New Orleans 2 March 2020 Salon Reading with Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick

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Salon Reading By

Jennifer K Dick & Lisa Pasold

2 March, 7pm

 

We'll be making Champagne Juleps and reading some poems 

 to attend, please email fragment78[at]gmail.com for exact address

(Note please bring cash/checks if you wish to purchase any books)

BIOS: Jennifer K Dick is the author of Lilith: A Novel in Fragments (Corrupt, 2019), Circuits (Corrupt, 2013) and Fluorescence (U of GA Press, 2004) as well as 6 art/chapbooks. A mixed French-English and Italian language book, That Which I Touch Has No Name is forthcoming from Eyewear Press, London in October 2020. 2 poems from SHELF BREAK, a manuscript in process, just went up online at Jerome Rothenberg’s “Poems and Poetics” series: https://jacket2.org/commentary/jennifer-k-dick Other SHELF BREAK poems will be appearing in Volt, Golden Handcuffs, Tears in the Fence and Shearsman Review this spring. Residing in France, Jennifer K Dick teaches at the Université de Haute Alsace, translates and has curated for 15 years a monthly bilingual reading series (Ivy Writers Paris). She also co-directs with Sandrine Wymann Ecrire l’Art, a residency for French authors at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d’Art Contemporain. They just published a large art format book with texts from the residency’s first 21 authors:  Ecrire l’Art, Dossier des ouvrages exécutés (les presses du reel, France, 2019). For more, see jenniferkdick.blogspot.com

                                                                     

Lisa Pasold is a writer originally from Montreal, the host and co-writer of Discovery World’s TV travel show “Paris Next Stop” & the creator of Improbable Walks, story-telling walks focusing on legends and place memory, created for festivals and gallery residencies in New Orleans, Toronto, and Paris. Her 2012 book Any Bright Horse was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for poetry. Her 5^th book, a poetry collection titled The Riparian, recently appeared with Frontenac House, Calgary. Her work has been anthologized in New American Writing. Her 1^st book of poetry, Weave, was called “a masterpiece” (Geist Magazine); her 2^nd book A Bad Year for Journalists was nominated for an Alberta Book Award and turned into a theatre piece, premiering in Toronto. Her debut novel Rats of Las Vegas appeared in 2009; critics called the book “as enticing as the lit-up Las Vegas strip.” In the course of research, Lisa has been thrown off a train in Belarus, has eaten the world’s best pigeon pie in Marrakech, and has been cheated in the Venetian gambling halls of Ca’Vendramin Calergi.  For more, see: https://www.lisapasold.com/

 

Jennifer K Dick and Lisa Pasold March 2020 readings and Workshops: where to find us

2 MARCH: 7PM NEW ORLEANS: BACK TO THE BOOKS SALON READING
New Orleans: it shall be a salon affair, with cocktails. Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick share new work before they head off on the road. A post-mardi gras, pre-writers' road trip private reading. Contact Jen/Lisa if you will be in NOLA and would like the address to attend. Please bring check/cash to purchase any books. For address/to attend: fragment78 [at] gmail.com

7 MARCH: 1-3 PM--MOBILE, AL Writing Workshop at Haunted Bookshop
Come and work on your writing with Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick: The Haunted Bookshop: New and Used Books, 109 Dauphin St., Mobile, AL 36602; (251) 438-2904 Free and Open to the public. The instructor's books will be available to purchase and have signed following the class. https://www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/

8 MARCH: 4:30 PM – 6:30 CHATTANOOGA, TN "Write Every Day" Workshop
Come and work on your writing with Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick: In the "Write Every Day" workshop, we discuss how to create a daily writing practice--diary or fiction, poetry or quickly-jotted note.Participants discuss how a daily practice is a mental anchor, both creatively & spiritually, and how material from the daily writing--interior, messy, private--can be shaped into crafted work. This workshop resonates both with experienced writers who feel blocked, and with new writers and non-writers, who want to create a personal creative routine. This will be a generative writing workshop based on prompts and reading extracts. To participate: sign up via La Chattery / get tickets by Eventbrite; The instructor's books will be available to purchase and have signed following the class.
AT: La Chattery 1800 Rossville Avenue, Suite 108B, Chattanooga, Tennessee https://www.facebook.com/events/192014548870542/

