01 December 2014

Literary Paris Calendar DECEMBER 2014

Literary Paris Calendar DECEMBER 2014

PART I: Reading and events
PART II: Writing and other workshops in Paris
PART III: Calls for work, new book and publication releases, submission requests

PART I: EVENTS

Monday 1 December; 19h30 : Double Change et éof presentment Une semaine autour de La Pharmacie des Mots de Morten Søndergaard: Concert, Projet Bloom
Création d’une pièce de musique-poésie contemporaines autour de la Pharmacie des Mots. Interprètes : Florient Azoulay (voix-textes), Matteo Cesari (flûte), Olivier Innocenti (accordéon). Conception : Colin Roche & Florient Azoulay. Musiques et textes : Carl Philip Emanuel Bach / François Couperin / Emily Dickinson, Poemes / Ernst Herbeck / Colin Roche / Giacinto Scelsi, Pwyll / Morten Søndergaard 
PROJET BLOOM: Florient Azoulay, comédien; Matteo Cesari, flute; Olivier Innocenti, accordéon; LA PHARMACIE DES MOTS: Conception : Colin Roche &  Florient Azoulay.
Le Projet Bloom s’approprie l’oeuvre poétique Morten Søndergaard, La Pharmacie des Mots et propose, sur cette base, un geste artistique libre, prenant pour matériaux les oeuvres passées comme présentes. La proposition, conçue à la manière du « recueil » de l’artiste danois, est une succession de boîtes ouvertes dont on sort, là un poème d’Ernst Herbeck écrit pendant son long séjour en hôpital psychiatrique, là une oeuvre de Couperin au bandonéon, là encore la pureté absolue du son de Scelsi...
À la galerie ÉOF: 15, rue Saint Fiacre - 75002 Paris - M°- Grands Boulevards

Monday 1 December; 20h30; Spoken Word Open Mic
Theme: Astrology, Astronomy
Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Sign up 8pm to 9.30pm in the bar. Poetics start from 8.30pm underground.


Monday 1 December; 19h; Launch of a new anthology of contemporary South African poetry: In the Heat of Shadows: South African Poetry 1996-2013 published by Deep South, Grahamstown, South Africa            Edited by Denis Hirson with contributing poets Isobel Dixon and Kate Kilalea, writers Nancy Huston and Ellen Hinsey, translator Mike Dickman, actress Sonia Emmanuel, debating maestro Declan McCavana, editor of the anthology Denis Hirson and special guest: saxophone player Steve Potts.
 In the Heat of Shadows: South African Poetry 1996-2013 presents work by 32 poets and includes some translations from Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho and Xitsonga. This collection follows on from Denis Hirson’s 1997 anthology The Lava of this Land: South African Poetry 1960-1996.
South African poetry today is charged with restlessness, bursting with diversity. Gone is the intense inward focus required to deal with a situation of systematic oppression, the enclosing effort of concentration on a single predicament. While politics and identity continue to be central themes, the poetry since the late 1990s reveals a richer investigation of ancestors and history, alongside more experimentation with language and translation; and enduring concern with the touchstones of love, loss, memory, and acts of witnessing.                        
At Shakespeare and Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris

Tuesday 2 December; 19h30; Double Change et éof presentment Une semaine autour de La Pharmacie des Mots de Morten Søndergaard: Lecture - hommage à Inger Christensen avec l’Ambassade du Danemark et les éditions Ypsilon, Sexto-Piso & Gyldendal.
Lecture alternée : Morten Søndergaard (Danois) - Maria Ridao (Espagnol) - Olivier Brossard (Français). Éditions : Ypsilon (Paris) ; Ernesto Kavi, Sexto-Piso (Espagne-Mexique) et Gyldendal (Danemark). Projection : Inger Christensen - Cicadas Exist (Cikaderne Findes) de Jytte Rex (1998). »
À la galerie ÉOF: 15, rue Saint Fiacre - 75002 Paris - M°- Grands Boulevards


