Visit Paris with Poetry

You'll need to be a French speaker to get the most from this link, but even a starter French student might enjoy this. See the place in the background while a poem that speaks about the place is read to you.  Places covered include major Parisian spots like the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Metro (corresponding poem here is also a hilarious spoof on the Lord's Prayer), the Seine River, the Pont Nef (the old bridge, called the new bridge), Notre Dame Cathedral, and Montparnasse (the neighborhood of artists and writers).

Thanks to France Culture for this excellent idea!

https://www.franceculture.fr/page-paris-balade-en-poemes

Legacies of Modernism at Paris-Diderot University

From June 9 to June 11, 2011 Paris-Diderot University will be hosting the conference "Legacies of Modernism: The State of British Poetry Today" organized by David Nowell-Smith and Abigail Lang. This conference has a blog, featuring a map to the conference location, the abstracts of papers to be given, and a program of the conference.

Links

Legacies of Modernism (blogspot.com).

CFP "Legacies of Modernism" (Institut des Amériques).

What blueberries will you find at the poetry market?

It's one of those Paris traditions: the annual poetry market. For the past three decades the small publishers and the larger ones have gathered together to present their wares. This takes place with poetry readings and discussions, music and other creative events.

The big change this year will be the dates: May 27-30. To preserve the location, the 29th "Marché de la poésie" will occur three weeks earlier than its usual slot. If you're in the neighborhood, don't miss it.

As usual, there are numerous events organized around this one. Look for more information at "Poésie et vous" (http://poesie.evous.fr).

Susan Howe to read at the Centre Pompidou in Paris

Thursday October 29, at 7:30 p.m., Susan Howe will give a reading at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Friday October 30, beginning at 9:30 a.m., a series of talks about Howe's work ending with a reading from Howe, will be given at University Paris VII, Institut Charles V, room A 50, 10, rue Charles V, 75004 Paris. Organized by Abigail Lang and Antoine Cazé.

Hélène Aji (Université du Maine), “I [will not] Gather the Limbs of Osiris”: Susan Howe’s Mystical History.
Isabelle Alfandary (Université Lyon II), “Reading Emily Dickinson: My Emily Dickinson by Susan Howe”.
Will Montgomery (Royal Holloway), “Susan Howe’s Later Lyric”.
Antoine Cazé (Université Paris-Diderot), “Susan Howe: TransParencies”.
Christine Savinel (Université Paris III), “Of Lateness and Lapses in Susan Howe’s Souls of the Labadie Tract”.
Redell Olsen (Royal Holloway), “Book parks: scripted enclosures and Susan Howe’s spatial poetics”.
Susan Howe (The American Academy in Berlin), “Poems and Documents".

Saturday, October 31: Susan Howe speaks about Emily Dickinson at the Petit Palais.

"Autour d’Emily Dickinson avec Susan Howe et Dominique Fourcade

En partenariat avec Double Change, avec Abigail Lang.Susan Howe, l’un des plus importants poètes américains aujourd’hui, chercheuse passionnée, évoquera « son » Emily Dickinson. L’essai lyrique qu’elle a consacré à Dickinson en 1985, My Emily Dickinson, éd. A New Directions Book 2007, renouvelle la critique de ce poète majeur du 19ème siècle. Pour cette rencontre au Petit Palais, Susan Howe est allée à Amherst étudier les derniers fragments de Dickinson qui juxtaposent écriture, signes graphiques, marques acoustiques. Une sélection de ces fragments sera projetée. Susan Howe a demandé, pour la circonstance, à Dominique Fourcade d’en donner une traduction et d’improviser avec elle un commentaire. de 15 à 17h" (www.paris.fr/portail/Culture)

Links:

Susan Howe, portrait (www.poets.org).

Susan Howe page (epc.buffalo.edu)

Susan Howe, My Emily Dickinson (1985), excerpts (www.writing.upenn.edu).

Recordings of Susan Howe from Line Break (www.writing.upenn.edu).

Double Change (www.doublechange.org).