Pierre Joris’ Fall Schedule

Here’s my reading & events schedule as of now, for the next few months: Friday/Saturday Sept. 8/9 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CHIHUAHUA LITERATURA EN EL BRAVO 2011 Encuentro Internacional de Escritores  8 al 10 de septiembre. Ciudad Juárez, Chih. Friday, September 8th 10.a.m.: Universidad Americana del Noreste Mesa #6. Roberto Echavarren (URU), Pierre Joris (LUX), Myriam Moscona (MEX) y José Eugenio Sánchez (MEX) Saturday, September 9th 12:15 p.m.: Librería Universitaria (Centro Cultural Paso … Read more Pierre Joris’ Fall Schedule

Robert Kelly reads at his 50th anniversary celebration at Bard College (1/2)

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

“Celan/Joris 45 Years”

“Celan/Joris 45 Years” Friday, March 18 2011 7PM Poets House Ten River Terrace New York, NY 10282 212-431-7920 Poet and translator Pierre Joris discusses Paul Celan (1920–1970), the German–speaking Jewish poet whose writings transformed post–World War II poetry. Joris presents recordings of Celan, videos, readings and more. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

It’s Out!

You can get it here & here. Blurbs for Meridian: Over the last half century Paul Celan has emerged as the iconic poet of the postwar/post-Holocaust period—for some of us the greatest German-language poet of the twentieth century as a whole. To those for whom he has served as a guide or beacon, his Meridian speech from 1960 remains his most telling testament to the powers and problematics of … Read more It’s Out!

On & By Blanchot

Here is my contribution — a brief remembrance of buying my first Blanchot book in Paris & a reading from The Unavowable Community —to the Maurice Blanchot Celebrations at Bard College in November 2007. Others will follow. Charlotte Mandell has been working on getting all of them up on YouTube. Thanks be given to her.

Paul Bowles @ 100

Paul Bowles was born today, 30 December, 100 years ago. Composer, poet, novelist, short story & travel memoir writer, translator, Bowles was a core figure of the 20th century nomad — expatriate as they said back then — community. Having settled in Tangier after 1947 he became what the Tunisian writer Albert Memmi called “an immobile nomad.” But few writers have better described the fate of the modern tourist … Read more Paul Bowles @ 100

Nomadics

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