January 2010 – Page 2

January 15, 2010

Thomas C. Spear from Port-au-Prince

Just found out via facebook that Thomas Spear is okay. Here is his (French) message from last night: juste un mot rapide pour dire que je vais bien ; j’étais à table avec Rodney...

Uncategorized

January 15, 2010

Georges Anglade (1944-2010)

(photo © Thomas C. Spear Montréal, 14 avril 2009. — & Thomas too is in Haiti & I haven’t heard if he is alright) News just reached me of the death in the Haitian...

Maghrebi Literature / Poetry / Translation

January 14, 2010

Took the first volume of the Algerian writer Mohammed Dib’s Collected Works (which consists of the Collected Poems, edited and presented by Habib Tengour — as published in 2007 by Editions de la Différence) ...

Natural Disaster / Poetry / Translation

January 13, 2010

Epic Debris: Haiti

Eerie feeling last night: had an email in the late afternoon from Claude Pierre, the Haitian poet, & just as I started to read & respond, the radio brought news of the earthquake. Communications...

Benefit Concert / New York

January 12, 2010

Benefit for Tuli Kupferberg

I will be in Chicago for readings (more details on that later) so I will have to miss the occasion, but people in the NY area should definitely try to go. Tuli is a...

Poetry / Poetry readings

January 11, 2010

Leland Hickman’s TIRESIAS: THE COLLECTED POEMS

Reading for Leland Hickman’s TIRESIAS: THE COLLECTED POEMS Date & Time: Wed., Jan. 13, 2010 @ 8:00PM Location: The Poetry Project @ St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. NYC (212) 674-0910 Admission: Free...

Music / Painting / Passings

January 9, 2010

Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)

Sometime in the early eighties in Paris on my way home I stopped in at Steve Lacy’s loft just two blocks south of my place on rue du Temple. I did this often because...

Music

January 8, 2010

Elvis @ 75

Happy birthday, Elvis, wherever or whoever you are, and many happy returns!

Maghrebi Literature / Poetry / Translation

January 7, 2010

Abdellatif Laâbi Wins 2009 Goncourt Poetry Prize

In early December, the yearly “Prix Goncourt” for poetry given by the members of the Goncourt Academy to a francophone poet was awarded to the Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi — which is excellent news,...

Essays / Independent Publishers / Intellectuals / Literary Magazines & Reviews / Literature / Memoir / Photography / Poetry

January 6, 2010

Colonel Williams in Jacket (# 38) & (no) (various) Tie(s)

It gives me great pleasure to bring the following to your attention: Online feature: The Life and Work of Jonathan Williams, Black Mountain Poet, Publisher, Photographer: THE LORD OF ORCHARDS – in Jacket magazine...