Upstairs at Duroc 13

When I lived in Paris last year, I joined the editorial board of the lit journal, Upstairs at Duroc. The issue I helped work on was released this past February. I haven't had a chance to check out the final product yet but it was a blast to be a part of during my sojourn to the "City of Lights." Check out the latest issue's impressive list of contributors!


Upstairs at Duroc Issue 13 includes work by the following writers and visual artists: Suzanne Allen, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Sophie Boucher, Lauren Camp, Joel Chace, Jane Cope, steve dalachinsky, Arkava Das, Jenny Davis, Carter DuBois, Marie Etienne, Betsy Fagin, Raymond Farr, Michael Farrell, Adam Fieled, Sandy Florian, Susanna Fry, Kit Fryatt, Forrest Gander, M. J. Golias, Matthew Griffin, Whit Griffin, Richard W. Halperin, Dylan Harris, Nina Karacosta, Paul Kavanagh, Alicia Khoo, Astrid Lampe, Lan Lan, Jane Lewty, Tony Mancus, Pansy Maurer-Alvarez, rob mclennan, Monica Mody, Kevin Nolan, Yuko Otomo, Robert Savino Oventile, Julia Piera, Betzi Richardson, Joe Ross, Terry Sanville, Lynn Strongin, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Anne Talvaz, Davide Trame, George Vance, Ken Wilson, Jonathan Wonham.


For more info about Upstairs at Duroc, please check out their website HERE.


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Paris Roundup

My sojourn to Paris has come to an end and I'm typing this among my boxes of books and half-empty suitcases in my New Haven apartment.

It was a wild nine months:

1) I did some translation work for a French law-firm's website, taught English classes to my daughter's pediatrician, and regularly tutored French teenagers.

2) I joined the editorial staff (as a poetry editor) for the awesome Paris-based journal, Upstairs at Duroc.

3) There were so many wonderful poets and writers that I was lucky enough to meet and spend time with, including Paula Bohince, Barbara Beck, Rufo Quintavalle, Lisa Pasold, Jennifer K. Dick, Nina Karacosta, Steve Dalachinsky, Dylan Harris, John Stiles, and Todd Swift.

4) The Emperor's Sofa World Tour took me to Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and London. Thanks to everyone who made those readings possible, including my publisher DC Books, Dylan Harris, Barbara Beck, the editors at SAND Journal, and my dear friend Joshua Levy.

What's next for me now that I'm back in North America? Unpacking and getting over my jet lag, first of all. But I have some cool announcements to make that I'll share over the next couple of days.

So, stay tuned for my first announcement TOMORROW AUGUST 2!!!

Au revoir, Paris. Bonjour, New Haven!

Thanks for reading.

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SAND Reading in Berlin, June 4, 2011

The Emperor's Sofa World Tour continues in... Berlin, Germany!

SAND, Berlin's English literary journal will be hosting me and other poets/editors from Upstairs at Duroc for an evening of poetry on June 4.

I will be reading some new pieces and also from The Emperor's Sofa.

Also, earlier in the afternoon, I will be offering my editorial advice alongside other editors from SAND and Upstairs at Duroc at their Art & Literary Fair.

Please come out and say hi.

Danke,

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Join SAND Journal as we host poets from Paris' literary magazine, Upstairs at Duroc, (including Barbara Beck, Joe Ross, Greg Santos, Nina Karacosta, Jonathan Regier and Rufo Quintavalle) for a night of literary delight at Kultursalon Roderich

Entry: 5 Euros

Saturday, June 4 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Kultursalon Roderich, Berlin

Glogauer Str.19

Berlin, Germany

You are also invited to our Art & Literary Fair held at Etsy Labs on Saturday, June 4th where artists, writers, musicians and performers are invited to showcase their work, meet other artists and sell chapbooks or other artistic wares. Our curated selection of artists is now open for submissions.

Send a pdf presentation of your work to events@sandjournal.com. We will also have a FREE Blue-Pencil session of editing and comments on your creative writing from editors of SAND and Upstairs at Duroc at the Literary Fair.

Location: Etsy Labs, Ritterstr. 12-14, 10969 Berlin
Time: 3-6pm
Entry: Free.

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Monday Roundup of Stuff

1) Did you know... only one copy of The Emperor's Sofa remains at Shakespeare and Company? Not in Paris to pick it up? That's okay. Are you Canadian? Stop by your local Chapters Indigo and ask them if they carry a copy. They might tell you my book title is weird. That's what they told me. They're funny that way. Or make my publisher happy and order yourself a copy directly from DC Books. I hear a little online store called Amazon also carries it. Check them out. They'd appreciate the business.

