03 May 2010

May Listing of Readings: a start!!!

THE LIST:
Part I) Paris Events & READINGS (with asterisks) by dates in May2010

Part II) Writing Workshops & related lit courses in Paris
Part III) News Reviews & Reviews News: publications, calls for work, new books & more!
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Part I) Events & READINGS by DATE in MAY 2010
(week 1 only, as this list is stil forthcoming--sorry folks! I will get the rest up asap!):

*2 mai : à 18h00 Multi-lingual reading / lecture « Poésie is not dead »—un cycle mensuel de lectures organisé par François Massut. Entrée 2 € (un verre de pich compris) pour payer le technicien qui enregistrera la session. AT : Studios Campus,12 bis rue Froment, 75011 Paris, M° Bréguet – Sabin, ou Bastille.

*4 mai 2010 à 19h Double Change vous invite à une lecture bilingue de Edith Azam et Anne Waldman. Bios : Auteur, Edith Azam est motorisée. Rencontre des difficultés colossales à faire un paragraphe biographique, est motorisée. Est née le deux mais toute seule : cela lui fait ni chaud ni froid, elle est vraiment motorisée. A déjà publié divers textes très motorisants, notamment RUPTURE et LéTIKA KLINIK au Denier Télégramme, L'ECHARPE DOUCE AUX YEUX DE SOIE et AMOR BARRICADE AMOR à l'Atelier de l'agneau. Donne de nombreuses lectures, lors de résidences ou de festivals au top du motoring, en France et à l’étranger. Toujours motorisée à cette heure et pour le reste ? Lire, écouter, diront toujours mille fois mieux ce qui là : m'autorise. Anne Waldman est poète, performeuse, professeur, éditrice, chercheuse touche-à-tout et activiste politique et culturelle. En 1974 elle a co-fondé The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics avec Allen Ginsberg à Naropa University, et elle est encore aujourd’hui la directrice artistique des célèbres "Summer Writing Programs." Anne Waldman est l'auteur de plus de 40 livres, entre autres Kill or Cure, Marriage: A Sentence, Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble, du texte poétique: Outrider qui contient un entretien avec Ernesto Cardenal ainsi que d'essais sur Lorine Niedecker et Charles Olson. Manatee/Humanity (Penguin Poets 2009) est son livre le plus récent. Waldman est aussi l'auteur du légendaire Fast Speaking Woman (City Lights, San Francisco) qui a été traduit en français (Femme qui parle vite, Maelstrom, 2008), en italien et en tchèque, ainsi que de l'épopée lovis, trilogie de 800 pages (Coffee House Press), à paraître en 2011. AT : Point Ephémère, 200 Quai de Valmy – 75010 Paris, M° Jaurès ou Louis Blanc, Entrée libre. See www.doublechange.org for more !

*5 May 19h30 Evenings with an Author: Douglas Hawes presents his book, Oradour: The Final Verdict, the anatomy and aftermath of a massacre. Oradour tells the story of the peaceful French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, where, shortly after D-Day, an SS Panzer unit massacred 642 men, women and children. Nearly nine years later, 21 members of the unit faced trial in France. Only seven of them were German, the others were French Alsations, most of whom had been forcibly inducted into the SS. But who ordered the massacre and why? Were the Alsatians victims of murderers? Oradour: The Final Verdict provides dramatic answers to these questions and a compelling and up-to-date account of a monstrous war crime and its aftermath. AT: the American Library 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. www.americanlibraryinparis.org

6 mai : 19h30-22h. Vernissage d’une exposition collective, en mai, où Chantal Bizzini expose quelques nouveaux collages photographiques (Exposition : 7 mai-29 mai) AT: IMMIX Galerie, 116, quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris

*9 May 7:30 MOVING PARTS presents a reading of Gwyneth Hughes’ play: "Swansongs" (in English) For more, see: www.movingparts.org.uk or e-mail Stephanie Campion movingpartsparis@gmail.com for listings! Tel : 06 14 67 18 58 AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

MORE MAY READINGS UP LATER THIS WEEK: LOTS TO COME!!!


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Part II) Writing workshops in Paris! (listed by start date) :

The Other Writers' Group! David Barnes' drop in writers' workshop (just turn up!) every Saturday 5pm till 7pm. Bring 8 copies of your prose or poetry for instant feedback and discussion. Length should be up to about 3 pages (prose) or 2 poems. Suggested donation 5 euros. Upstairs in the library at Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 http://www.meetup.com/The-Other-Writers-Group/

May 9th - June 6th : Plot and Narrative Containers: at WRITING BY THE SEINE: A five-week Sunday writing workshop offering a creative and supportive space for hopeful, emerging and experienced writers. 11AM - 1PM at the Shakespeare and Co bookshop, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Contribution: 50 euros for an entire 5-week cycle. Please contact the workshop leader, Susannah Elisabeth Pabot, at writingbytheseine@gmail.com for more details and to reserve a place.

SIGN UP NOW: June 27-July 2, 2010: Paris Writers Workshop! France's longest running English language writers workshop will take place from June 27-July 2, 2010. For new and established writers are welcome. Small workshops in Memoir & Biography, Short Story, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction and the Novel with instructors: Memoir - John Baxter; Short Story - Sheila Kohler; Poetry - Alice Notley; Creative Non-fiction - Mimi Schwartz; & Novel - Matt Thorne. Special features include lectures, walking tours, evening events, and a closing literary dinner - all for one inclusive price. The Paris Writers Workshop is committed to providing inspiration and high-level instruction on craft to writers of all skill levels in a supportive environment. The PWW celebrates the diversity of voices within its community of writers. Visit: www.pariswritersworkshop.org or click here for details. Email: pariswritersworkshop@yahoo.com

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