10 MARCH: 7pm ATLANTA/TUCKER, GA reading for POETRY ATLANTA
Poetry Atlanta presents Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K. Dick. Lisa’s new book entitled The Riparian is a poetic narrative, and Jennifer will be reading from Lilith: A Novel in Fragments. Colin Kelley will host. Event is free and open to the public. It will take place AT:  the Northlake - Barbara Loar Library, 3772 Lavista Rd, Tucker, GA in their meeting room. Books will be available to purchase and have signed. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/191674578695563/






Events with Jennifer and other authors:
19 MARCH: 6:30pm ATHENS, GA: Avid Poetry Series Reading
Jennifer K Dick and Gale Marie Thompson  will be reading. Jennifer will be reading from Lilith: A Novel in Fragments (Corrupt, 2019) and other work and Gale Marie Thompson will be reading from Helen or My Hunger (YesYes Books, 2020) and other work. Hosted by Hannah V Warren. Avid Bookshop, 5 points Location: 1662 S. Lumpkin St, Athens, GA 30606. Phone: 706.850.2843
https://www.avidbookshop.com/event/avid-poetry-series-jennifer-k-dick-and-gale-marie-thompson





APRIL 2020
COMING SOON--Full details of April events are not yet available, but mark your calendars:
5 APRIL: YPSILANTI, MI reading
Jill Darling hosts Jennifer K Dick for a reading of her new work and discussion.

6 APRIL:TBC: Canada reading
Jennifer K Dick and Jill Darling will read from new and published work.

8 APRIL: DEARBORN, MI class visit
Jennifer K Dick will visit and workshop with Jill Darling's class. (not open to the public)

26 APRIL: DENVER, CO Counterpath reading
Jennifer K Dick will read alongside TBC at the amazing Counterpath space in Denver. More details forthcoming

Jennifer K Dick and Lisa Pasold read at Northlake Library in Atlanta, GA 10 March

Poetry Atlanta presents Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K. Dick. Lisa’s new book entitled The Riparian is a poetic narrative, and Jennifer’s Lilith: a novel in fragments. Colin Kelley will host. Event is free and open to the public. It will take place at the Northlake Library, in their meeting room. Books will be available to purchase and have signed. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Lisa Pasold is a writer originally from Montreal, now based in New Orleans. Her 2012 book of poetry, Any Bright Horse was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Her first poetry collection, Weave, was called “a masterpiece” by Geist Magazine; her second, A Bad Year for Journalists was nominated for an Alberta Book Award and turned into a theatre piece premiering in Toronto. Her poems have appeared in magazines such as Fence and New American Writing. She is the author of the historical literary novel, Rats of Las Vegas. Lisa leads a "Write Every Day" workshop, which is a discussion about the evolution of a daily writing practice, be it a diary or fiction, poetry or quickly-jotted observation. Lisa spent twenty years living in Paris as a writer, lecturer, and journalist. Her features have appeared in diverse publications including The Chicago Tribune and Billboard. She is the host and co-writer of Discovery World’s TV travel show Paris Next Stop. Lisa is also the creator of “Improbable Walks,” story-telling walks focused on legends and place memory. She has created these art walks to critical acclaim for festivals and gallery residencies in cities such as New Orleans, Halifax, and Paris. Her most recent poetry book, The Riparian, is an exploration of a river ghost story.

