tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46791962509631103922024-02-20T22:15:55.383-05:00Marick PressTodd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-91665906147446358102013-05-01T14:21:00.001-04:002013-05-01T14:22:54.915-04:00Crossing Nations, Cultures, and Languages with Marick Press Founder Mariela Griffor<em>Since 2008, P&W has supported readings and workshops presented by literary publisher <a href="http://www.pw.org/content/marick_press_0" target="_blank">Marick Press</a>. <span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Its founder, </span><strong><a href="http://www.marielagriffor.com/" target="_blank"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Mariela Griffor,</span></a></strong><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> answered our questions about her experience publishing writers from around the world out of Grosse Pointe, MI,</span> a small city neighboring Detroit. Griffor was born in the city of Concepción in southern Chile. She is the author of </em>Exiliana<em> (Luna Publications, 2007) and </em>House<em> (<a href="http://www.pw.org/small_presses/mayapple_press" target="_blank">Mayapple Press</a>, 2007). Her work has also appeared in <a href="http://www.pw.org/content/passages_north" target="_blank">Passages North</a>, <a href="http://www.pw.org/content/cerise_press" target="_blank">Cerise Press</a>, and <a href="http://www.pw.org/content/washington_square_review" target="_blank">Washington Square Review</a>. Her forthcoming translations include </em>Canto General<em> by Pablo Neruda (<a href="http://www.pw.org/small_presses/tupelo_press" target="_blank">Tupelo Press</a>, 2013), </em>At Half Mast<em> by Carmen Berenguer, </em>Militant Poems<em> by Ra</em><em>úl Zurita, </em>Desolation<em> by Gabriela Mistral and </em>Bye, have a good time!<em> by Kristina Lugn. She is Honorary Consul of Chile in Michigan.</em><br />
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<strong><img alt="Mariela Griffor" height="300" src="http://www.pw.org/files/resize/marielagriffor-200x300.jpg" style="float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" width="200" />What makes Marick Press unique?</strong><br />
Marick Press strives, across boundaries of nations, cultures, and languages, to create fine literature and make it a personal experience. We seek out and publish the best new work from an eclectic range of aesthetics—work that is technically accomplished, distinctive in style, and thematically fresh.<br />
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<strong>What project have you been especially proud of?</strong><br />
I’m proud of every single book I've published, but the translation series is something very, very special. This series includes some of the most accomplished and original writers in the world, translated into English. <br />
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I have always been able to find a special or unique book of poetry that has been overlooked in its original language or is essential to understanding the complete work of a poet. Particular cases of this are <em>INRI</em> by the Chilean poet Raúl Zurita, and <em>From Threshold to Threshold</em> by Paul Celan.<br />
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<strong>What’s the most memorable event you’ve hosted?</strong><br />
P&W sponsored a festival of poetry held in Marick’s home town of Grosse Pointe, MI. The writers, publishers, and public shared some of the most remarkable readings I’ve experienced. It was the first time a poetry festival had been held in our community. For many in attendance, it was their first personal experience of fine literature—and it was new, fresh, and exciting!<br />
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<strong>What do you consider to be the value of literary programs for your community?</strong><br />
A community with a literary program is an intellectually vibrant and relevant community not only for itself, but for its surrounding communities. I admire the work of <a href="http://www.aadl.org/" target="_blank">Ann Arbor District Libraries</a> here and in Ann Arbor. Individuals and community groups in my area use a lot of its resources.<br />
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I could not live in a place that is not interested in literature. Once a community experiences literature personally, it will go to any lengths—establishing writing programs, festivals, and public readings—to perpetuate and expand the personal experience of writing to everyone. If you counted how many writers of note have been attracted to, or were raised or born in Michigan, you would be stunned!<br />
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<strong>How has publishing and presenting informed your own writing and life?</strong><br />
If you are a publisher, you learn to be humble. You struggle, you struggle more, and then you get some satisfaction when the book is out. The creation of a book is not an easy task. It is a work of art, but also a responsibility. Very few can handle the weight of this work. You listen, take notes, produce, and through it all get to know people as they are.<br />
The writing community in the United States is very assured, very eclectic, and much more resistant to foreign influence than those in other countries. Being a publisher and the host of a reading series has taught me the blessings of comparative literature among living writers.marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-42336662679857655582012-05-27T10:12:00.002-04:002012-05-27T10:12:33.214-04:00Marick Press is pleased to announce that Kjell Espmark author of Lend Me Your Voice and forthcoming Outside the Calendar has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Capri Prize for Poetry.Marick Press is pleased to announce that Kjell Espmark author of Lend Me Your Voice and forthcoming Outside the Calendar has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Capri Prize for Poetry. (http://premiocapri.com/en/history.php )
The Capri Prize has been given to writers such Raphael Alberti, Tahar Ben Jelloun,
Attilio Bertolucci, Hector Bianciotti, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Joseph Brodsky, Ralf Dahrendorf, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Francis Fukuyama, Bohumil Hrabal, Czeslaw Milosz, Alberto Moravia, Roger Peyrefitte, Thomas Venclova. “Established in 1987 on the Mediterranean island of Capri, the Capri Awards, or Premio Capri, is one of Italy’s most prestigious cultural institutions.
