THE DECEMBER LISTING is HERE!
Part I) Paris Events and READINGS by date in DECEMBER
Part II) Writing, and Theater Workshops in Paris this month + announcement for 2014 Geneva Writers' Conference (so you can register!)
Part III) News Reviews and Reviews News: publications, CALLS FOR
WORK, new books and more!
(IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for Jan 2014
please send those announcements as early as possible, and in the format of the
listings below, to Jennifer K Dick at fragment78 AT gmail.com
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READINGS AND
LITERARY EVENTS BY DATE IN DECEMBER 2013 :
2 Dec 2013 de 17h à 18h30 TRANSLATION
workshop on WHITMAN : l'Atelier de traduction
poétique ARP (VALE EA 4085) recevra Eric
Athenot, Professeur à l'Université François Rabelais (Tours) pour une séance consacrée à la traduction
d’un poème de Walt Whitman extrait de Leaves
of Grass (édition de 1855). Vous
pouvez dès à présent télécharger le poème à l’adresse suivante : http://www.vale.paris-sorbonne.fr/FR/arp.php
La séance aura lieu à la Maison de la
Recherche de Paris-Sorbonne 28 rue Serpente,
Métro Odéon, salle D117 (1er étage) Geneviève
Cohen-Cheminet
2nd Dec at 19h
sharp. THE WHITE REVIEW will be presented and readers from that magazine and Paris Lit Up editors will be
presenting the Paris Lit Up magazine and the WR. Authors from these magazines
will read and talk. AT: Shakespeare & Co. 37, rue de la Bucherie,
75001 Paris—M°/RER St Michel or Maubert Mutualité
2 Dec at from 8pm SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance
poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken
word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts
or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.
Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin
underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/
3 Dec at 20h30 Showing of Natalia Almada's
“EL General”. EL GENERAL is an excellent documentary about Mexican filmmaker
Natalia's ancestor, a dictator of Mexico, which won a prize at Sundance.
Parisian resident Sarah Riggs said “I heartily recommend this film and suggest
you send the screening details to a friend in Paris, and go yourself if you can
. . .
in the presence of the filmmaker. Natalia
was one of the 8 artists for the Tangier 8 super 8 film poems, working with
Peter Gizzi, with the Association Tamaas!” This film will be shown as
part of the FESTIVAL VISEUR http://www.viseur.org/pages/programme.html For more on Tamaas or Sarah, see : www.tamaas.org & www.sarahriggs.org AT : Cinéma Action Christine, 4 Rue Christine 75006
3 Dec à 19h Reading in French : Rencontre avec
Colette Lambrichs : Frédéric Baal, écrivain et homme de théâtre,
dialoguera avec la romancière et lira des extraits d’Éléonore (La Différence). L’auteure fait de Bruxelles un noyau
romanesque où se déploient plusieurs récits aux points de vue multiples,
gravitant tous autour de la figure d’Éléonore, ancienne comédienne octogénaire,
gravement malade. AT : AT : Le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Salle du Foyer, 46 rue
Quincampoix 75004
5
dec soirée de lectures à l'occasion de la parution du 7ème numéro de LIGNE 13.
Ce sera jeudi, donc (voir invitation jointe), avec Jean-François Bory, Francis
Cohen et Virginie Poitrasson. Pour davantage d'informations sur ce numéro : http://lignetreize.blogspot.fr/2013/11/n7-automne-hiver-2013-2014.html
5 Dec at 19h/19h30 PLU open mike night! Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring
contemporary poets and writers. Come join and share your poetry &
writing or just come and enjoy. Culture
Rapide 103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020.
6th Dec : Theater Workshop: Fridays
20h-22h. Friday Actor Training & Performance Workshop Have an interest in
Theatre? Wish to meet an international circle of fluent anglophiles with
a passion for theatre? The workshop focuses on a selection of texts in
English and leads towards the creation of an ensemble and production at the end
of the year. Participants interviewed.
06 37 66 27 98 wordsaliveo@gmail.com Try-out 15€
6th Dec 6.30pm Philosophers in the Library
A monthly conversation about philosophy in a convivial environment! AT: Shakespeare & Co. 37, rue de la
Bucherie, 75001 Paris—M°/RER St Michel or Maubert Mutualité
6 Dec à 19h FOR
KIDS : HAIKU and chat in French about things and the world of
poetry ! (4years old and older) Haiku : Théâtre d’objets
et poésie pour parler de l’évanescence des choses, à la manière d’un court
poème japonais qui tente de saisir l’émotion de l’instant. À partir de 4 ans.