Tuesday 2 December at 19h30. POETS LIVE presents an evening with Alice Notley. Drinks at the bar from whenever you like, poetry starts downstairs in “la cave” at 19:30. Excerpt from Alice Notley’s Author’s Statement in NEGATIVITY’S KISS (Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, 2014)
“Born November 8, 1945, Bisbee, Arizona. I grew up in Needles, California and have lived as an adult largely in New York, New York and Paris, France.
Education: Needles Public Schools;  BA, Barnard College, 1967;  MFA, The Writers Workshop, University of Iowa, 1970. Professional Status and Brief Biography: I’m the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and prose.  I’ve been a full-time poet since 1970, supporting myself by poetry-connected activity:  readings, publication, part-time teaching of creative writing, grants, awards, etc.  I am associated by friendships and sometimes by style with the second-generation New York School poets.  I have been married twice, to the American poet Ted Berrigan and to the British poet Douglas Oliver (I have been widowed twice), and I have two sons, Anselm and Edmund Berrigan, who are both poets.  At this point I consider myself to be an internationalist and certainly of my own poetry school.  I tend to write book-length or epic poems and am very prolific.  As far as I’m concerned my books are the embodiment of everything I am and think, they are my accomplishment and identity.  I am a poet and little else.”  Her poetry collections, published over the last 2 decades, include: Songs and Stories of the Ghouls; Culture of One; Reason and Other Women; In the Pines; Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005; Alma, or The Dead Women; Disobedience; Mysteries of Small Houses;The Descent of Alette. 
At Carr’s Pub. 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris. Métros:  Tuileries or Concorde.

Wednesday 3 December; 19h; Shakespeare and Company presents: Philosophers in the Library…Shlomo Sand; Israeli historian Shlomo Sand will be joining us to discuss his acclaimed new autobiographical essay on Jewish identity, How I Stopped Being a Jew. Shlomo Sand studied History at the University of Tel Aviv and at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in Paris. He currently teaches contemporary history at the University of Tel Aviv. His previous books include The Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People, and The Invention of the Land of Israel.
37 rue de la Bucherie


December 3 @ 19h30-23h – PLU Brainstorming apéro
Since its inception, Paris Lit Up has always aimed to create shared spaces where literary and creative energies can interact and produce synergies. Community, transparency and open communication are our fundamental working principles.
In this spirit, we’d like to invite everyone to join us for our annual PLU brainstorming apéro on Wednesday, December 3rd at 19h30. Come and bring your ideas, your projects and your thoughts on new directions and new poetic ventures. We’ll be talking about Open Mic, PLU Magazine, PLU Press, Writing Workshops, a top secret summer writing retreat, theater in Paris, international collaborations… and anything else you want to bring to the table!

The meeting will be held at our secret headquarters, located somewhere near métro Strasbourg-Saint Denis. If you are interested in participating, please shoot a note over to info@parislitup.com and we’ll send you the classified address and password.

Wednesday 3 December; 19h; Vernissage de l’exposition de mosaïques de CARINE LORENZONI “Bibliothèques”: “Se présenter de dos est une coquetterie propre aux livres. Sobre ou précieux, leur dos éveille l’intérêt, attise la curiosité tandis qu’alignés sur les étagères, serrés les uns contre les autres, les
livres restent sagement refermés chacun sur son histoire. Mais leur
ordre est trompeur et souvent dérangé. Cà et là, des volumes glissent
et s’inclinent, forment des piles désinvoltes, et des éclats du monde
s’invitent sur les rayonnages – plumes, joyaux, photos, souvenirs.
Telles sont les bibliothèques en mosaïque de Carine. Idéales.”
(exposition du mercredi 3 décembre au dimanche 4 janvier)
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07

Thursday 4 December @ 20h – PLU Open Mic featuring Tony Wilson
Every Thursday in English: if you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all starting at 8pm-ish. We go until we drop – which means all night long! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits. Extreme poetry. Explosive prose. Nudity encouraged. This week, PLU Open Mic is proud to host an extraordinary American spoken word performer Tony Wilson!

Tony Wilson is a multitalented powerhouse. An electric performer, Tony Wilson presents a captivating set that blends the worlds of Spoken Word & Hip Hop. Armed with powerful words and a pure joy for performing he creates an energy that wows the crowd and leaves them feeling empowered and motivated. Known for his captivating and charismatic presence, Tony Wilson’s clever wordplay, powerful delivery and creative punch lines can carry the emotion of the audience. He released his first independent publication in June 2012 titled, Breaking the Cycle: A Collection of Creative Works. Tony released both a Spoken Word EP (“King Of The Misfits: A Spoken Word Experience” November 2012) and a hip hop mixtape (“King Of The Misfits: The Mixtape” June 2013). For more information: http://parislitup.com/plu-open-mic-featuring-tony-wilson/ 
WHERE: Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, Paris 75020 France

