Monday, October 27, 2008
Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Reading on Wed. the 29th
Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Readings
3786 Howard Avenue, Kensington MD 20895. 301 949 9416.
On Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 7 pm, Jody Bolz, Ernie Wormwood, and David Bergman will read their poetry from the Gival Press Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 anthology and from their recent work.
Come early to browse & chat. Refreshments provided. An open reading will follow. Free. www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com.
3786 Howard Avenue, Kensington MD 20895. 301 949 9416.
On Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 7 pm, Jody Bolz, Ernie Wormwood, and David Bergman will read their poetry from the Gival Press Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 anthology and from their recent work.
Come early to browse & chat. Refreshments provided. An open reading will follow. Free. www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Adamah: Poeme by Céline Zins Is Released
Gival Press is pleased to announce the release of Adamah: Poeme by eminent French poet/writer Céline Zins. This USA premiere bilingual(French/English) edition includes Peter Schulman's translation.
La mer s’est retirée
laissant un sable d’où s’écoule
un azur primordial
The sea has withdrawn
leaving a grain of sand from which
a primordial azure blue
flows
Biographies:
Céline Zins is the author of three volumes of poetry published by Gallimard. In addition to being a poet she is also known for being a renowned translator in France of works by Carols Fuentes, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Oscar Lewis, Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner, J.M. Synge and Julio Cortazar.
Dr. Peter Schulman is the author of The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric and Le Dernier Livre du Siecle, with Mischa Zabotin. He has co-edited three volumes: Chasing Esther: Jewish Expressions of Cultural Difference; The Marketing of Eros: Sexuality, Performance and Consumer Culture and Rhine Crossings: France and Germany in Love and War. His translated work includes: Georges Simenon's The Thirteen Culprits, Jules Verne's The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz and numerous short stories for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine into English, Dorothy Salisbury Davis's Where the Dark Streets Go into French and a volume of poetry into English: Jacques Reda's Suburban Beauty.
To order a copy at Amazon.com, click here:
Adamah: Poeme
Available from BookMasters (419.281.1802) and Ingram (800.937.8000).
Gival Press is a member of the Association of American Publishers.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Honey by Richard Carr Is Released
Gival Press is pleased to announce the release of Honey, winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award, by Richard Carr.
"Honey is a tour de force. Comprised of 100 electrifying microsonnets, Richard Carr’s invention recalls Berryman’s Dreamsongs, for brilliance and wit, but is more readable. Open to any page: language and image startle and delight, like 'Einstein’s blown-fuse hairdo.' The whole sequence creates a narrative that becomes, like the Hapax Legomenon, a form that occurs only once in a literature."
—Barbara Louise Ungar, author of the award-winning collection The Origin of the Milky Way
"This sequence of compact poems is musically subtle, visually surprising, and, at times, deeply moving. More than this, though, Honey is an ambitious, intricately unified book, part brilliant lyrical meditation and part surreal Bildungsroman. In it, Richard Carr creates a character whose search for truth and self (accompanied by the Bearded Lady, the Poet, the Boy, and the Hapax) is delightful and ambiguous. Honey is a poetry collection unlike any you’re likely to encounter. It is a wonderful, breathtaking achievement.
—Kevin Prufer, editor of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing
“Honey explodes the mundane and visits the extraordinary in extraordinary ways.
—Kathleen Volk Miller, co-editor, Painted Bride Quarterly
Biography:
Richard Carr grew up in Blue Earth, Minnesota, and lives in Minneapolis. A former systems analyst, web designer, and tavern manager, he has taught writing and literature at several universities and community colleges. His other poetry collections are Street Portraits (The Backwaters Press), Ace (Word Works, winner of the Washington Prize), and Mister Martini (University of North Texas Press, winner of the Vassar Miller Prize). His chapbooks include Butterfly and Nothingness (Mudlark) and Letters from North Prospect (Frank Cat Press, winner of the Frank Cat Press Chapbook Competition).
To order a copy at Amazon.com, click here:
To purchase a copy at Amazon.com, click below:
Honey
Available from BookMasters (419.281.1802) and Ingram (800.937.8000).
Gival Press is a member of the Association of American Publishers
Sunday, October 12, 2008
A New DC Poetry Venue "Panpipes: Arts at the Taverna" to Open on Oct. 16th
PANPIPES: ARTS AT THE TAVERNA
PRESENTS
POETS MERRILL LEFFLER and JUDITH MCCOMBS
with VOCALIST LAURA COLE
Taverna the Greek Islands, in collaboration with hosts Ellen Cole and Judy Neri, presents the inaugural program in a new series of word arts and music on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 7-9 pm. The October program, “Town and Country,” will feature poets Merrill Leffler and Judith McCombs with mezzo-soprano Laura Cole. All Panpipes programs are free.