Dans un château, plein de toiles d’araignée, vit Bozo, un petit homme tout
habillé de bleu. Bozo vit seul. Il regarde la lune au loin. Sur la lune, il
pense avoir vu une ombre bouger. Est-ce une ombre, une araignée, un papillon?
AT : Le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Salle de spectacle, 46
rue Quincampoix 75004 Paris
7 DEC 14h-21h
(apéritif à partir de 18h) OPEN STUDIO with Kate Van Houten, Marie Dargent, Monica Infuso, Eiko Hiroki, Daphne Gamble and
Noriko Fuse exposition - vente de petits formats at the Atelier de gravure et lithographie Daphne Gamble
AT : 50 rue du faubourg du Temple
75011 Paris métro / Goncourt ou République code / 49A11
7 Dec, 16h00, Une lecture/ spectacle de Ronelda Kamfer
Ronelda Kamfer, one of the sharpest new voices of South African poetry, will
read with Sonia Emmanuel and Denis Hirson, along with Steve Potts on saxophone
AT: la bibliothèque de la Place des fêtes, 18 rue Janssen, 75019,
7 Dec à 17h FOR KIDS : HAIKU and chat in French about things and the
world of poetry ! (4years old and older) Haiku : Théâtre d’objets et poésie pour
parler de l’évanescence des choses, à la manière d’un court poème japonais qui
tente de saisir l’émotion de l’instant. À partir de 4 ans. Dans un château,
plein de toiles d’araignée, vit Bozo, un petit homme tout habillé de bleu. Bozo
vit seul. Il regarde la lune au loin. Sur la lune, il pense avoir vu une ombre bouger.
Est-ce une ombre, une araignée, un papillon? AT : Le Centre
Wallonie-Bruxelles, Salle de
spectacle, 46 rue Quincampoix 75004
Paris
Until 8th Dec. “Au bois lacté” (“Under Milk
Wood”) by Dylan Thomas. Performed in French. (Under Milk Wood)
Theatre de Poche Montparnasse
8 Dec 14h-19h
OPEN STUDIO with Kate Van Houten, Marie
Dargent, Monica Infuso, Eiko Hiroki, Daphne Gamble and Noriko Fuse exposition - vente de petits formats at the Atelier de gravure et lithographie Daphne Gamble
AT : 50 rue du faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris métro / Goncourt ou
République code / 49A11
9th Dec 7pm Hélène Cixous joined by
Beverley Bie Brahic for a bilingual reading and discussion. Brahic will be
reading from the new translation of Helene Cixous's "Twists and Turns in
the Heart's Antarctic" alongside Helene Cixous. The link to the event,
with the address is: http://shakespeareandcompany.com/index.php?categories=107:1
AT:
Shakespeare & Co. 37, rue de la Bucherie, 75001 Paris—M°/RER St
Michel or Maubert Mutualité
9 Dec from 8pm SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance
poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken
word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts
or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.
Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin
underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/
10 Dec at 19h15 Bilingual reaing with Ivy Writers Paris With
the poets Luc Bénazet et Michael Heller Luc Bénazet :
lives in Paris though he is currently in Tangiers on a writing residency with
the cipM (the international center for
poetry in Marseilles). His most recent book is :
La vie des noms (Nous éditions, 2013). He is also the author of Envoi,
a collaborative work with Benoît Casas (éditions Héros-Limite, 2012), & nÉcrit (Nous éditions, 2009). His work
appears in the literary reviews k.o.s.h.k.o.n.o.n.g.
&, in translation, in Slot (out
of Sweden) as well as in Ligne 13, MIR
and Grumeaux. For more, see: http://www.editions-nous.com/benazet.html Michael Heller has published over 20 volumes of poetry, essays, memoir
and fiction. His most recent books are This
Constellation Is A Name: Collected Poems 1965-2010 (2012), Beckmann Variations & other poems (2010),
Eschaton (2009), Speaking the Estranged: Essays on the Work of George Oppen (2012). Collaborations with the composer Ellen Fishman Johnson include
the opera, Constellations of Waking (on
Walter Benjamin) and This Art Burning. For more, see http://www.michaelhellerpoetry.com/
RSVP at our FB event invite at: https://www.facebook.com/events/709448632419542/
AT: LE NEXT, 17 rue Tiquetonne,75002
PARIS métro Etienne Marcel/RER Les Halles For more, see: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr
or join our FB group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/
10th to 14th Dec: Theater "Township
Stories" by Grootboom. Performed in English with French subtitles.