Thursday 4 December; 18h-19h30; British & Commonwealth Women's Association presents Meet the Authors, A BCWA Club Soir networking event featuring Alecia McKenzie (Jamaica) and Su J. Sokol (Canada);
Alecia McKenzie is an award-winning author, journalist and artist from
Jamaica. Her books include Sweetheart, a novel that won the 2012
Commonwealth Book Prize for the Caribbean region; Stories From Yard,
first published in Italy as Racconti Giamaicani; Doctor’s Orders and
When the Rain Stopped in Natland, novellas for young readers; and
Satellite City, winner of the regional Commonwealth Writers Prize for
Best First Book. As a journalist, Alecia reports on development, human
rights, immigration and culture for an international news agency and
various magazines. She lives in Paris with her family.
Su J. Sokol is an activist, a cyclist, and a writer of speculative and
interstitial fiction. Originally from Brooklyn, Su studied law and
philosophy before becoming a community lawyer specializing in housing.
She immigrated to Canada in 2004 and now lives in Montréal with her
family. Su works for a community organisation as a social rights
advocate. Her short stories have been published in Spark: A Creative
Anthology and The Future Fire. Cycling to Asylum is her first novel.
157 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris RSVP REQUIRED
01 47 20 50 91: please ring for the door code when you arrive.
Contribution 6€ for members, 8€ for spouses and non-members.
Jamaican rum punch and snacks will be provided

Thursday 4 December; 18h; Double Change et l’université Paris-Diderot vous invitent à une lecture-performance bilingue de Jean-Patrice COURTOIS, Karen MAC CORMACK, Steve McCAFFERY, et Christian PRIGENT avec Vanda BENES.
 Biographies : JEAN-PATRICE COURTOIS, poète, essayiste. Ses deux derniers livres sont Les Jungles plates (Nous, 2010), Mélodie et jugement (avec les Lettres de Cyrano de Bergerac, Éditions 1:1 , 2013). A traduit des poèmes de Robert Walser dans les revues L’Animal et La Barque. Écrire n’a rien à voir avec le diagnostic de la « poésie », ou d’autre chose, ni avec son pronostic, car tout ce qui est perçu fait diagnostic et pronostic, comme un environnement d’air tout percevant. Tout est possible, silencieusement, et doit s’entendre. La minuscule de l’impossible, tâche actuelle, écologie de l’esprit. KAREN MAC CORMACK est l’auteur d’une douzaine de livres de poésie dont, récemment, AGAINST WHITE (Veer Books, London, 2013). Ses poèmes sont parus dans un grand nombre d’anthologies, dont Moving Borders, Out of Everywhere, Another Language, et Prismatic Publics, et ont été traduits en français, en portugais, en suédois et en norvégien. De nationalité canadienne et britannique, elle a longtemps vécu à Toronto. Elle vit actuellement à Buffalo, NY, et enseigne à l’Université de Buffalo. Deux fois nominé pour le Prix du gouverneur général du Canada, STEVE McCAFFERY est l’auteur de plus de 35 livres de poésie et de critique. L’anthologie Seven Pages Missing (Coach House Press) donne une idée des formes nombreuses que prennent ses explorations poétiques. Ses derniers livres sont Panopticon (Book Thug), Dark Ladies (Chax Press) et The Darkness of the Present: Poetics, Anachronism and the Anomaly (University of Alabama Press). Son livre-objet-concept A Little Manual of Treason est une commande de l’édition 2011 de la Shajah Biennale aux Emirats Arabes Unis. Steve Mac Caffery est Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters à l’Université de Buffalo. CHRISTIAN PRIGENT, né en 1945, a dirigé de 1969 à 1993 la revue TXT. Il a publié, essentiellement chez POL, mais aussi chez Christian Bourgois, Cadex, Al dante, Le Bleu du Ciel, Argol, une quarantaine d’ouvrages (poésie, fiction, enregistrements sonores, essais sur la littérature et la peinture…) et donne régulièrement, dans le monde entier, des lectures publiques de son travail. Bibliographie récente : La Langue et ses monstres (essais), POL, 2014 ; Les Enfances Chino (roman), POL, 2013 ; La Vie moderne (poèmes), POL, 2012 ; Compile (CD & livret), POL, 2011 ; Météo des plages (roman en vers), POL, 2010.
VANDA BENES est comédienne. Avec sa compagnie La Belle Inutile, elle a mis en scène Peep-Show de Christian Prigent en 2009.
à l’université Paris-Diderot; Amphithéâtre Buffon;15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013 Paris
Accès par RER C ou Ligne 14
(M° Bibliothèque François Mitterrand)
bus 64 et 62

Friday 5 December; 19h; A l'occasion de la parution de La communauté politique des "tous uns" Entretien de Miguel Abensour avec  Michel Enaudeau (Belles Lettres); La librairie Michèle Ignazi a le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre avec Miguel Abensour et Michel Enaudeau
Librairie Michèle Ignazi 17, rue de Jouy 75004 Paris 01 42 71 17 00

