Poetry Cuisine – Nomadics

September 25, 2015

Happy Birthday, Robert Kelly!

Happy 80th birthday, Robert! Below the clickable cover of the Festschrift for the occasion that Metambesen publishes today, and below that my own festish Schrift piece for Robert. A Memoir: for Robert at 80 I came to...

Book Presentation / Poetry Cuisine / Poetry readings

April 11, 2014

Le Printemps des poètes 2014 — in New York

Les Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France présentent une série éclectique d’évènements passionnants à New York en avril, avec la présence de poètes francophones et anglophones tels que Rachida Madani, Pierre Alferi, Anne Portugal, Adonis,...

Music / Poetry Cuisine

March 4, 2013

Lithophonic Celan

“Zeitgehöft” – 697 Gedichte von Paul Celan, für Sonifizierungsalgorithmus Celan’s work has ‘inspired’ many composers over the last fifty years, though this one reaches a rare conceptual strangeness. The composer — Johannes Kreidler —used...

Anthology / Poetry Cuisine / Poets

May 15, 2012

Jonas Mekas on Penguin Anthology

A letter from Kimberley Lyons: Dear friends, Please click on the link and choose video diary link in the text to watch Jonas Mekas, with help of Vyt Bakaitis, herald the excluded works from a...

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...

Agitprop / Literature / Poetry Cuisine / Poetry Party

July 24, 2011

Finally! A “No Confidence Vote in Poetry Society”!

Well, the last time I was involved with the Poetry Society, headquartered back then (& probably even now) in Earls Court, London, was back in the early seventies when we managed by an overwhelming...

Poetry Cuisine / Poetry Party / Poets

May 29, 2011

Marché de la Poésie 2011

The pleasure of a sunny Paris weekend at the annual Marché de la Poésie on Place Saint Sulpice. The photo below taken on Friday afternoon, opening day. Haven’t been able to take any more...