Theatre de la Villette.
11 Dec 14:00 - 17:00 e-Book
Conference with Ellen Hampton, Anna Jarota, Bianka Reinhardt and Laurel
Zuckerman Topic: E-Writing, E-Publishing: Risks and Rewards. The literary
landscape has been thrown wide open with the advent of e-publishing, a
development as exciting as it can be confusing. A panel of writers, agents and
publishers with experience in the field will assess changes e-publishing has
brought thus far and target areas to watch in the future. The discussion will
be followed by workshops to address specific elements of the process. This
panel event, co-presented by the American Library in Paris and the Mona
Bismarck American Center, will be moderated by Ellen Hampton - writer,
historian, lecturer and newly-minted novelist on the e-horizon. The panel
will feature: Anna Jarota, director of the Anna Jarota Literary Agency,
representing literary and general fiction, crime and thrillers. Bianka
Reinhardt, director of international business for Books on Demand, one of
the leading European e-publishers.Laurel Zuckerman, author
of Sorbonne Confidential, director of Paris Writers News, and acquisitions
editor for a small press. To sign up for this workshop at the Mona Bismarck
American Center, please email rosenberg@americanlibraryinparis.org requesting to join.
Space is limited to 30 and the price is 10€. For more info, see: http://americanlibraryinparis.org/events-programs/library-events/eventdetail/717/-/e-book-workshop-with-ellen-hampton.html This event will be
held at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris.
11 Dec : 20h. Bilingual event
featuring the American poet Cole Swensen and French poet Nicolas Pesquès as part of the Université Paris Est
two-day symposium « Poets & Critics ». This reading is organized by double change and Maison de la poésie de Paris. Bios : Cole Swensen is the
author of twelve volumes of poetry and eleven of translation. She teaches lit and creative writing at Brown University. She translates
French poets, such as Pierre Alfieri, Suzanne Doppelt, Olivier Cadiot, Jean
Frémon, Jean Tortel and many others. She has been the recipient of many prizes
and fellowships such as the New American Poetry Award and the PEN translation
award. She also writes critical essays on art and poetry and is the founder and
publisher of the poetry press La Presse, bringing French poets into English.
Among her books, one can find recent poetry collections such as Such Rich Hour
(2001) Ours : poems on the gardens of Andre le
Notre (2008) The Glass Age
(2007) Gravesend (2012) or the essays Noise that Stays Noise, University
of Michigan Press, 2011. She also co-edited the anthology American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of
Contemporary Poetry (Norton, 2008) In French translation, one finds: Le nôtre, Corti, 2013 (tr. Nicolas et Maïtreyi Pesquès) L'Âge de
verre, éditions Corti, 2010 (tr. Nicolas et Maïtreyi Pesquès) Si riche
heure, éditions Corti, 2007 (tr. Nicolas et Maïtreyi Pesquès) Nef, traduction
de Noon par Rémi Bouthonnier (Les Petits Matins, 2005) Numen, traduction collective :
Royaumont, relue et complétée par Juliette Valéry, (Créaphis, 1994) For more,
see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Swensen Nicolas Pesquès, born in 1946, began a massive work in 1980 called « La face
nord de Juliau », currently made up of 12 published volumes (published with André Dimanche
éditeur, 1988, 1997, 2000, 2008, 2009 and 2012 as well as a volume with
Editions du limon,1991 and Flammarion, 2013) Juliology is an extended
poetic meditation on a mountain (Juliau) that is visible from the poet’s house
in the Ardèche region of south-central France. Focusing in particular on the
flowering yellow English broom that covers the mountain in spring, Pesquès
intermingles close observation with a philosophical reflection on the roles and
potentials of language. - See more at: http://counterpathpress.org/juliology-by-nicolas-pesques#sthash.zuFAhmqb.dpuf
He also wrote the poetry collection : Gilles AILLAUD (André Dimanche
éditeur, 2001). Nicolas Pesquès has also written essays on critical texts on
various artists such as Gilles Aillaud, Pierre Buraglio, Anne Deguelle, Claude
Garache, Bernard Moninot, Myonghi, Aurelie Nemours, Gérard Schlosser, Carmela