Friday 5 December; 19h; Rencontre avec ANNE SYLVESTRE pour son livre Coquelicot et autres mots que j’aime (Points, coll. Le goût des mots)
Tout en subtilité et profondeur, Anne Sylvestre invoque les mots qui
la touchent et l’émeuvent, dévoilant à travers eux la matière même de
sa vie. Entre les souvenirs ressurgis et les petits bonheurs du
quotidien, entre les coulisses de la scène et les champs de son
enfance, ses textes nous plongent avec émotion dans son intimité. «
Coquelicot. C’est un cri, c’est un appel, c’est un mot de joues rouges
et de course folle dans les blés, de mollets piqués par les chardons,
de roulades et de cul par-dessus tête dans le fossé.» Coquelicot est
le premier livre de la grande autrice-compositrice-interprète.
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07

Friday 5 December, 15h-18h: English seminar on Literature and History with
MICHAEL WINSHIP and HESTER BLUM: The research seminar « LITTÉRATURE ET HISTOIRE » co-organized by Cécile Roudeau and Hélène Quanquin
(Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)invites you to come to their next
meeting with Hester BLUM (Penn State) et Michael WINSHIP (UT Austin).
Here are the titles and abstracts of their talks:. Hester BLUM,
Pennsylvania State University : « News at the Ends of the Earth: Polar
Ecomedia » What happens to messages left in bottles? or in cairns, or
in copper cylinders, or with passing ships? Blum's paper discusses the
history of Anglo-American polar exploration--as well as the literature
produced by expedition members--by considering how letters and other
forms of knowledge circulate in the ecological spaces of the polar
regions. What forms of writing and recording practices are sustainable
in the Arctic or Antarctica? We might say that polar expeditions
functioned as a mechanism for generating narratives, but in the
anthropocene, writing on ice may be scarcely more legible than writing
on water. Michael WINSHIP, The University of Texas at Austin : « The
Civil War, the Book Trade, and American Literary Culture » The
northern victory in the Civil War altered forever the history of the
United States, ending the abominable practice of chattel slavery and
guaranteeing citizenship to a substantial proportion of the American
population, but did it have an equally profound effect on how American
literary texts were produced, published, distributed, and consumed?
This paper will begin to explore this question, one that historians of
the American book trade and its literary culture have seldom addressed
directly.
AT: INSTITUT DU MONDE ANGLOPHONE, 5, RUE DE L’ÉCOLE DE
MÉDECINE, 75006 PARIS, SALLE 12

Friday 5 December; 20h; John Ayrton et Virginie Yassef présentent NUMÉRO ZÉRO.NUMÉRO ZÉRO est une revue expérimentale à ciel ouvert qui s'intéresse à l'écriture comme processus de travail, en amont de sa formalisation définitive et sous toutes ses formes. C'est un laboratoire de création qui invite des écrivains et des artistes à participer pendant un an à de rencontres publiques mensuelles, à un site internet, à une édition papier, et à prendre en charge une rubrique dans chacun de ce formats.
41, rue Lécuyer, 93300 Aubervilliers; +33(0)1 53 56 15 90; info@leslaboratoires.org

Saturday 6 December; 16-20h; Double Change et éof presentment Une semaine autour de La Pharmacie des Mots de Morten Søndergaard; Clôture >> First Aid Lit. << Performance, consultation et distribution de mots sous ordonnance = Word Take Away. Projection : vidéos de Morten Søndergaard.
À la galerie ÉOF: 15, rue Saint Fiacre - 75002 Paris - M°- Grands Boulevards

Monday 8 November; 20h30; Spoken Word Open Mic
Theme: “I’m not gay… really!” Guest poet Troy Yorke with his new book
Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Sign up 8pm to 9.30pm in the bar. Poetics start from 8.30pm underground.