'Il Premio', as nicknamed by the literati, began as an informal redezvous of writers, poets and film directors and as a launch pad for emerging creative talent.
Known for its literary heritage, the island of Capri was beloved by many renowned figures throughout history, including the Roman Emperor and poet Tiberius, the writer Count Fersen and the artist Alberto Savinio. More than just a cultural destination, Capri represents a state of mind.
Each year the foundation hosts an award ceremony to honor the best-known and most promising poets in the world. This televised ceremony traditionally takes place at Grand Hotel Quisisana in Capri.”marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-22495891896723509152012-05-27T09:56:00.000-04:002012-05-27T09:56:21.723-04:00Kjell Espmark author of Lend Me Your Voice and forthcoming Outside the Calendar has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Capri Prize for Poetry.Marick Press is pleased to announce that Kjell Espmark author of Lend Me Your Voice and forthcoming Outside the Calendar has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Capri Prize for Poetry. (http://premiocapri.com/en/history.php )
The Capri Prize has been given to writers such Raphael Alberti, Tahar Ben Jelloun,
Attilio Bertolucci, Hector Bianciotti, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Joseph Brodsky, Ralf Dahrendorf, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Francis Fukuyama, Bohumil Hrabal, Czeslaw Milosz, Alberto Moravia, Roger Peyrefitte, Thomas Venclova. “Established in 1987 on the Mediterranean island of Capri, the Capri Awards, or Premio Capri, is one of Italy’s most prestigious cultural institutions.
'Il Premio', as nicknamed by the literati, began as an informal redezvous of writers, poets and film directors and as a launch pad for emerging creative talent.
Known for its literary heritage, the island of Capri was beloved by many renowned figures throughout history, including the Roman Emperor and poet Tiberius, the writer Count Fersen and the artist Alberto Savinio. More than just a cultural destination, Capri represents a state of mind.
Each year the foundation hosts an award ceremony to honor the best-known and most promising poets in the world. This televised ceremony traditionally takes place at Grand Hotel Quisisana in Capri.”marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-18608767793676489922011-05-27T21:31:00.001-04:002011-05-27T21:33:11.159-04:00Kjell Espmark visiting Grosse Pointe, MichiganAll the way from Sweden, distinguished poet and professor of the History of Literature, Kjell Espmark, will be speaking in Grosse Pointe. Professor Espmark will discuss his experiences as a member of the Nobel Prize Selection Committee, and he will introduce his first book translated into English, Lend Me Your Voice, a poetry collection.<br /><br />The library has joined forces with Marick Press to present this special program, and it promises to be a unique and wonderful evening.<br /><br />The program will be held at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10.00. Please reserve a spot on the onlinemarick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-89527160199512882492010-09-27T22:12:00.001-04:002010-09-27T22:14:49.371-04:00The Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival<a href="http://www.chicagocalling.org/">The Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival</a><br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "TRANSLATING 2010" <br /><br />AT THE RECONSTRUCTION ROOM<br /><br /> <br /><br />CONTACT: Dan Godston<br /><br /> info@borderbend.org<br /><br /> 312.380.9223 <br /><br /> <br /><br />DATE: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 (8 p.m.)<br /><br /> <br /><br />LOCATION: The Reconstruction Room at the Black Rock Bar<br /><br />3614 N. Damen Ave. <br /><br />Chicago, IL 60618<br /><br /> <br /><br />ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, donations accepted. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />The Reconstruction Room presents Translating 2010, which is part of the Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival and Chicago Artists Month. Translating 2010 explores the theme of "translations" in its wide range of permutations and possibilities: translating matter into energy, poetry into prose, time into memories, the present into the past and the future into the present, sound into words and the page into the air, promises into reality / ideals into facts, pencils into sketches into sculptures, DOS into HTML, 1999 into 2012 into The Long Now, frames into motion, and clouds into rain and water into ice. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Participants to include: <br /><br />· A Guest Giving Way like Ice Melting: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Laozi -- Sou Vai Keng (Macao) and Steven Schroeder (Chicago) <br /><br />· Erin Teegarden (Chicago), Della Watson (San Francisco), and Eric Cressley (Pittsburgh)<br /><br />· Brett Foster reads a selection of his English translations of Cecco Angiolieri's poetry<br /><br />· RaKel Delgado (Barcelona), Saul Aguirre (Chicago), and Luis Humberto Valadez (Chicago) <br /><br />· Catie Olson (Chicago), Meg Duguid (Chicago), and the purveyors of Lovitt Restaurant (Colville, WA)<br /><br />· Eric Elshtain (Chicago) and Gregory Fraser (Carrollton, Georgia)<br /><br />· Francesco Levato (Chicago) reads English translations of poems by Tiziano Fratus and Fabiano Alborghetti, and he and and Mariela Griffor (Gross Pointe Farms, MI) give a bilingual reading of her poetry<br /><br />· Happy 150th Birthday, Jules LaForgue, Piccolo Mountains Repertoire -- David Harrison Horton (Beijing), Sheila Murphy (Phoenix), Harry Ross (London), and Dan Godston (Chicago) <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Chicago Calling is organized by the Borderbend Arts Collective, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to promote the arts, to create opportunities for artists to explore new directions in and between art forms, and to engage the community. Annual Borderbend projects include Chicago Calling and the Mingus Awareness Project. Other organizations partner with Borderbend to enrich and extend the reach of its project, such as the Experimental Piano Series, which is co-produced by the Chicago Composers Forum and Borderbend, in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival<br /><br />During the Fifth Annual Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Chicago-based artists collaborate with artists in other locations -- both here in the U.S. and abroad. These collaborations involve a range of art forms -- including music, dance, film, literature, and intermedia -- and they are prepared or improvised. Some Chicago Calling events involve live feeds between Chicago and other locations. 2010 Chicago Calling events include "Bicycles and the Arts" at Happy Dog Gallery, "Translations 2010" at the Reconstruction Room, "Seda Röder / Burton Greene - Harrison Bankhead Duo Concert" at Curtiss Hall, "Temperatures and Shapes / Arctic Live" at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, "I Remember Fred" at the Velvet Lounge, "Chicago Calling, Waiting for the Bus" at Café Ballou, "Two Way Tarot Mirrors" at Myopic Books, "My Favorite Banned Books Abecedarian Read-Out" at the Logan Square Library, "Aural Architecture" at WNUR, and other events. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Chicago Artists Month<br /><br />Throughout October, you are invited to meet hundreds of Chicago visual artists at exhibitions, workshops, open studios, tours, neighborhood art walks and more in venues across the city. Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with more than 200 program partners, Chicago Artists Month aims to showcase the extraordinary talent and vibrancy of Chicago's art community.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This year's theme, "The City as Studio," explores the impact of the urban environment on Chicago artists and their work, and the contributions that artists make to the vitality of our city. The place where art is imagined and made, whether in a physical or virtual space, affects the idea, the process and the final product. And the art, once created, leaves a mark on the place it occupies. Chicago Artists Month 2010 looks at how the city influences art and artists, and how artists transform the city by contributing to civic dialogue and quality of life.marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-31789469628454063202010-06-14T20:41:00.002-04:002010-06-14T20:59:41.077-04:00Marick Press Spring -Summer 2010 titlesFrom Threshold to Threshold by Paul Celan translated by David Young<br />7Prose by Franz Wright<br />The Paris Stories by Laird Hunt<br />Bunker Anatomy by Cristopher Claro translated by Brian Evensonmarick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-21803156871402000472010-06-14T20:33:00.003-04:002010-06-14T20:36:39.301-04:00Spring-Summer 