Uranga, Jan Voss, Paul Wallach, etc. 2 sections from « La face nord de Juliau, cinq » were
translated into American English by Cole Swensen: Physis (Free
Verse Edition, 2006) and Juliology (Counterpath
Press, 2008). La face
nord de Juliau, un has also been translated into German, this time
by Lisa Spalt (Urs Engeler/ Rough Books, 2012) Nicolas Pesquès has translated,
with Maïtreyi poems and books by authors such as Cole Swensen: Si Riche Heure Corti (2007) L'Age de verre Corti (2010) Le nôtre Corti (2013), Claudia Rankine: Si toi aussi tu m'abandonnes Corti (2010) As well as Lorine Niedecker: Louange du
lieu Corti (2012) with Maïtreyi and Abigail
Lang AT : Maison de la poésie Passage Molière 157 rue Saint-Martin 75003
Paris Métro : Rambuteau RER : Châtelet-Les Halles Bus : 29, 38, 47, 75 Entrée :
5€ You will find directions and more info on the Poets and Critics blog: http://poetscriticsparisest.blogspot.fr/
12 Dec à 19h : French reading & roundtable
discussion with film projection : Hommage à Dominique Rolin : Dominique Rolin avec Les écrivains Josyane
Savigneau, René de Ceccatty et Jean-Luc Outers, proches de Dominique Rolin,
évoqueront sa personnalité et son œuvre, accompagnés de lectures de ses textes
par la comédienne Marie-Christine Barrault. Le dialogue entre l’auteure et
Jean-Luc Outers, L'instinct du bonheur. Dominique Rolin: le dernier entretien,
réalisé en 2004, sera projeté en ouverture. Dominique Rolin (1913–2012) reçoit
les éloges de Jean Cocteau et Max Jacob à la parution de son premier roman.
Elle est l’auteure d’une trentaine de livres dont plusieurs abordent sa
relation avec Philippe Sollers. AT : Le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Salle de spectacle, 46
rue Quincampoix 75004 Paris tarifs Tarif : 5
€ http://www.cwb.fr/programme/hommage-a-dominique-rolin?utm_source=Sarbacane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=28%2F11%2F2013+Newsletter+-+D%E9cembre+2013
11th Dec 3pm Children’s Hour with Kate
Stables AT: Shakespeare & Co. 37,
rue de la Bucherie, 75001 Paris—M°/RER St Michel or Maubert Mutualité
12th Dec at 19h30 THEATER "Distant
Music" will be performed in English at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. This
is an immersive interactive theatre experience based on James Joyce's short
story "The Dead" from Dubliners. Booking 01 58 52 10 30
12 Dec at
19h/19h30 Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers. Come join and share your
poetry & writing or just come and enjoy. Culture Rapide
103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020.
13 Dec French soirée on LE GRAND SOIR 40 ans du journal Libération
avec : Miossec, Christophe, Baxter Dury, Who Made Who, Discodéine, Superpoze,
DJ RKK, Les siestes acoustiques de Bastien Lallemant : Vincent Delerm, Peter
Von Poehl, Camélia Jordana, Bastien Lallemant, Les Innocents, Jeanne Cherhal...
40 ans d'information, de reportages, de photos, d'analyses, de tribunes, de
convictions, d'impertinence... Depuis 1973, Libération agite les neurones et
bouscule les habitudes pour se tourner, aujourd'hui plus que jamais, vers
l'avenir. Pour fêter ça avec vous, Libé s'installe au CENTQUATRE le 13 Dec et
vous propose un grand concert en point d'orgue. Places : de 10 à 40 €
AT : Le 104, Paris http://www.digitick.com/le-grand-soir-40-ans-de-libe-concert-css5-centquatre-pg1-rg5464.html
13th Dec 6.30pm Christmas signing of Paul
Meets Bernadette by Rosy Lamb AT:
Shakespeare & Co. 37, rue de la Bucherie, 75001 Paris—M°/RER St
Michel or Maubert Mutualité
13th Dec at 19h30 Joycian theater! "Distant
Music" will be performed in English at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. This
is an immersive interactive theatre experience based on James Joyce's short
story "The Dead" from Dubliners. Booking 01 58 52 10 30
16th Dec 7pm The Cats Meet presents
Edwardian Tales of Mystery & Imagination AT: Shakespeare & Co. 37, rue de la Bucherie,
75001 Paris—M°/RER St Michel or Maubert Mutualité
16 Dec from 8pm SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance
poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken
word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts
or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.
Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin
underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/
17 DEC at 7:30 p.m. This month POETS LIVE celebrates
Anglophone magazines in Paris with the participation of Belleville Park
Pages, Paris Lit Up, The Bastille and Upstairs at Duroc.
Contributors to the magazines will read and issues of the publications will be
on sale at the book table. Readers will include Rufo Quintavalle who is launching his new Corrupt Press chapbook in
Paris as part of this event. AT: Carr’s Pub, 1 rue du
Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, Métros: Tuileries or Concorde. Next POETS LIVE reading will be
Jan.28, http://poets-live.com
17 Dec à 19h
Reading and discussion around the winner of the Rossel Prize. Autour du Prix Rossel 2013 : Une soirée exceptionnelle avec le
lauréat du Prix Rossel 2013, accompagné du parrain de l'édition, l’écrivain David
Foenkinos. Ce Prix, communément appelé le « Goncourt Belge », est la
distinction littéraire la plus prestigieuse en Belgique francophone. Parmi les
auteurs récompensés : François Weyergans , Henry Bauchau ou Jean-Philippe
Toussaint. Le nom du lauréat 2013 sera annoncé le 4 Dec. For more ,
see : http://www.cwb.fr/programme/autour-du-prix-rossel-2013?utm_source=Sarbacane&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=28%2F11%2F2013+Newsletter+-+D%E9cembre+2013
AT : Le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Salle de spectacle, 46
rue Quincampoix 75004
19 Dec at
19h/19h30 Paris Lit Up Christmas Party featuring Rufo Quintavalle reading from his new
chapbook moral hazard and the chemical sweats (corrupt press)
Further info on this reading here. For more general info, see Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers. Come join and share your
poetry & writing or just come and enjoy. BIO: Rufo Quintavalle is the author of
four books of poetry, Make Nothing Happen, (2009), Liquiddity
(2011), Dog, cock, ape and viper (2011) and moral
hazard and the chemical sweats (2013). He was formerly the
poetry editor for the online journal, nthposition, and served on the editorial board for the Paris-based literary
magazine, Upstairs
at Duroc.
His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for the Michael
Marks award. From 2011 until 2013 he ran the reading series, Poets Live. AT: Culture Rapide
103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020.
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PART II: WORKSHOPS
Sign up now for the GENEVA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: The Geneva
Writers Conference
will take place January 31 to February 2, 2014. Conference
Information
THEATER: 7th Dec (17h-19h) and
Sunday 8th Dec (15h-19h). Theatre Workshop in English 7 &
8 Dec Native & (intermediate) non-native speakers. Creation of
an ensemble through exercises on voice, breath and movement to explore excerpts
from a text in English. Exploration
des extraits en anglais à travers des exercices de respiration, movement, et
improvisation. Natif et non-natifs. Pré-inscription obligatoire. 06 37 66 27
98. Reservation required wordsaliveo@gmail.com 06 37 66 27 98 Fee
60€ / Students 45€ Native speakers 40€
11 Dec 14:00 - 17:00 e-Book
Conference with Ellen Hampton, Anna Jarota, Bianka Reinhardt and Laurel
Zuckerman Topic: E-Writing, E-Publishing: Risks and Rewards. The literary
landscape has been thrown wide open with the advent of e-publishing, a
development as exciting as it can be confusing. A panel of writers, agents and
publishers with experience in the field will assess changes e-publishing has
brought thus far and target areas to watch in the future. The discussion will
be followed by workshops to address specific elements of the process. This
panel event, co-presented by the American Library in Paris and the Mona
Bismarck American Center, will be moderated by Ellen Hampton - writer, historian,
lecturer and newly-minted novelist on the e-horizon. The panel will
feature: Anna Jarota, director of the Anna Jarota Literary Agency,
representing literary and general fiction, crime and thrillers. Bianka
Reinhardt, director of international business for Books on Demand, one of
the leading European e-publishers.Laurel Zuckerman, author
of Sorbonne Confidential, director of Paris Writers News, and acquisitions
editor for a small press. To sign up for this workshop at the Mona Bismarck
American Center, email rosenberg@americanlibraryinparis.org requesting to join. Space is limited to 30 and the price is 10€. For
more info, see: http://americanlibraryinparis.org/events-programs/library-events/eventdetail/717/-/e-book-workshop-with-ellen-hampton.html This event will be
held at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris.
