Astronomic Episode of the Spoken Word Paris saga. Here’s a photo-report by Sabine Dundure, including regulars and special guests, like for example David Gaffney (Click for more micro fiction) and Sarah-Clare Conlon, also known as Les Malheureux. For the full album go on our facebook page. And then forget about it, it’s Monday already. Let’s hit the black cat… ehm… Au Chat Noir.
Troy Yorke writes:
I’m thrilled to announce the Paris launch of my poetry book “Hole in My Side: Redemption of the Moon-Hooker” published by Corrupt Press! Please come for a very special evening on Wed Nov 19 at 19:30 to Berkeley Books of Paris, 8 rue Casimire-Delavigne, 75006 Paris, to witness the unveiling and pick up a copy! The book features 84 of my most provocative poems plus several of my illustrations. The evening will showcase readings from four poets published by Corrupt Press: Pansy Maurer-Alvarez, Kate Noakes, Rufo Quintavalle and myself. I hope you will join the fun and I can’t wait for you all to finally see the book – it’s been a long time coming! After the launch the book will be available for order at Corrupt Press but it’s better to grab a copy now while supplies last 😀
See you at the launch!
Wed November 19 at 19:30
Berkeley Books of Paris
8 rue Casimire-Delavigne
75006 Paris
Enjoy!
Troy
Photos by Sabine Dundre – full album here.
Call for submissions for poetry and prose – deadline 15th December – here.
Monday 10th November’s SpokenWord is different – it’s the relaunch of our magazine THE BASTILLE – Interesting Times.
First 2 rounds will be some of the amazing stuff that people contributed to it, read by the poets & writers themselves.
Third round is open mic.
Cheers all,
David
Hannni hosting in the top hat. Jonathan lecturing on obsidivism. A film from Helen. And much more. Next week’s theme – Ghosts. Thanks to Sabine Dundure for the photos – more on our facebook page.
Cheers,
David
Pictures by Sabine Dundure. Full Album here.
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Thanks to Sabine for the photos. More photos here. Some fragments from the night: Naniso actually using stolen dog phrase in his story. ”Let me tell you the flesh of things,” was another phrase of his that I liked. Jonathan: … Continue reading
Photo-report by Sabine Dundure. More Pictures here.
Caricature-report by Marzio Mariani. More Caricatures here. Like it as you like.
Downstairs au Chat Noir special fundrising night for Dawn of the Algorithm with our featured Dinosaur poet Yann Icus! You can still donate here (11 days left). The cast included: David Barnes, James Waltz, Ferdinand, Victor, Will, Halim, Francesca, Pallavi, Helen, Khronos, David Sirois, Albert Alla & Chris Newens, Leemore, Vincent & Fred, Julien, Lucy, Charlie, Miss Peacock, Kelly, Amelia, Lauren, Elizabeth and the final duo Gaie & Adrien better known as “Witches, Monkeys and Dancing Carpets”. With Sabine Dundure taking pictures and Marzio Marziani drawing sketches (see if you recognize yourself!) Many more poets expected next Monday at the same hour. Edgy theme: I WISH WE’D STOLEN THAT DOG. You have to include this phrase somewhere in what you read. Cheers!
For its Parisian event, The Poetry Brothel is looking for a batch of poetry whores: male and female, emerging and established, local and international. Are you a poet? Do you enjoy reading poetry in your bedroom at home? Have you ever put on a costume and changed your name? Would you like a glass of absinthe right now?! If so, please send five poems (no longer than two pages each), your professional bio, a Poetry Brothel ”character” bio (thepoetrybrothel.com/meet.html), and a photo of yourself to The Madame at thepoetrybrothel@gmail.com. We’ll be soon announcing the date and venue but we can say already that the Paris Poetry Brothel will occur during the weekend that goes from November 14th to 16th. You’ll be paid by the clients for private readings that you give. Perks include free booze for those of drinking age and professional photography sessions. Serious inquiries only.
About The Poetry Brothel:
The Poetry Brothel is a unique and immersive poetry event that takes poetry outside classrooms and lecture halls and places it in the lush interiors of a bordello. Based in concept on the fin-de-siecle bordellos in New Orleans and Paris, many of which functioned as safe havens for fledgling, avant-garde artists, The Poetry Brothel’s “Madame” presents a rotating cast of poets as “whores,” each operating within a carefully constructed character, who impart their work in public readings, spontaneous eruptions of poetry, and most distinctly, as purveyors of private, one-on-one poetry readings in back rooms. For a small fee, all of the “poetry whores” are available for these sequestered readings at any time during the event. Of course, any true brothel need a good cover; The Poetry Brothel’s is an immersive cabaret, offering a full bar, live jazz, burlesque dancers, painters, and fortune-tellers, with newly integrated themes, performances and installations at each event. Central to this experience is the creation of character, which for poet and audience function as disguise and as freeing device, enabling The Poetry Brothel to be a place of uninhibited creative expression in which the poets and audience can be themselves in private. Past guest readers have included Paul Muldoon, Mark Doty, Jerome Rothenberg, Dorianne Laux, Dorothea Lasky and Ariana Reines, among dozens of others.
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