Tuesday 9 December @ 19h30: Ivy Writers Paris invites you to join us for a special bilingual night of reading and performance featuring Mari-Lou Rowley (Canada) Constance Chlore (Belgique) and Dominique Maurizi (France). BIOS: Mari-Lou Rowley: Poet, science writer and interdisciplinary scholar Mari-Lou Rowley has encountered a timber wolf, come between a black bear and her cub, interviewed an Italian astronaut, found over 44 four-leaf clovers, and published nine collections of poetry. Her most recent book Unus Mundus (Anvil Press 2013) received second prize in the John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Award and was nominated for three Saskatchewan book Awards.  Suicide Psalms (Anvil Press 2008) was also nominated for Sask. Book Award. Her publications include limited edition chapbook in collaboration with Canadian visual artists: Transforium (2012) with Tammy Lu, and CosmoSonnets (2007) with Robert McNealy, both published by JackPine Press. Her poetry has appeared in anthologies in Canada and the US and in numerous print and online journals—including the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics and on the Canadian Association of Physicists website. She is an invited keynote speaker at “Flow and Fracture,” a seminar on avant-garde eco-poetics at l’Université Libre in Brussels in December 2014. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Rowley lived in Toronto and Vancouver for many years, where she met—and was influenced and encouraged by—bp Nichol, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, Erin Mouré, Christopher Dewdney, Lisa Robertson, and others. Mari-Lou returned to Saskatoon in 2006, and in 2012 decided to re-enter academia as a “mature” student.  She is currently in the third year of an interdisciplinary PhD, investigating new media, neuro-phenomenology and empathy at the University of Saskatchewan, and has received a Joseph Armand Bombardier Scholarship to pursue her studies. To hear selections of her reading, check out this audiotrack site: http://www.reverbnation.com/marilourowleyConstance Chlore: Though born in Brussels, Constance Chlore currently lives in Paris. She’s published two novels: Nicolas Jambes Tordues (editions La Fosse Aux Ours), A Tatons sans Baton (editions Punctum) and has just finished her third one, L’œil dans la Verticale. She regularly contributes to certain poetry revues (Midi, Koan, Fusees etc). Her last book, a poetic tale about expo 58, Atomium, (editions Atelier de l’agneau) has just been awarded the International French Poetry Prize Yvan Goll 2014. She collaborates with other artists, among them the composor Alain Bonardi. You can hear excerpts of Gestes de Pluie, an electro-acoustic poem here

(www.alainbonardi.net/créations.htm.). You can also listen to an excerpt of L’œil dans la verticale here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3FxsPRCP4), brought to life by Sonia Pastecchia during the Marathon of words in Brussels. Dominique Maurizi: Born in 1961, Dominique Maurizi, lives and works in Paris. She’s published stories and poems in multiple revues (Poesie, Europe, Patio, Neige d’août, etc.), a story Jour d’hiver and a booklet Un boxeur a plus de chances qu’un artiste d’atteindre son adversaire with Temps qu’il Fait Press, two stories Petit portrait de ma mère en étoile and Le livre de la nuit, three collections of poetry Les tables des matières, Rectoverso and Langue du chien with Albertine Editions, the poems Avril and Cendres d’or with Isolato Editions, and lastly Dire à Dieu ce que je ne devrais pas dire qu’à lui and this year Fly with Les Arêtes Editions.
AT: DELAVILLE CAFE, 34 bvd bonne nouvelle, 75010 Paris.

Wednesday 10 December; 18h; Shakespeare and Company Presents: Bard-en-Seine Reading… Antony and Cleopatra; Throughout 2014, in honour of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, we’ve hosted the Bard-en-Seine Readings. The goal was simple: to revisit and celebrate some of Shakespeare’s most loved plays.
For December, the final play will be Antony and Cleopatra, and the reading will take place on Wednesday 10th at 6pm, in the library.  If you’d like to take part, please email Milly Unwin at milly@shakespeareandcompany.com, and tell her whether you’d prefer a larger or a smaller role. Parts will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis, and we’ll let you know a week in advance of the reading whether you have a role. No preparation necessary, and we’ll provide the scripts. Please note that, due to space restrictions, the Bard-en-Seine Readings will only be open to those taking part.
37 rue de la Bucherie

Wednesday 10 December; 19h; Rencontre avec LYDIE SALVAYRE pour son roman Pas pleurer (Seuil); Deux paroles, celle roborative de Montse, la mère de la narratrice qui mêle les langues, celle révoltée de George Bernanos qui dénonce la
terreur. Deux visions de la guerre civile espagnole, celle d’une jeune
fille emportée par les idées libertaires, celle d’un catholique qui
découvre les complicités de l’Eglise avec les franquistes. Deux récits
qui résonnent étrangement avec notre présent et font apparaître l’art
romanesque de Lydie Salvayre dans toute sa force, entre violence et
légèreté, entre brutalité et finesse, porté par une prose tantôt
impeccable, tantôt joyeusement malmenée. L’écrivaine a, dans ce roman,
entrecroisé de façon éblouissante privé et politique avec une grande
invention langagière, réussissant à nous toucher tant émotionnellement
qu’intellectuellement. Lydie Salvayre vient d’obtenir le Prix Goncourt
pour Pas pleurer. Nous évoquerons aussi son essai personnel Sept
femmes (Points) sur des écrivaines qui l’ont inspirée.
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07