2) Did you know... today is the last day to submit your work to Upstairs at Duroc? Submit now! You can be published in Paree!

3) Did you know... I was interviewed by rob mclennan? Speaking of mclennan, please check out his new chapbook, red notebooks (The Red Ceilings Press).

I was also interviewed for Black Heart Magazine by Laura Roberts. In the Black Heart interview I talk about pax americana and Barack Obama's ears.

4) Did you know... Ben Mirov was guest-blogging about "things he thinks are rad" over at The Best American Poetry Blog? Radtastic!

Thanks fer reading.

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Upstairs at Duroc Issue 12 Launch

Upstairs at Duroc issue 12 launch at the cozy Berkley Books of Paris on January 27, 2011.

I heard some stirring poetry, touched base with some of my other fellow editors, nibbled on cheese and olives, and sipped on French cider.

What more can a guy ask for?

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Nina Karacosta

Jonathan Regier

Amy Hollowell

Joe Ross

Alice Notley

Upstairs at Duroc, Issue 12 Launch

Upstairs at Duroc is pleased to announce the launch for its issue 12

January 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

Berkeley Books of Paris
8 rue Casimir Delavigne
75006 Paris
Metro Odéon

Come hear new work by

Amy Hollowell, Nina Karacosta, Alice Notley, Jonathan Regier and Joe Ross.

Amy Hollowell is the author of Peneloping: Episodes in the Day of She and Giacomettrics, and is a contributor to numerous publications in Europe & the US. A former editor of the Paris-based review Pharos, she is a journalist, translator & Zen Buddhist teacher.

Nina Karacosta’s work has appeared in Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry, Best of Stain Anthology, Surreal-zine and The Melancholy Dane. An actor/poet born in Greece, she moved to NYC in 1995 & to Paris in 2009, which she now considers home.

Alice Notley has published over 30 books of poetry, including most recently, Reason and Other Women; Grave of Light, New and Selected Poems 1970-2005; and In the Pines. With her sons, Anselm and Edmund Berrigan, Notley edited The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan. She is also the author of a book of essays on poets and poetry, Coming After. Notley has received many prizes and awards including the Academy of American Poets’ Lenore Marshall Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Award, two NEA Grants & the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry. Often considered an important figure in the New York School, Notley lives and writes in Paris.

Jonathan Regier’s first book of poetry, Three Years from Upstate, was published by Six Gallery Press (Pittsburgh, PA) in 2008. He’s now at work on a second book, as well as doing a PhD in the philosophy of science at Université Paris 7.

Joe Ross is the author of 12 books of poetry. In 1997, he received an NEA Fellowship and moved from Washington, DC to San Diego, where he worked for that city’s Commission for Arts and Culture and, later, as Chief of Policy for elected officials. He was awarded the Gertrude Stein Poetry Award in 2003. In 2004, he and his wife moved to Paris, where their 2 children were born, and where he continues to publish while working as an educator.

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Hope to see you there!

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Upstairs at Duroc

OK Peeps,

I have some exciting news to share. I've joined the editorial team for the Paris-based literary journal, Upstairs at Duroc!

The magazine is making a call for submissions for its #13th issue. Please send in your work.

Please check out the Upstairs at Duroc website here for more information.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Upstairs at Duroc, the literary journal published in Paris, France, seeks submissions for its Issue # 13. We publish English language poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and translations. We welcome innovative or cross-genre forms, prose poems and flash fiction. Standalone excerpts from longer works will also be considered. Submit no more than 5 poems, or two prose pieces not exceeding 2000 words each. Include cover sheet with name, address, phone number, email address, word count for prose, and a short Bio.

We also seek artwork: photographs, drawings, etchings in black and white or color. Send in JPEG format.

Send snail mail submissions to the WICE office: WICE/Upstairs at Duroc, 7 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris, France. Send email submissions to upstairsatduroc@wice-paris.org with “Upstairs at Duroc Submission” in the subject line. Copies ofUpstairs at Duroc can be obtained at our readings or at the WICE office.

For complete guidelines and examples of published work, see our Web pages at www.wice-paris.org. (click on Free Events). We prefer email submissions. Deadline: January 31, 2011.

PS: Issue 12 will come out in January 2011