Co. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel
21 March 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 March 7:00 PM Double Change vous invite à une lecture bilingue de Anna Moschovakis et Françoise Valéry avec la participation de Ha-Yang Kim (violoncelle). Anna Moschovakis est une poète et traductrice américaine. Elle a notamment traduit du français L’Occupation d’Annie Ernaux et La violence et la dérision d’Albert Cossery, ainsi que des textes de Claude Cahun, Pierre Alféri et Henri Michaux. Elle a publié des livres de poésie, dont You and Three Others Are Approaching Lake (2011) et I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone (2006). Ses poèmes sont édités dans de nombreuses revues littéraires aux Etats-Unis et dans plusieurs pays. Elle est également rédactrice pour la maison d’édition Ugly Duckling Presse à New York. Françoise Valéry pratique l’écriture, la traduction, la photographie, le design graphique et sonore, la performance… Formée à l’école des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, elle co-dirige depuis 1992 les Éditions de l’Attente. Depuis 1996, elle intervient dans l’association Promo-Femmes Saint-Michel à Bordeaux : elle recueille auprès d’adhérentes de plus de 45 nationalités des témoignages de leur mémoire, de leurs savoir-faire et de leur inventivité pour en faire des objets de transmission interculturelle et intergénérationnelle sous forme de livres et de supports audiovisuels. Membre fondateur de l’association Cuisines de l’Immédiat, elle participe à l’orchestre Tendres Cailles, à la création et à l’élaboration des Photodîners, des Chromodîners et des Buffets Alphabétiques. Elle a traduit des textes de Sarah Riggs, de Kristin Prevallet, de Damon Krukowski et de Rosmarie & Keith Waldrop, tous publiés aux éditions de l’Attente, où sont également parus ses livres Victimes du genre (2002), Formula et Poêlon hallucinogène (2004).Born in Seoul, Korea, Ha-Yang Kim is a composer, cellist, and improvisor. Her musical influences draw equally from a range of western classical music, American experimentalism, rock, jazz and improvised music, to non-western musical sources. She has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall and throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and in Russia, Cuba, Bali, and Turkey. She has recorded extensively for over a dozen labels. Ama, a CD of her own compositions is released on Tzadik. AT: Point Ephémère 200 Quai de Valmy – 75010 Paris Métro: Jaurès or Louis Blanc
22 March 7:30pm IVY WRITERS presents a bilingual reading and musical performance
by poets Sandy Florian and Eric Houser, and singer/performer Bremner Duthie. BIOS: Baritone Bremner Duthie is equally at home on the opera stage, in music theatre and performing challenging contemporary vocal works. He has sung Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte and Figaro in the Marriage of Figaro. He has performed in Sir Peter Maxwell-Davie’s Eight Songs for a Mad King and Gruber’s Frankenstein!!. He has performed several world and North American premiers of new song cycles and new music theater works. His One-Man show with the songs of Kurt Weill was awarded ‘Outstanding Solo Performance’ at the Ottawa Theatre Festival and ‘Outstanding Musical Production’ at the Winnipeg Theatre Festival. London’s Musical Stages Magazine said: "Bremner Duthie has.... a voice of power and inner beauty that commands the whole space..... It takes more than just an expressive voice to really communicate Kurt Weill songs - it takes love, fear, regrets, wistfulness, loneliness, tragedy and charm. Duthie has it all." http://www.bremnerduthie.com Of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent, writer and scholar Sandy Florian was born in New York and raised in Latin America. She holds an MFA from Brown and a PhD from University of Denver. She is the author of five prose-poetry collections: On Wonderland & Waste (Sidebrow Press, 2010) Prelude to Air From Water (Elixir Press, 2010),The Tree of No (Action Books, 2008), 32 Pedals & 47 Stops (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007) and Telescope (Action Books, 2006). Her creative work has appeared in over 50 international journals including Bombay Gin, Gulf Coast, /nor, Gargoyle, Indiana Review, and New Orleans Review, and she's been awarded a residency at Caldera Arts, a writer's grant supported residency at the Vermont Studio Center, and an affiliateresidency at Headlands Center for the Arts, as well as literary prizes from Elixir Press, New Voices, and Brown University. She has made residence in Panama, Mexico, London, Paris, San Francisco, Denver, and now West Virginia, and her current semi-autobiographical project focuses on the hybridity of generic identities as a reaction to postmodern trauma. She also serves as one of the "other" editors for Tarpaulin Sky Journal. French Poet Eric Houser is originally from Lyon but lives in Paris. His publications include Encore vous précédé d’Auto-di-Dax (Les petits matins, 2006); (le couteau) (contrat maint, 2005); Impressions de Mormoiron (avec Claudine Capdeville, Jacques Jouet & Pierre Laurent) (Éditions Plurielle, 2003); Un composte (Éditions de l’Attente, 2002); Chapelle & Discrétion (sonate de chambre) (Éditions Patin & Couffin, 2002); Sortes scories (Éditions de l’Attente, collection Week-end, 2000). He has also published texts in micro-editions: somatic limit (Little Single, Éric Suchère, 2003), je ne suis pas je t’ - rup & rud, (Sébastien Smirou, 2004) as well as in anthologies: patch ! (edutec) (anthologie Autres territoires, Biennale en Val-de-Marne, farrago, 2003) and sørlandet (anthologie de la 7ème Biennale des poètes en Val-de-Marne, farrago, 2004). He has led workshops in Fine Arts Schools in both Bourges and Saint Etienne, and in 2005 developed a reading series at the gallery La Box (Ensa Bourges). AT: Le Next (in the basement) 17, rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris, Métro Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles
23 March 7:00 PM Rencontre avec Marie-Claire Blais pour la sortie de son roman "Mai au bal des prédateurs" AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