Wednesday 10 December; 19h30; The American Library in Paris presents An Evening with an Author: Sheila Kohler, Dreaming for Freud; Acclaimed for her spare prose and exceptional psychological insights in her novels Becoming Jane Eyre and Love Child, Sheila Kohler’s latest is inspired by Sigmund Freud’s Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Dreaming for Freud paints a provocative and sensual portrait of one of history’s most famous patients.
In the fall of 1900, Dora’s father forces her to begin treatment with the doctor. Visiting him daily, the seventeen-year-old girl lies on his ottoman and tells him frankly about her strange life, and above all about her father’s desires as far as she is concerned. But Dora abruptly ends her treatment after only eleven weeks, just as Freud was convinced he was on the cusp of a major discovery. In Dreaming for Freud, Kohler explores what might have happened between the man who changed the face of psychotherapy and the beautiful young woman who gave him her dreams. (Penguin Books)
10 rue du Général Camou
The Library's 2013 gala speaker, Joyce Carol Oates, said that  Kohler "has written a slyly subversive, subtle and sensuous revisionist interpretation of Sigmund Freud and his iconic Dora case that might be subtitled ‘The Analyst Analyzed.’”

Thursday 11 December @ 20h– PLU Open Mic featuring Fatima Shaik

Every Thursday in English: if you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all starting at 8pm-ish. We go until we drop – which means all night long! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits. Extreme poetry. Explosive prose. Nudity encouraged. This week Paris Lit Up Open Mic will host some cajun spice: all the way from Louisiana, our special guest this week is Fatima Shaik! An expert in the Afro-Creole experience in New Orleans, Fatima Shaik writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. The author of four books, she is featured in the anthology N. O. Lit: 200 Years of New Orleans Literature (2013) and the cover of the Xavier Review (Fall 2012) for the short story “Life is for the Living.” Publishers Weekly called her debut collection The Mayor of New Orleans: Just Talking Jazz, “The lush and evocative novellas” National Public Radio concurred, “a terrific, charging solo.” The Jazz of Our Street, her children’s illustrated book was “a compact cultural history,” according to Kirkus. “Full of period detail and vivid sensory writing,” Kirkus said about her YALSA nominated novel Melitte. Shaik’s work has appeared in the Southern Review, Callaloo, Tribes, the New York Times, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and In These Times, and in the anthologies Breaking Ice, Streetlights and African American Literature. For more info: http://parislitup.com/event/plu-open-mic-featuring-fatima-shaik/ WHERE: Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, Paris 75020 France

Thursday 11 December; 19h; A l'occasion de la parution de Une limonade pour Kafka (Editions de l'Attente); La librairie Michèle Ignazi a le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre avec Xavier Person

Librairie Michèle Ignazi; 17, rue de Jouy 75004 Paris; 01 42 71 17 00

Friday 12 December; 19h; Shakespeare and Company Presents: An Evening with Frédéric Beigbeder and J.D. Salinger; Mesdames et Messieurs, we would be honoured if you might join us for an evening of heartbreak and war, presided over by Frédéric Beigbeder and the spirit of J.D. Salinger, in the presence of Mrs Annie Chaplin, daughter of Oona O’Neill and Charlie Chaplin. We’ll be celebrating the publication of Oona & Salinger, a book of fic- and fact-ion charting the love affair of Oona O’Neill and J.D. Salinger, with a reading of The Heart of a Broken Story, a work by Salinger that has been neither seen nor heard since its publication in Esquire 73 years ago. This and other intrigues in store...
37 rue de la Bucherie

Saturday 13 December; 13h-15h30; Club de lecture de l’œuvre de Violette Leduc; Nouvelle activité proposée par la librairie, ce club rassemble des
lectrices et des lecteurs qui aimeraient découvrir les textes de
l’écrivaine ou en approfondir la connaissance. Cette séance portera
sur Trésors à prendre. Il est demandé à chacune d’une part d’avoir lu
ce livre (le rendu pourra être affectif et émotionnel et/ou
analytique, de ses thèmes et de son écriture), d’autre part de choisir
un passage de 10 à 20 lignes pour éventuellement le lire lors de la
séance. (Prochaines dates : 10 janvier et 7 février) Inscription à
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07

