Month: April 2011

The Transatlantic Life of Alberto de Lacerda

Alberto de Lacerda When at or in the area of POETS HOUSE, don’t miss going in & checking out this amazing exhibition of manuscripts, letters, etc. (Duncan, Creeley, Tarn, Ashbery and so on…) presented in the context of INSOLENT GRACE:     On view during library hours through Saturday, June 18 Insolent Grace: An Exhibition on the Transatlantic Life of Alberto de Lacerda This exhibition unveils treasures from the … Read more The Transatlantic Life of Alberto de Lacerda

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Joris & Peyrafitte Coming Events

Wednesday April 27 8PM  POETRY PROJECT “ILLUMINATIONS” READING A Celebration for John Ashbery translations of Rimbaud’s Illuminations St. Mark’s In-the-Bowery, Second Ave. at 10th St. 212-674-0910 Read more   Saturday April 30 4PM $6 NICK PIOMBINO & PIERRE JORIS @ Segue Reading Series Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery NYC Nick Piombino’s latest book is Contradicta: Aphorisms from Green Integer, with illustrations by Toni Simon. “Contradicta: Aphorisms is almost impossible to put … Read more Joris & Peyrafitte Coming Events

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Cartographies of the In-Between

This announcement in from Literatura Pragensia some time ago: PIERRE JORIS CARTOGRAPHIES OF THE IN-BETWEEN   ed. Peter Cockelbergh ISBN TBA (paperback) 300pp Publication date: December 2011 Price: € 12.00 (not including postage) Pierre Joris’s work is known to many and in many guises, but nevertheless seems to slip through the mazes of American, British, French, North African, Luxemburgish and German secondary literature. Long overdue, this volume brings together … Read more Cartographies of the In-Between

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Mohammed Bennis @ Poets House

Mohammed Bennis Illuminated Verses: Poetries of the Islamic World Tuesday, April 26, 7:00pm Transmutations with Moroccan Poet Mohammed Bennis and Pierre Joris  Born in 1948 in Fez, Morocco, internationally acclaimed poet and professor of Arabic poetry Mohammed Bennis reads from his work and discusses his life in poetry with poet and translatorPierre Joris. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to City Lore Members and Poets House Members For information … Read more Mohammed Bennis @ Poets House

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from the “Diwan Ifrikiya” anthology: Malika al-Assimi

Working on the Maghrebi anthology, a strong discovery for me was the Moroccan poet Malika al-Assimi. Here is the commentary we wrote for her followed by two poems: Malika al-Assimi, a poet, writer and teacher, also actively involved in politics, has fought discrimination against women, especially in public service, all of her life. Though she lost her first electoral bid to represent her Marrakech district in the Moroccan parliament, … Read more from the “Diwan Ifrikiya” anthology: Malika al-Assimi

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Robert Kelly Celebratory Reading @ Bard

Robert Kelly Celebrating 50 Years as Bard’s Bard   A reading by Robert Kelly, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature and a luminous presence at Bard College since 1961   with special guests Robin Freund-Epstein, piano and Shawn Moore ’11, violin.   Thursday, April 21st 7:00 p.m. Olin Hall   A reception in Olin Atrium follows the reading Free and open to the public *** Also check out the … Read more Robert Kelly Celebratory Reading @ Bard

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Review of Ken Irby’s Collected

Interesting review of Ken Irby’s Collected The Intent On on a blog I hadn’t known of til now. Opening gambit below; read the full piece here:   by Kenneth Irby North Atlantic Books 2009 Reviewed by Mike McDonough “the back / calm pasture of the mind” In 2009, North Atlantic Books published a handsome book finally gathering the work of Kenneth Irby, one of Charles Olson’s lesser known disciples, who has … Read more Review of Ken Irby’s Collected

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Mehdi Akhrif: Half a Line

I have been way too busy, travelling for all the wrong reasons, teaching & trying to get the anthology of Maghrebian Writing I’m doing with Habib Tengour ready to send to the publisher in time, to be able to concentrate on this blog — except for announcements of this or that order. What I do want to do over the next month or so, is to post some of … Read more Mehdi Akhrif: Half a Line

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Logic of the World: The Poetics of Robert Kelly

Logic of the World CELEBRATING ROBERT KELLY’S 75TH BIRTHDAY & HIS 50 YEARS TEACHING AT BARD COLLEGE SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011 FROM 10 AM – 5 PM ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES MAYA DEREN ROOM, 32 SECOND AVE, NEW YORK, NY TALKS, READINGS, AND PERFORMANCES BY: Vyt Bakaitis | Phong Bui | Mary Caponegro | Carey Harrison | Michael Ives | Pierre Joris | Jonas Mekas | Tom Meyer | Nicole … Read more Logic of the World: The Poetics of Robert Kelly

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Michael Boughn on Aram Saroyan’s Dismissal of Creeley & Dorn

Below the opening paragraphs of Michael Boughn’s Galatea Resurrects post. You can read the full piece here. MICHAEL BOUGHN Engages  “The Hero and the Gunslinger: Did Robert Creeley and Ed Dorn lose their way in middle age?” by Aram Saroyan (The Poetry Foundation, April 28, 2009) Major and minor bullshit in the new (old) literary discourse Given all the pressures toward success in the market of today’s neo-liberal cultural grotesqueries, it probably … Read more Michael Boughn on Aram Saroyan’s Dismissal of Creeley & Dorn

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