2010 TitlesFrom Threshold to Threshold by Paul Celan translated by David Young<br />The Paris Stories by Laird Hunt<br />Bunker Anatomy by Brian Evenson<br />From Milltown to Malltown by Jim Daniels, Charlee Brodsky and Jane MaCafferty<br />7Prose by Franz Wrightmarick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-74538676823787243002010-06-14T20:22:00.002-04:002010-06-14T21:01:11.361-04:00check out new titles at http://www.marickpress.com/check out new titles at <a href="http://www.marickpress.com/">http://www.marickpress.com/</a>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-19224973120320844702009-12-24T11:49:00.003-05:002009-12-24T11:52:22.826-05:00new review to share<a href="http://www.marickpress.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418846142140081010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPsd9c44ypHG4gw0QW6DgGvCem96vj6L9tKiO8fnX5zwrabHWWQuMCtiWA6CKPGJzL0X3lj0fhaKMIsydS-SWVX3GTlxBLmvUgvbdQcNxmbrD4vkCCcgbofRG1Qwp2I3MgSQVWnrS1mY/s320/water_the_moon_cover.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Erin McKnight at <em><a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com/reviews/3.4/small_presses/sze-lorrain/water_the_moon.htm">Prick of the Spindle</a></em> calls WATER THE MOON a “stunning debut collection.” Read the full review of Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s WATER THE MOON <a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com/reviews/3.4/small_presses/sze-lorrain/water_the_moon.htm">here</a>.</div>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-3734577783532213862009-10-27T22:02:00.004-04:002009-10-27T22:05:14.597-04:00Poets Follies Reading October 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCEnU-H6-RzrCktBawHE4wdlNXDBJhltn2FgvKlqQhIdqw8FIFMW5aqxQfOkMhlXC4-61uLnetfIMwYQycUF6xPS9KpSFpEKGZIOvKfJU2OyFFRbf0pxxHH753Jyyyjot3mf74P8OWtQ/s1600-h/Oct-09-08.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397466014445308434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCEnU-H6-RzrCktBawHE4wdlNXDBJhltn2FgvKlqQhIdqw8FIFMW5aqxQfOkMhlXC4-61uLnetfIMwYQycUF6xPS9KpSFpEKGZIOvKfJU2OyFFRbf0pxxHH753Jyyyjot3mf74P8OWtQ/s320/Oct-09-08.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPlC-Qz8gZC8_XCu9zw2D796ZtYGqvfx8RhSeGndXCwqsAu3jndumWmWYVDrPriOqzkqm7PKdMpUq4e4wz1RSLP5dYTsDdVT2xg9FxxZdQF5kDlLjIoJ4eQnGpnz7656kDUfOon01i9Q/s1600-h/Oct-09-06.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397465901500848674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPlC-Qz8gZC8_XCu9zw2D796ZtYGqvfx8RhSeGndXCwqsAu3jndumWmWYVDrPriOqzkqm7PKdMpUq4e4wz1RSLP5dYTsDdVT2xg9FxxZdQF5kDlLjIoJ4eQnGpnz7656kDUfOon01i9Q/s320/Oct-09-06.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsApRWKZ5nf99x0B30ApZ7Ol304BaVLOkW5TQqxqbQTrIocLwN6Kx-YzxnqJcBa58EpA7cQlt3UmCGUeyMZb3tMlc7S5Q6C6Kryw8XJhA0LSt3Riq1iIhdrqo-35M4znsfiWAReqaBek/s1600-h/Oct-09-03.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397465777375793538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsApRWKZ5nf99x0B30ApZ7Ol304BaVLOkW5TQqxqbQTrIocLwN6Kx-YzxnqJcBa58EpA7cQlt3UmCGUeyMZb3tMlc7S5Q6C6Kryw8XJhA0LSt3Riq1iIhdrqo-35M4znsfiWAReqaBek/s320/Oct-09-03.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-35715977141319242452009-10-27T21:57:00.003-04:002009-10-27T22:02:46.653-04:00October 20, 2009 Reading Photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6P8cJEP_BKRtQOIcENHHBjumu_aEfKSiUVmhOWeBfeAYHSitB5CB2hyp_-3OSxSb2wtc7BSsK-PZQnEN6AYQlWrZG80IrjRgnU-6ohitKWQKJQmog2wBjN5w_7PK-0YPhHpmx2-Wl9M/s1600-h/Oct-09-01.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397464360532725442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6P8cJEP_BKRtQOIcENHHBjumu_aEfKSiUVmhOWeBfeAYHSitB5CB2hyp_-3OSxSb2wtc7BSsK-PZQnEN6AYQlWrZG80IrjRgnU-6ohitKWQKJQmog2wBjN5w_7PK-0YPhHpmx2-Wl9M/s320/Oct-09-01.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The Country of Loneliness by Dawn Paul was released by Marick Press on October 20, 2009!</div><div> </div>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-62513131237320208572009-10-13T20:54:00.001-04:002009-10-13T21:02:14.365-04:00http://twitter.com/MarickPressmarick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-82435976889005527952009-07-31T15:00:00.001-04:002009-07-31T15:01:37.983-04:00Hey there! MarickPress is using Twitter.Hey there! MarickPress is using Twitter.<br />Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Join today to start receiving MarickPress's tweets.