Saturday 13 December; 20h30; Bilingual Reading of Tzigane : le poème Gitan followed by discussion(Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem) by Cecilia Woloch, éditions Le Scribe - L’Harmattan, Paris, 2014; Presented by Company Erinna; English translation by Jennifer Bocquentin; Staging by Anastassia Politi; Photos by Serge Guichard; Reading by Cecilia Woloch. Joanne Furlan & Anastassia Politi
Place: Association Méditerranéenne pour l'échange Scientifique et Culturel – AMESC
14, rue Jules Vanzuppe 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine. Tel : 07 71 00 95 80 email : lakhdarphilo@yahoo.fr
RER C - Ivry sur Seine ou Métro - ligne 14- BN puis bus 325 arrêt Vanzuppe

 Compagnie Erinna : c /o  Maison des associations Paris 10e, BP 65, 206 quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris. tel : 0601286648, mail : an.politi@hotmail.com  

Sunday 14 December; 19h30; Moving Parts Script Reading; Baiser avec des Inconnues, Gerald Morales (traduction en francais d'une piece americaine)
Carr’s Pub and Restaurant; 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris; Metro : Tuileries

Monday 15 December; 19h; Shakespeare and Company Presents: Matt Haig on The Humans; We’re very, very excited to present Matt Haig on his sad, funny, brilliant novel The Humans and its new companion compendium Humans: An A-Z.
The Humans is about love and alienation and actual aliens and Matt Haig is a very wise and very entertaining man. We’re pleased too that this event falls near Christmas, a time when many people struggle with their mental health and could use a little reflection on the often very tricky state of being human.
37 rue de la Bûcherie

Monday 15 November @ 20h30; Spoken Word Open Mic
Theme: Fishy…     Guest Poet: Fun King Nero
Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Sign up 8pm to 9.30pm in the bar. Poetics start from 8.30pm underground.


Tuesday 16 December; 19h; Shakespeare and Company Presents: A Dramatic Reading of Walt and Emily (a play by Jonathon Cott); Join us in the library for a dramatic reading of Walt and Emily—Between the Rooms, a play by acclaimed music journalist Jonathan Cott that imagines a dialogue between the two great poets—Dickinson and Whitman—using their own words. The parts of Walt and Emily will be read by English actors Conrad Cecil and Lola Peploe.
37 rue de la Bûcherie

Wednesday 17 December; 19h; Rencontre avec MAGALI NACHTERGAEL pour la parution de l’ouvrage co-écrit avec ANNE LARUE Histoire de l’art d’un nouveau genre (Max Milo); Pour raisons de santé, Anne Larue ne pourra pas participer à cette rencontre comme précédemment annoncé. Il y a eu le genre masculine pendant bien longtemps. Mais aujourd’hui, on sait que ce n’était pas
un homme seul, le génial « peintre des cavernes », qui réalisait les
décorations des grottes préhistoriques, mais des groupes, de surcroît
majoritairement féminins. On sait qu’un soi-disant « grand maître »
n’était jamais qu’un patron d’atelier, que les épouses et les élèves
étaient en réalité de vraies artistes, masquées par l’hypocrisie de
leur temps. La Renaissance et toutes les autres époques regorgaient de
pictoresses extraordinaires ! Le temps est venu de chasser beaucoup
d’idées reçues sur l’histoire de l’art.
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07


Thursday 18 December @ 20h– PLU Open Mic Year End Say to Hell with You 2014 and Heello Dolly to 2015 Holiday Total Blow Out Shabango

Every Thursday in English: if you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all starting at 8pm-ish. We go until we drop – which means all night long! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits. Extreme poetry. Explosive prose. Nudity encouraged. For more information: http://parislitup.com. WHERE: Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix, Paris 75020 France

Monday 22 November; 20h30; Spoken Word Open Mic
Theme: Last Times
Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Sign up 8pm to 9.30pm in the bar. Poetics start from 8.30pm underground.


PART II: WORKSHOPS

Saturday 6 December; 11h-13h; Atelier d’écriture animé par CATHERINE BEDARIDA
Catherine Bédarida, poète, performeuse, journaliste (Le Monde,
Mouvement) organise des ateliers d’écriture créative avec des
institutions culturelles et associatives. L’atelier à Violette and Co,
qui reprend pour une nouvelle saison, offre un lieu solidaire pour
écrire en toute liberté quelque soit son expérience. Il est ouvert à
toutes les personnes qui sont tentées par l’écriture, qui aimeraient
essayer de nouer ou renouer avec l’écriture. Seule compte l’envie
d’écrire ! Venez nous retrouver dans l’ambiance collective et
chaleureuse de la librairie. Horaires : un samedi sur deux, de 11h à
13h (prochaines dates : 8 et 22 novembre ; 6 et 20 décembre).
L’inscription ponctuelle en cours d’année est possible. Tarif : 20 €
par atelier. Renseignements et inscriptions :
la librairie Violette and Co; 102 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, M° Charonne ou Faidherbe-Chaligny.; Bus 46, 56, 76, 86. tél : 01 43 72 16 07