23 March 7:30 PM Evenings with an Author: Mary Jo Salter. Essayist and poet Mary Jo Salter presents her latest book, A Phone Call to the Future.About Mary Jo Salter: Mary Jo Salter was born on August 15, 1954 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She grew up there and in Detroit and Baltimore. She was educated at Harvard and at Cambridge, and worked as a staff editor at The Atlantic Monthly and as Poetry Editor of The New Republic before becoming a co-editor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry (4th edition, 1996; 5th edition, 2005). She currently teaches at Johns Hopkins University. AT: American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
24 March 7:00 PM Jonathan Coe présentera et dédicacera son neuvième roman The Terrible Privacy of Sim. AT: WH Smith 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Métro: Concorde (reserve a place via email please)
27 March 7:30 PM Moving Parts presents Mona Washington's "Woolite" (in English) AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Metro : Tuileries
28 March 7:00 pm Tracey Jackson, author of Between a Rock and a Hot Place, reading at Shakespeare & Co. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St
28 March 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/
29 March 7:00 PM HUGUES DE MONTALEMBERT Invisible: The Village Voice Bookshop is proud to invite you to meet the French artist, Hugues de Montalembert, who will discuss his memoir, Invisible. "When Hugues de Montalembert was blinded in a sudden, terrible act of violence, he set out to see the world. In luminous and sensual language, he recounts his journeys through Indonesia, the Himalayas, and Greenland. But he also charts a journey into the deepest places of the heart, where fear and courage, love and rage create spectacular vistas most of us will never see. As much poem as memoir, Invisible is like a streak of lightning against an ink-black sky." – Geraldine Brooks, bestselling author of March and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Blinded in a senseless attack in his New York home in 1978, Hugues de Montalembert, a French-born filmmaker and painter, was violently forced out of his intensely visual world. Hugues de Montalembert has made a short film of the inner images he creates in his mind’s eye. AT: Village Voice Bookshop 6, rue Princesse 75006 Métro: Mabillon
Until 30 March: "L'Asticot de Shakespeare" A creation by Clémence Massart and directed by Philippe Caubère. In French with some English. This show was created at the Globe Theatre in London where it was performed entirely in English. AT: Théâtre Montmartre Galabru 4 rue de l'Armée d'Orient, (face au 53 rue Lepic). 75018 Paris Métro: Blanche or Abesses
30 March 7:00 PM Rencontre avec Lola Lafon à l’occasion de la parution de son roman "Nous sommes les oiseaux de la tempête qui s’annonce" AT: Violette et Co, 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.
30 March 7:30 PM Evenings with an Author: Patrick Weil. Is there a French national identity? Patrick Weil believes four pillars have served as a shared reference and a common socio-political project for France and the French: The principle of equality, the French language, the positive memory of the French Revolution, and the principle of laïcité. Weil argues that they are attractive and inclusive rather than grounds for exclusion. AT: American Library in Paris, 10 rue General Camou, 75007. Métro: Alma-Marceau
Until 31 March: “Dans la Joie et la Bonne Humeur” Quand la vie professionnelle déteint en dehors des heures de travail. Une comédie mordante… Mise en scène Pierre Vincent. Discover a most unique theatre and have dinner with the artists after the show (reservations required) AT: Théâtre de la Boutonnière, 25, rue Popincourt, 75011 Paris. Reservations 01 43 55 05 32 or reserve tickets for the performance on billetreduc Métro: Voltaire
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Part II) Creative Writing Workshops in Paris: March and April
Writing for Publication and Presentation with Kathleen Spivack.
A hands-on workshop for advanced writers - and those who want to be "advanced" - writers with a focus on getting published; native speakers of English. All genres of writing are welcome. Prose, Poetry, Scripts,Translation. There is limited space, so query early if you are interested in reserving a place, you'll enjoy and get a lot out of this experience. Kathleen's writing clients publish widely and win major prizes( see www.kathleenspivack.com). This workshop is designed to give you some pointers on how to make your writing shine. Please bring only two pages of a work in progress, a brief description of the project you are working on, and writing materials for the afternoon. Writers seem to get the juices flowing during this workshop and the atmosphere is both supportive and encouraging, but with some suggestions too.. Light refreshments. Further professional conversation if you'd like to stay a bit longer.A group will be going to the workshop together from Paris.
When: Saturday March 5 from13h-16:30
Price: 50e
Where: St Germain en Laye
April 3, 10am-5pm
Travel journalist Heather Stimmler-Hall offers a seminar for every blogger who ever wanted to break into the world of paid travel writing in her one-day seminar, "Making the Transition from Blogger to Professional Travel Writer". She will cover all of the basics you need to know to enter this highly competitive market, from the practicalities of the industry to advice on improving your travel writing skills. The fee is €95/person, limited to 10 participants. For more information or to sign up, visit http://www.secretsofparis.com/travel-writing-seminar/ or contact Heather at secretsofparis@gmail.com
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Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, new books & more!
Flying Guillotine Press is a handmade poetry chapbook press founded by Tony Mancus and Sommer Browning in 2008.And comrades, have we've got a deal for you. Like, a totally good deal, brah.Receive every book Flying Guillotine publishes in 2011 for the low price of $25!! You'll get: Sasha Steensen's A History of the Human Family,
Philip Metres' The Abu Ghraib Arias, Serena Chopra's Penumbra & Theresa Sotto's Hinge
Sign up here: http://flyingguillotinepress.blogspot.com/
The White Review is looking for submissions! Send them to
The Poets Live podcast posts recordings of our readings, including Jerome Rothenberg, steve dalachinsky, 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!
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