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.
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!
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
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