Theater Workshops: ALL Fridays
20h-22h. Friday Actor Training & Performance Workshop Have an interest in Theatre? Wish to meet an international circle
of fluent anglophiles with a passion for theatre? The workshop focuses on
a selection of texts in English and leads towards the creation of an ensemble
and production at the end of the year. Participants interviewed. 06 37 66 27
98 wordsaliveo@gmail.com
Try-out 15€
Tuesday Dec 3. from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Akrobatas Workshop with Antonio Meza on STRATEGY and how to keep yourself focused on the present moment to achieve what you want in the future. Strategy: Engage in small steps to achieve your big goals General Public (Non AUP student) is 20euros. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/strategy-engage-in-small-steps-to-achieve-your-big-goals-tickets-9319742601 At: American University of Paris
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Part III:
News Reviews and Reviews News:
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Check out Laurel Zuckerman’s “Paris Writers’ News” site! FOR MORE Events, contests for publication or reviews and reflections on
some events as well as INTERVIEWS of Paris authors, check out Laurel
Zuckerman’s “Paris Writers’ News” site! http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writer-news/
To see new interviews of authors, check out the direct page for that at: http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/paris-writers-news-interviews-.html
including DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS! Exciting and varied list—from French authors,
to Anglophones, from nonfiction to travel to poetry and novel writers as well
as art critics, historians and others! A great place to get a little insight on
writing as it takes place in the City of Lights!
SAND: Submissions Open for Issue 9:
''It takes a lot of different components to make a great journal. Good
designers, good organizers, good editors... and good contributors. Show us what
you've got! SAND 9 is now open for submissions. We're
looking for your best short fiction, poetry, and art. Check out our submission
guidelines at: http://www.sandjournal.com/submissions Or, if you've got the guidelines tattooed to your forehead already, go
right to Submittable: https://sandjournal.submittable.com/submit We look forward to perusing your work! Deadline is Dec 15, 2013.''
Paris-Based author, Rufo Quintavalle's, new chapbook moral hazard and
the chemical sweats will be published by
corrupt press on Dec 6th. You can hear him read in Amsterdam at the
Battalion Gallery on Pazzanistraat on Dec 6th or in Paris on the 19th
of Dec as guest reader at the Paris Lit Up Christmas Party. Further details on
both readings here and here. Or purchase a copy direct from the publisher http://corruptpress.net
SUBMIT BOOK TO FURNITURE PRESS’ CONTEST! The 2014 Furniture
Press Poetry Prize will be awarded to the writer that best exemplifies the
poetics and particularities of Furniture Press Books’ aesthetics. Elizabeth Robinson will judge
this year’s competition. $500 honorarium and a publishing contract to the
winner For full guidelines and information on the judge, furniture press and
more, see: http://furniturepressbooks.com/fppp2014/
The Dec issue of The Volta is live: In Review features our Books of the Year selections
by some of our contributing editors and guests: John Keene, Rae Armantrout,
Kazim Ali, Amaranth Borsuk, Laynie Browne, Noah Eli Gordon, Drew Scott
Swenhaugen, Caleb Beckwith, me, & Bhanu Kapil, Evening Will Come features
new prose by Kirsten Kaschock, David Kaufman, Jared Stanley, and Johanna
Skibsrud They Will Sew The Blue Sail features new poems by Michael
Earl Craig, Hannah Brooks-Motl, and Michael Donhauser translated by Rosmarie
Waldrop The Conversant: Feliz Molina introduces Avital Ronell’s European Graduate School
Lecture; Double Change recording of Pascal Poyet and Lisa Robertson; Rusty
Morrison with Craig Santos Perez and Keith Waldrop; Angela Buck introduces
Leonard Schwartz with Linh Dinh; John D’Agata and Phillip Lopate (joint
interview); Declan Gould with Amber DiPietra & Denise Leto; Tony Trigilio
with Leonard Schwartz; Jonathan Stalling with Afaa Weaver; Jeffrey Williams
with Rita Felski; Jon Curley with Rachel Hadas; Virginia Konchan with Janice
Lee; Jim Goar with Marcus Slease; HL Hix with Jan Conn and Sue Sinclair; Nature
Theater of Oklahoma with Philip Bither; and Philip Metres with Vladimir Burich. Medium: new video from Laura
Mullen Heir Apparent: a new series from Lyn Hejinian And Evie Shockley Takes
Down The Clouds http://www.thevolta.org
READ great reflections on text and image in FRENCH, see the new number of Arborescences du Département d’Études françaises de l’Université de Toronto est heureux de vous annoncer la parution de son troisième numéro, Lire le texte et son espace : outils, méthodes, études, que vous pourrez lire à partir du lien: http://www.erudit.org/revue/arbo/2013/v/n3/index.html Il a été préparé par Caroline Lebrec, Janet Paterson et Antje Ziethen, et propose de nouveaux outils théoriques et de nouvelles études liés à l’espace et la littérature.