Jennifer K Dick is an author originally from Iowa residing in France for the past 20+ years who has published 6 chapbooks and 3 full length poetry books, most recently Lilith: A Novel in Fragments. Her fourth full-length book That Which I Touch Has No Name is forthcoming from Eyewear Press, London in October 2020. She is also a teacher with a PhD in Comparative Lit from Université de Paris III, a translator, critic, and events organizer who has gotten more deeply involved in collaborative projects over these past years: writing for and with dancer Olivier Gabrys for performances, composing an annual chapbook with 3 other poets in Paris, and doing a word/poetry installation on a building in the SBB Banhof of Basel, Switzerland, during a Regional Art residency. She teaches American Lit and Civ at the Université de Haute Alsace in Mulhouse, France, and curates a monthly bilingual reading series for American and French authors called Ivy Writers Paris. She also co-directs the Ecrire l’Art residency for French authors with Director Sandrine Wymann at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d’Art Contemporain.

Collin Kelley is the author of the poetry collections Midnight in a Perfect World, Better To Travel, Slow To Burn, After the Poison, and Render, chosen by the American Library Association for its 2014 Over the Rainbow Book List. He is also the author of The Venus Trilogy of novels – Conquering Venus, Remain In Light, and Leaving Paris. Remain In Light was the runner-up for the 2013 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Fiction and a 2012 finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction. Kelley is also the author of the short story collection, Kiss Shot. A recipient of the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Deep South Festival of Writers Award and Goodreads Poetry Award, Kelley’s poetry, reviews, essays and interviews have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies around the world.

Poems from SHELF BREAK

Photo credit: http://oceansjsu.com/105d/exped_mapping/break.html

I am very excited to announce the publication of poems and forthcoming publication of other poems from my manuscript in process, SHELF BREAK. Thank you to the readers and editors of these magazines and posts--David Caddy, Gillian Conoley Lou Rowan and Jerome Rothenberg--for accepting this new work. And thanks to all of you for reading and supporting contemporary poetry and poets and publications. (And above is a fun SHELF BREAK info image for you, too!)

 NOW OUT:
"Boundary" and "Timbert Hitch" by Jennifer K Dick at:
Poems and Poetics blog by Jerome Rothenberg:
http://poemsandpoetics.blogspot.com/2020/01/jennifer-k-dick-two-new-poems-from.html
and in JACKET2:
https://jacket2.org/commentary/jennifer-k-dick

OUT in MARCH:
"Plane Chart Model" by Jennifer K Dick
in issue 71 of Tears in the Fence, Dorset, UK
https://tearsinthefence.com/
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https://tearsinthefence.com/pay-it-forward/

OUT in MARCH:
"Crank" and "MOD (Maximum Operating Depth)" by Jennifer K Dick 
in the spring/March issue of GHR: Golden Handcuffs Review
http://goldenhandcuffsreview.com/
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http://goldenhandcuffsreview.com/?product_cat=subscription

OUT later this SPRING:
"Moribound", "Meridian" and "Diagonal Balance" by Jennifer K Dick
in VOLT
https://volt-litmag.com/about/
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https://volt-litmag.com/subscribe/

Les Horizons Perdus is out this week chez Attente with my translation of Jean-Daniel Baltassat

In the south of France? Don't miss the opportunity to celebrate with les éditions de l'attente the exciting first book in their new collection dedicated to visual art--LES HORIZONS PERDUS on Delphine Ciavaldini's work with texts by Jean-Daniel Baltassat and Stephen Horne. Go out and meet them on Valentine's Day: 14 février à la médiathèque de Felletin (23) à 18h30

As the publishers explain in French:

"Nous vous informons de la parution imminente du premier titre de notre nouvelle collection dédiée aux écrits sur l’art. Ce premier opus, bilingue français-anglais, est publié en partenariat avec la Cité internationale de la tapisserie - Aubusson, avec des textes de Jean-Daniel Baltassat et de Stephen Horne autour de l’œuvre de Delphine Ciavaldini, ainsi que des photographies de son installation actuelle à la Cité.

Nous serons présents vendredi 14 février à la médiathèque de Felletin (23) à 18h30 pour une présentation-rencontre avec le directeur de collection, les auteurs et l’artiste.--Françoise Valéry" 

 

Pick up/order your own copy of:

L'Art à lire - Les horizons perdus - Cité internationale de la tapisserie

at: https://www.editionsdelattente.com/