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March 15, 2012

On Nanni Balestrini

Old friend & much admired Italian poet, novelist, avant-gardista in lit & politics, Nanni Balestrini, has just had a lovely homage/essay on Pierce Penniless. Here the opening paras: On a wall in a city in...

Conference / Poetics / Poetry

March 12, 2012

Nomadic and Processual Poetics…

…A Symposium on 5th May 2012 Bangor University (CONTEMPO in collaboration with Aberystwyth University) A one-day symposium featuring keynote contributions from Pierre Joris and Allen Fisher. Deadline for abstracts: April 2nd. A nomadic poetics...

Anthology / Poetry / Translation

March 8, 2012

Review of 4X1

An interesting review of 4X1 on Through the Skylight blog: The Future of Antithologies and the Joris Example Posted on March 6, 2012 by Daniel With poetry anthologies always determined by geography, genre, genus, gender, or group dynamics, it’s a...

Film / Language / Performance / Poetry

March 2, 2012

ON THE ROAD WITH BOB HOLMAN

Ram Devineni put this notice on the Buffalo Poetics list; I’m very sorry I had to miss last night’s fiesta presentation at the Bowery Poetry Club. But I want to repeat the notice here...

Algeria / Arab Culture / Book Launch / Essays / Intellectuals / Maghrebi Literature / Poetry / Translation

February 29, 2012

Just Published: “Exile is My Trade — A Habib Tengour Reader”

Exile Is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader Edited, translated & with a preface by Pierre Joris A comprehensive and wide ranging sampler of Habib Tengour’s poetry, fiction & essays. Published by Black Widow Press...

Poetry Cuisine / Uncategorized

February 23, 2012

Akkadian Incantation of Use in Nola During Mardi Gras Week

AGAINST HUNGER AND THIRST Stars, I arrest you! Sky, I arrest you! Earth, I arrest you! Anu, I arrest you! Enlil, I arrest you! Until I get my food and drink in: Benjamin...

Poetry / Poetry readings / Video

February 5, 2012

PJ Reading from Mansur al-Hallaj Meditations

The latest issue of THE VOLTA just published a video shot & edited by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte of me reading from the forthcoming poem sequence 40 Meditations on the Stations of Mansur al-Hallaj (Chax Press 2012)....

Art / Book Launch / Literature / Poetics / Poetry / Visual Arts

January 23, 2012

Just Published: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Selections

Happy to announce that the latest title in the Poets for the Millennium series has just been released: Ian Hamilton Finlay Selections, Edited and with an Introduction by Alec Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay (Author),...

Celebration / Performance / Poetry

January 19, 2012

Nicole Peyrafitte @ Robert Kelly Celebrations

Here is Nicole Peyrafitte‘s performance at the Film Anthology Archives in NYC on May 7, 2011, as part of “Logic of the World: The Poetics of Robert Kelly: Celebrating His 75th Birthday & His...

"Arab Spring" / Arab Culture / Maghrebi Literature / Poetry / Tunisia

January 14, 2012

Happy B-Day Tunisia!

It was a year ago today that the Arab Spring saw its first victory when Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia following the protests that had broken out on 18 December 2010 with...