<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/MarickPress">http://twitter.com/MarickPress</a>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-1527814942681928662009-07-21T12:13:00.001-04:002009-07-21T17:35:58.576-04:00The Whole Tree as Told to the Backyard<div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><br /><br />The Whole Tree as Told to the Backyard<br />Published by Litterature d’Aphelie, an imprint of Rocky Shore Books<br /><br />I first fell in love with Russell Thorburn’s poems because of their wild sense of invention, poems that liked to play with history and time, that liked to take such public figures as Ty Cobb and Apollinaire and place them into strangely contemporary situations. There was something of the ‘never before’ in these earlier poems that Thorburn seemed to be pulling out from thin air, a sleight of hand poetics that seemed to be hiding up his magician’s sleeve. Of late, in his last two books, Father, Tell Me I Have Not Aged and here in his latest, The Whole Tree as Told to the Backyard, Thorburn has turned away from persona and invention in favor of the deeply personal, the skinlessly domestic—the tensions of the marital bedroom, the desires that still burn for other lovers, other lives—and although it’s difficult to say if Thorburn is inventing a personal past or drawing from it, the end result is that the feelings behind these new poems are authentically and emotionally true and that the hard truths that the poet is making point to a life that is turbulent and trembling with familial unrest. To read these poems is to encounter the heart of a man that is shaped by the ache of longing and driven by the insistence to go on living and loving even though it might be easier to surrender to the silence and indifference of inarticulation. These are poems of the first order, made out of the Beckettian mustness—I can’t go on, I must go on—that resides on the flipside of can’t. And I’m happy that he has, that Russell Thorburn did.<br />--Peter Markusmarick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-3023821013950564862009-07-20T21:50:00.002-04:002009-07-22T08:30:17.355-04:00The Drunken Piano<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lx6IvAMGzxgOjenXboL3VIfGB8RW7xDI1xpoKhlz30wxJxw4ggStDuJbvJhUi3p9NsFN-nW279cmqT9iQi90mHKbsoqEfY0NaXhb5uwHwkyKU1sFcm_9JFsYE2DDxKhMTsq1-yR1vD8/s1600-h/thorburn-piano.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360725342676939410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lx6IvAMGzxgOjenXboL3VIfGB8RW7xDI1xpoKhlz30wxJxw4ggStDuJbvJhUi3p9NsFN-nW279cmqT9iQi90mHKbsoqEfY0NaXhb5uwHwkyKU1sFcm_9JFsYE2DDxKhMTsq1-yR1vD8/s320/thorburn-piano.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Thorburn writes across as broad an imaginative spectrum as any poet working today. The subjects of The Drunken Piano are exquisitely varied—real and fantastic literary biography, childhood rapture, rock and roll, adolescence, old movies, spies, soldiers, love, baseball played by sons and legends, the Russian cold of Upper Michigan. And through all this, the mental life we inhabit has a consistent complexity, depth and (above all) authenticity that makes this book the best of company.<br />--Jonathan Johnson, associate professor at the Inland Northwest Center for Writers, the graduate writing program at Eastern Washington University; poet, Mastodon 80% Complete and In the Land We Imagined Ourselves</div>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-30161635846408622432009-06-12T15:24:00.004-04:002009-07-22T08:30:49.730-04:00New England College MFA Program in Poetry<a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button8',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button8',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/calendar102407.html"></a>New England College MFA Program in Poetry<br /><a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button6',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button6',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/StaffTrust.html"></a><br /><a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button9',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button9',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/Publications.html"></a><br /><a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button4',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button4',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/SpecialEvents.html"></a><br /><a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button7',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button7',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/newfiles/Contact.html"></a>MFA IN POETRY EVENTS & OPEN HOUSES<br />Saturday, June 27, 2009<br />OPEN HOUSENew England College Campus8:30 AM-9:00 PMFree Open House for prospective students interested in an MFA. A day of writing workshops, lectures and a performance with Regie O'Hare Gibson. Pre-registration required. July 6-11, 2009<br />Download application and full schedule here:<a href="http://www.nec.edu/graduate-and-professional-studies/mfa-in-poetry/post-mfa-symposium">Post MFA Symposium </a>with Peter Campion, Rachel Hadas, Ilya Kaminsky, Major Jackson and Ed Ochester.