Sunday 7 December @ 12h30-14h30 – Paris Write Up: A Workshop to Enliven Your Creative Genius

Bask in the history of a literary landmark – and leave behind some of your own creative mojo – in a generative writing workshop at Shakespeare and Company. On the first Sunday of every month at 12h30 – 14h30, in this monthly gathering of writers facilitated by Shannon Cain, we generate new material, share our shitty first drafts, and learn about the craft. Profiting from writing prompts, readings that inspire, and the fellowship of other writers, participants will leave with new ideas, new energy, and new pages. 5€ donation. For more information: http://parislitup.com/writing-workshops/paris-write-up-sunday-workshop/ – WHERE: Shakespeare & Co. Library, 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 75005 France

Sunday 7 December @ 18h30-20h30; The Other Writers’ Group
An excellent feedback workshop for 6 euros.  Join us afterwards for happy hour at The Gentleman, 1 bis rue Hautefeuille, 75006, behind place St Michel.
Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005

Sunday 14 December @ 18h30-20h30; The Other Writers’ Group
An excellent feedback workshop for 6 euros.  Join us afterwards for happy hour at The Gentleman, 1 bis rue Hautefeuille, 75006, behind place St Michel.
Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005

Sunday 21 December @ 18h30-20h30; The Other Writers’ Group
An excellent feedback workshop for 6 euros.  Join us afterwards for happy hour at The Gentleman, 1 bis rue Hautefeuille, 75006, behind place St Michel.
Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005

Sunday 28 December @ 18h30-20h30; The Other Writers’ Group
An excellent feedback workshop for 6 euros.  Join us afterwards for happy hour at The Gentleman, 1 bis rue Hautefeuille, 75006, behind place St Michel.
Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005

PART III: REVIEWS, RELEASES, SUBMISSIONS

Sarah Lariviere's poetry imprint Color Treasury has just released
#004: From Philip Drunk to Philip Sober by Ron Horning
 This is a limited-edition art book, 16 pages, hand-bound with original cover art
unique to each book.Edition of 25. 10 copies will be available at Versal's
European Presses table, AWP 2015.

THE BASTILLE Poetry Magazine calls for Submissions!
We are looking for poetry or prose of no more than 200 words that is inspired by/that utilizes the following words: Dress, Letter, Orange, Tick Tock, 44. Also, the main character of the piece is Jesse. Spark off of the words or entirely disregard them- regardless, send in your work!
Send submissions to themag.paris AT gmail.com as Word documents or rtf
Deadline 15th Dec

We are real Poetry Fans! : Accepting Submissions for Spoken Word Fans
Be your favorite poet's number one fan. Together with the submissions
for the Bastille next issue we are accepting submissions for Spoken
Word Fans. A very new way of reading poems and be cool. It's very hot
downstairs au Chat Noir, that's why we decided to produce our own
fans. And we want to put a few interesting original verses on it.
Haikus, short poems, extracts, final stanzas, micro-prose poems,
aphorisms and witty motto forms are accepted. We are open and the
deadline is the same, December 15th. Send one to three of your poetry
lines to themag.paris@gmail.com adding Poetry Fans in the subject and
hope that your lines will be flickering into the air every Monday, in
your hands and in the hands of our audience.

The bi-monthly publication, Belleville Park Pages, calls for writers!                                   Submission Mission: The Pages are focused on supporting the growth of writers from around the world. We publish all forms: poetry, short stories, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, etc. Submissions will be considered for both print and online publication. Submit your work to: words@bellevilleparkpages.com     
Stop by http://www.bellevilleparkpages.com for more information and to find a Pages vendor near you!


The Reader Berlin Short Story Competition 2014 The Reader Berlin is pleased to announce their second ever short story competition.
The competition aims to recognize and support original work by unpublished writers and offers entrants fabulous prizes as well as the chance to have their work read by judges Laura Hassan (Guardian Faber), Florian Duijsens (SAND, Asymptote) and author Brittani Sonnenberg (Home Leave, Grand Central Publishing). This time, we are honouring our home – Berlin - eternal city of a thousand faces. The upper word limit is 3500, and the deadline is midnight, December 31st 2014. Rules and guidelines on our website: www.thereaderberlin.com