A place to go ? The Highlander Pub 8, rue de Nevers 75006. Located on a narrow street on the left bank just a minute
opposite from the Pont Neuf. Its cozy atmosphere and friendliness will
coax you in. It holds lots of events on a weekly basis including open
mics, music jams, pub quizzes and literary events.
READ & SUBMIT WORK to SOMETHING ON
PAPER: 2014 marks the 40th
anniversary of both Naropa University and the Jack Kerouac School of
Disembodied Poetics. In celebration, we've launched the online
literary/multimedia poetics journal Something
on Paper. The inaugural issue
features lectures by Lyn Hejinian and Joan Retallack, interviews with Alice
Notley and Peter Yeager, a tribute commemorating John Cage’s 100th birthday, a
pedagogy article by Joe Amato & Kass Fleisher, and a roundtable discussion
on Violence & Community, as well as much much more. Enjoy! Please also consider submitting critical
work: essays, articles, book reviews, etc. Call for work is open until February
1, 2014. www.somethingonpaper.org
NOW OUT : FRENCH REVIEW LIGNE 13 ! Announcing the « parution du septième numéro de LIGNE 13, que Francis Cohen et Sébastien Smirou ont pris, encore une fois, beaucoup de plaisir à réaliser. Au sommaire : Peter Bast, Sébastien Smirou, Jean-Michel Fauquet, Antonino Ferro, Arno Calleja, Virginie Poitrasson,Francis Cohen, John Rickman, et Jean-François Bory. Tous les détails sont disponibles sur : lignetreize.blogspot.fr En espérant vivement que ce volume vous plaira--Sébastien Smirou » Launch event reading on Dec 5th—see listings for info !
SUBMIT : to the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award. Following upon Stacy’s spirit of creative invention and inventive
creation; engaging wit and ingenious playfulness; discovery in construction;
and radical appropriations based on classical forms, pastiche, etc. and love:
the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award will be given for a poem with a truly
inventive spirit. The award is $500 /
Submission is for 1-10 pages by January 1, 2014 / Publication is in 14 Hills.
Website: http://14hills.net/node/725 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/216335301859366/
SUBMIT and SUBSCRIBE to Belleville Park Pages: Released every 2
weeks at the cost of 2euros, the Belleville Park Pages are always excited to
receive submissions. We print poems, short stories and essays. Submit work
to: bellevilleparkpages@gmail.com with the
subject ‘Submission’. Submission Guidelines: - 400 word limit on poems - 1000
word limit on short stories and essays - Pieces must be previously unpublished
- Include the information you would like to be printed under: Name, Place, E-mail/Website *The Belleville Park Pages makes note on each
publication that authors printed retain all copyrights to their work. To buy a
sample copy or to see their blog, check out http://bellevilleparkpages.wordpress.com/buy-the-page/
IN PARIS: where to find some English Language
Bookstores, if you are looking to find them, please have a look at this
link: English
Language Bookstores website.
PURCHASE NOW FROM 1913 press: The long-awaited, gorgeous, & multi-form KALA PANI by Monica Mody is available NOW from 1913 Press!: "Monica Mody is a poet of sacrifice: Writing to us from the space behind the sun." -Bhanu Kapil. Extract:
PURCHASE NOW FROM 1913 press: The long-awaited, gorgeous, & multi-form KALA PANI by Monica Mody is available NOW from 1913 Press!: "Monica Mody is a poet of sacrifice: Writing to us from the space behind the sun." -Bhanu Kapil. Extract:
One
day, rain fell, rain felt – trees felled no remorse.
Ground was sober. Ground saw stars. Sobriety suited the ground.
Ground to a survival as lights changed. Ground grew movie star glasses.
Ground was sober. Ground saw stars. Sobriety suited the ground.
Ground to a survival as lights changed. Ground grew movie star glasses.
LAST CHANCE! THE BASTILLE seeks writing and art with a strong point of view for our 3rd
issue. We want your Art - Photography - Poetry - Rants - Interviews - Articles
- Prose – Stories - Opinion pieces - Documentary work (art, photos or words) –
Journalism WRITERS (journalists, poets, ranters, storytellers, visionaries…) Write
about something you feel strongly about (passionate or
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twist. Be radical - reach down to
the root of things. Why should the reader care? Experiment - Break your own
mould - push your limits. Don’t do what is familiar and easy for you. Have fun.