Taverna the Greek Islands is located at 305 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, 20003 near the Capitol East Metro Station. The telephone number is (202) 547-8360.
MERRILL LEFFLER has published two collections of poetry, Partly Pandemonium, Partly Love and Take Hold; Mark the Music; a third collection is forthcoming in 2009. Leffler has taught literature at the University of Maryland and U.S. Naval Academy and was a senior science writer at the University of Maryland Sea Grant Program. He is the founder-publisher of Dryad Press.
JUDITH MCCOMBS is the author of The Habit of Fire: Poems Selected & New and four other books. Her work appears in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Calyx, Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Library of Congress’ Poet and the Poem, Measure, Nimrod, Passager, Poetry, and Potomac Review. She teaches at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD and arranges a Poetry Series at Kensington Row Bookshop.
LAURA COLE is the founder and lead singer of the Celtic a cappella quartet, Take Two. She has also performed traditional Irish and Scottish music at venues in the Washington metro area with The Kiltics. She recently appeared in “Into the Woods” and has just completed performing Peep Bo in “The Mikado.” Laura is studying musical theatre and vocal performance at Shepherd University.
Attending poets, prose writers, and other word artists, as well as musicians, are invited to participate in an open mic that will conclude the Pan Pipes program. A sign-up sheet will be available at 6:45 p.m.
For more information call: Ellen Cole at 301-588-5425 or Judy Neri at 301-588-6968.
PRESENTS
POETS MERRILL LEFFLER and JUDITH MCCOMBS
with VOCALIST LAURA COLE
Taverna the Greek Islands, in collaboration with hosts Ellen Cole and Judy Neri, presents the inaugural program in a new series of word arts and music on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 7-9 pm. The October program, “Town and Country,” will feature poets Merrill Leffler and Judith McCombs with mezzo-soprano Laura Cole. All Panpipes programs are free.
Taverna the Greek Islands is located at 305 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, 20003 near the Capitol East Metro Station. The telephone number is (202) 547-8360.
MERRILL LEFFLER has published two collections of poetry, Partly Pandemonium, Partly Love and Take Hold; Mark the Music; a third collection is forthcoming in 2009. Leffler has taught literature at the University of Maryland and U.S. Naval Academy and was a senior science writer at the University of Maryland Sea Grant Program. He is the founder-publisher of Dryad Press.
JUDITH MCCOMBS is the author of The Habit of Fire: Poems Selected & New and four other books. Her work appears in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Calyx, Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Library of Congress’ Poet and the Poem, Measure, Nimrod, Passager, Poetry, and Potomac Review. She teaches at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD and arranges a Poetry Series at Kensington Row Bookshop.
LAURA COLE is the founder and lead singer of the Celtic a cappella quartet, Take Two. She has also performed traditional Irish and Scottish music at venues in the Washington metro area with The Kiltics. She recently appeared in “Into the Woods” and has just completed performing Peep Bo in “The Mikado.” Laura is studying musical theatre and vocal performance at Shepherd University.
Attending poets, prose writers, and other word artists, as well as musicians, are invited to participate in an open mic that will conclude the Pan Pipes program. A sign-up sheet will be available at 6:45 p.m.
For more information call: Ellen Cole at 301-588-5425 or Judy Neri at 301-588-6968.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Upcoming Poetry Readings at Kensingston Row Bookshop
Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Readings
3786 Howard Avenue, Kensington MD 20895. 301 949 9416.
Last Wednesdays of the month at 7 pm, Jan-June and Sept.-Oct,
plus Dec. 3, 2008.
Come early to browse & chat. Refreshments provided. An open reading will follow. Free. www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com.
On Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 7 pm, Jody Bolz, Ernie Wormwood, and David Bergman will read their poetry from the Gival Press Poetic Voices Without Borders 2.
Jody Bolz's poems appear in American Scholar, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, many anthologies, and her book, A Lesson in Narrative Time. She edits Poet Lore, America's oldest poetry journal.
Ernie Wormwood's poems appear in Antietam and Arabesque Reviews, Innisfree, Rhino, and the forthcoming Poem Revised and Flights anthologies. She can be heard on the Library of Congress Poet and the Poem at www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html.
David Bergman teaches at Towson University; his poetry appears in Cracking the Code (Elliston Prize) and Heroic Measures; his criticism in Gaiety Transfigured and Violet Hour. He edits the Men on Men series. Gay American Autobiography and a translation of Jean Senac's poetry are forthcoming.
On Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 7 pm, Kathi Wolfe and Sandra Beasley will read their poetry.
3786 Howard Avenue, Kensington MD 20895. 301 949 9416.
Last Wednesdays of the month at 7 pm, Jan-June and Sept.-Oct,
plus Dec. 3, 2008.
Come early to browse & chat. Refreshments provided. An open reading will follow. Free. www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com.
On Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 7 pm, Jody Bolz, Ernie Wormwood, and David Bergman will read their poetry from the Gival Press Poetic Voices Without Borders 2.
Jody Bolz's poems appear in American Scholar, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, many anthologies, and her book, A Lesson in Narrative Time. She edits Poet Lore, America's oldest poetry journal.
Ernie Wormwood's poems appear in Antietam and Arabesque Reviews, Innisfree, Rhino, and the forthcoming Poem Revised and Flights anthologies. She can be heard on the Library of Congress Poet and the Poem at www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem.html.
David Bergman teaches at Towson University; his poetry appears in Cracking the Code (Elliston Prize) and Heroic Measures; his criticism in Gaiety Transfigured and Violet Hour. He edits the Men on Men series. Gay American Autobiography and a translation of Jean Senac's poetry are forthcoming.
On Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 7 pm, Kathi Wolfe and Sandra Beasley will read their poetry.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
C. M. Mayo Offers a "Flash Fiction" Work on Oct. 5th
C.M. Mayo's "Flash Fiction" Sunday October 5 only, from 1 - 4 pm.The Writers Center, Bethesda MD.
Flash, or micro-fictions are stories as short as six and as long as, say, 1,000 words. Though a genre with a distinguished tradition, flash fiction is perfectly suited for blogging and podcasting. For both beginning and advanced writers, this workshop will focus on improving your fiction-writing craft and generating new material. Click here for more information and also link to register on-line: https://www.writer.org/workshops/details.asp?id=1578
About the Writers Center: www.writer.org
About the one day format: Uniquely geared toward both beginning and advanced writers, C.M. Mayo's one-day creative writing workshops emphasize techniques for tapping into creativity, and specific aspects of craft. Mayo does not critique manuscripts but rather offers a series of mini-lectures interspersed with exercises, readings, and discussion. The goal is that by the end of the workshop, your writing will be of notably higher quality.
About C.M. Mayo: C.M. Mayo is the author of the forthcoming novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (Unbridled Books); Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico (Milkweed Editions), and Sky Over El Nido (University of Georgia Press), which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in many outstanding literary journals, among them, Chelsea, Creative Nonfiction, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Massachusetts Review, Paris Review, Potomac Review,and Tin House. An avid translator of contemporary Mexican literature, she is also founding editor of Tameme and editor of Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion.
For more about C.M. Mayo and her work, visit www.cmmayo.com . P.S. Don't forget "Giant Golden Buddha" & 364 More Five Minute Writing Exercises, free on-line at www.cmmayo.com/d5mwe.html
Visit: C.M. Mayo at www.cmmayo.com
Flash, or micro-fictions are stories as short as six and as long as, say, 1,000 words. Though a genre with a distinguished tradition, flash fiction is perfectly suited for blogging and podcasting. For both beginning and advanced writers, this workshop will focus on improving your fiction-writing craft and generating new material. Click here for more information and also link to register on-line: https://www.writer.org/workshops/details.asp?id=1578
About the Writers Center: www.writer.org
About the one day format: Uniquely geared toward both beginning and advanced writers, C.M. Mayo's one-day creative writing workshops emphasize techniques for tapping into creativity, and specific aspects of craft. Mayo does not critique manuscripts but rather offers a series of mini-lectures interspersed with exercises, readings, and discussion. The goal is that by the end of the workshop, your writing will be of notably higher quality.
About C.M. Mayo: C.M. Mayo is the author of the forthcoming novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (Unbridled Books); Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico (Milkweed Editions), and Sky Over El Nido (University of Georgia Press), which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in many outstanding literary journals, among them, Chelsea, Creative Nonfiction, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Massachusetts Review, Paris Review, Potomac Review,and Tin House. An avid translator of contemporary Mexican literature, she is also founding editor of Tameme and editor of Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion.
For more about C.M. Mayo and her work, visit www.cmmayo.com . P.S. Don't forget "Giant Golden Buddha" & 364 More Five Minute Writing Exercises, free on-line at www.cmmayo.com/d5mwe.html
Visit: C.M. Mayo at www.cmmayo.com
