Month: December 2011

European Enlightenment Possibilities?

Today the FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) brings a conversation between Dietmar Dath, Slavoj Žižek and Daniel Cohn-Bendit. The conversation is entitled “We Europeans have the resource of Enlightenment. [Wir Europäer haben die Ressource der Aufklärung”.] I enjoy the possibility of three intellectuals from different fields (Dath is a novelist, essayist & art editor at the FAZ; Žižek the LLBean — i.e. the Leninist-Lacanian-Mr.Bean — of Europe & beyond; & Cohn-Bendit the iconic … Read more European Enlightenment Possibilities?

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38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading

SUNDAY JAN 1 / 3PM – 1AM St. Mark’s Church | 131 E. 10th Street New York, NY 10003 Featuring over 140 Poets & Performers including: Ace Mcnamara, Alan Licht, Alex Dimitrov, Amy King, Ana Božičević, Anne Tardos, Anne Waldman, Anselm Berrigan, Ariana Reines, Arthur’s Landing, Barry Denny, Basil King, Betsy Fagin, Bill Kushner, Billy Lamont, Bob Hershon, Bob Rosenthal, Brenda Coultas, Brendan Lorber, Brett Price, Bruce Andrews & … Read more 38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading

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Cartographies of the In-Between

Happy, indeed, to announce this book of essays & homages on my work, & to give thanks to all of those who contributed — & especially to Peter Cockelbergh who gathered, edited & translated the work with great finesse in record time & with superb devotion:   PIERRE JORIS – CARTOGRAPHIES OF THE IN-BETWEEN ed. Peter Cockelbergh ISBN 978-80-7308-370-0 (paperback). 420pp. To order the book click here: Litteraria Pragensia or … Read more Cartographies of the In-Between

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Jerome Rothenberg Reading in Marseille

Yesterday Jerry & Diane Rothenberg closed a three month-long stay in NYC & went back home to Southern California. They’ll be missed in their / our city here, so not to have too nasty withdrawal symptoms, here’s a little video of Jerry reading in … Marseilles, France in 2009. Jérome Rothenberg, lecture de poésie l’Odeur du… by PoesieMarseille Jérome Rothenberg (U.S.A.), lecture de poésie. à la librairie l’Odeur du temps … Read more Jerome Rothenberg Reading in Marseille

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Drone Economy for NYC?

This forwarded by friend John Maas, from the Beirut-based paper Al Akhbar English: New York to Host Israel’s Top Drone Lab  On December 19, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the establishment of a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus in the heart of New York City. The New York-based Cornell University and the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, were chosen to oversee the new institution. … Read more Drone Economy for NYC?

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Allen Fisher Show in Hereford

Allen Fisher writes:   Meditation Trap #3 no.1, 2003   This is to invite you to attend or at least let you know about an OPENING and VIEW of work at APPLE STORE GALLERY, 3 Bridge Street, HEREFORD. The evening viewing is on Thursday 5th January 2012, 6 to 8 pm. RSVP The exhibition runs Tuesday to Saturday from 3rd January until 25th February. It is an exhibition with … Read more Allen Fisher Show in Hereford

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Missing from Dove Anthology

Clayton Eshleman sent the following list of important 20th century American poets missing from the recent Rita Dove edited Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry. As I know very well for having committed a few anthologies myself, exclusions are not only inevitable but also necessary: it is often who the editor leaves out that says more about where the editor is coming from or heading toward than the simple list … Read more Missing from Dove Anthology

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Abdelkebir Khatibi’s “Tattooed Memory”

A pleasure to hear that Peter Thompson has finished translating one of the core books of Maghrebi (Moroccan, in this case) contemporary writing, Abdelkebir Khatibi’s autobiographical 1971 novel La Mémoire tatouée.  Here, a brief extract (& let’s hope that a US publisher will allow us to get the book soon): I liked my rum-and-milk, my gaze blurred by the girls bouncing by. And? Robbe-Grillet and Godard? The talks burbled along, … Read more Abdelkebir Khatibi’s “Tattooed Memory”

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