This could be an article, a rant, an interview, a poem, anything… it could be a
mix of prose and other forms. ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Put your
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the world. Find something to say. Be radical, get to the root of things, take a
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Experiment and… have fun. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Work must not have been published
before. Simultaneous submissions fine if you tell us as soon as
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Use Perpetua 12. Prose - send us 50 to 2000 words. Poems - send us up to 3
poems of up to 40 lines each. ART, PHOTOS Send as jpeg 300dpi Deadline 15th Dec
BOOKS by Greg Bachar FOR THE HOLIDAYS? Gifts? Why not get a discount on Amazon and
support author Greg Bachar? CURIOSISOSITY: This volume contains a selection of poems, stories and experiments.
Bachar¹s ³curiosisosities² capture moments in a world where cows replace
clouds, magnesium sparks fly from eyes, live wasps are served at dinner parties, the moon cries tears for its first love, the Earth, and winged clocks
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DUMB BELL & STICKY FOOT (& Other
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Heidegger, Samuel Beckett, Derek Walcott, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon,
Jean Baudrillard, Jurgen Habermas, Raymond Radiguet, Theodore Roethke, John
Berryman, Seamus Heaney, John Ashbery, C.K. Williams, John Donne, Robert
Herrick, Andrei Tarkovsky, Isabelle Eberhardt, Frank Stanford, Atilla Jozsef,
Sister Corita Kent, Henri Charriere, Ernest Hemingway, Saul Williams, Sylvia
Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, Adrienne Rich, Ralph Ellison and MORE!!! Or read his
own THE WRITING MACHINE--WRITINGS ON
WRITING (Occasional Ruminations On An Intangible Legerdemain)
A collection of essays on the sleight of hand that fuels Bachar’s own creative writing
practices.
CHECK OUT and consider writing for
FRANCE REVISITED:
edited by Gary Lee Kraut, FRANCE REVISITED is an online magazine that publishes
a wide variety of journalistic and creative approaches in exploring life,
travel, touring and culture in Paris and throughout France. Written 50% by
Gary, 50% by contributors, FRANCE REVISITED presents a fluent mix of
information, insights, reviews, personal essays, interviews, commentary, humor,
poetry and vignettes, as well as photography and videos. www.francerevisited.com. Like what you read? Want to
contribute? Gary likes getting work by people who have a passion for a subject
or are particularly creative in their approach to travel and place. Before
sending anything, read the site, then see France Revisited's Writer's
Guidelines if you are still interested in submitting material: http://francerevisited.com/contact-2/write-for-us/
Submit to PICAYUNE LITERARY Magazine accepts submissions to Dec 15, annually, in short fiction (1,250 words max), flash fiction (250 words
max), nonfiction and creative nonfiction (1,250 words max), poetry (3 per
submission), and black & white line art. Submit writing as .doc and art as
PDF to: picayunemagazine@yahoo.com or danielrmtz@nmhu.edu. More information at: www.nmhu.edu.
QUERCUS REVIEW PRESS $1,000 prize, book publication, generous royalties. Deadline: Dec 13. Send
manuscript and $25 reading fee to Quercus Review Press, Dept. of English,
Modesto Junior College, 425 College Ave., Modesto, CA 95350. New and emerging
writers especially encouraged to submit. More info: quercusreviewpress.com.
JUST OUT! The Critical Flame! The publication of the Nov/Dec issue of The
Critical Flame, which
includes a review of August Kleinzahler's collection, The Hotel Oneira.
Patrick Dunagan writes, “Reality comes in and out of focus, approaching
hypnagogia, as the subject matter swings from the poet’s residence in San
Francisco to his native New Jersey and beyond, crisscrossing time and carrying
references to nursery rhymes and Vachel Lindsay.” http://criticalflame.org/reality-out-of-focus-august-kleinzahlers-the-hotel-oneira/
READ then perhaps PROPOSE A
TEXT to NEW LINES: CHRISTOPHER KONDRICH writes about Tomas Transtömer's Samurais & Dragon Scales on the
newest of the new LINES posts. Don't miss it, read it here: KONDRICH'S
LINES Inspired to write your own? Pitch your own ideas to: info@lostroads.org