<br />July 8, 2009 (free and open to the public)<br />PANEL WITH DONALD HALL and Post-MFA faculty<br />on Donald Hall's historic essay "<a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16915">Poetry and Ambition</a>"<br />2:00 PM in the Great Room,<br />Simon Center,<br />98 Bridge Street<br />Henniker, NH<br />ReadingsAll readings held in the Simon Center, 98 Bridge Street at 7:30 PMFree and open to the publicCall 603-219-9172 to confirm readingWednesday, June 24Ilya Kaminsky and Carol FrostThursday, June 25Featuring NH Poets Pat Fargnoli and Maura MacNeilFriday, June 26Kazim AliSaturday, June 27Performance with Regie O'Hare GibsonSunday, June 28NEC alumnus Chris Goodrich and Paula McLainTuesday, June 30NEC student readingWednesday, July 1,Brian Henry and Eleni SikelianosPost MFA Symposium ReadingsMonday, July 6Major JacksonTuesday, July 7Rachel HadasWednesday, July 8Peter CampionThursday, July 9Chard deNiord & Peter EverwineFriday, July 10Ed Ochester and Ilya Kaminsky<br /><a onmouseover="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button10',1)" onclick="return CSButtonReturn()" onmouseout="return CSIShow(/*CMP*/'Cmp00400B7314button10',0)" href="http://www.nhwritersproject.org/Index.htm"></a>marick presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932415253721718889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-17160466770844707672008-10-14T08:14:00.001-04:002008-10-14T08:14:36.225-04:00Marick Press Gets a Mention in Poets & Writers MagazineCheck it out: <a href=http://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_15>Small Press Points</a>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-7814419223907580412008-06-25T21:27:00.002-04:002008-06-25T21:29:37.088-04:00Video: Jim Schley reads at the Marick Press Book Launch<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zbTG-iHwg5Q&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zbTG-iHwg5Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-41597004620188287572008-05-20T21:51:00.004-04:002008-05-21T08:02:33.135-04:00Photos from the Marick Press Mini-literary festival's Friday night readings<img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/new_authors.jpg" /><br />Marick Press Authors, from left to right: Peter Conners, David Matlin, Derick Burleson, Sean Thomas (poolhall junkie) Dougherty, Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Jim Schley<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/peter_conners_reading.jpg" /><br />Peter Conners reads from his new book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Emily Ate the Wind</span>, against a backdrop of “urban art”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/Sean_thomas_reading.jpg" /><br />The words from Sean Thomas Dougherty’s new book, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Blue City</span>, seem to flow through his fingers into his chest and out his mouth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/outside_reading.jpg" /><br />Marick Press authors chat under blushing green trees outside the Grosse Pointe Artists Center<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/derick_outoffocus.jpg" /><br />Derick Burleson reads from <span style="font-style: italic;">Never Night</span>, his new book shiny in the foreground.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/Jim_Schley.jpg" /><br />With his new book <span style="font-style: italic;">As When, In Season</span> in hand, Jim Schley tells us where he’s coming from.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.marickpress.com/images/May_2_2008/outside_reading2.jpg" /><br /><br/><br/><br/><br/>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-70094387508625588602008-05-19T10:06:00.000-04:002008-05-19T10:07:30.051-04:00Marick Press Mini-Literary Festival and Book Launch a Tremendous SuccessIt began Friday, May 2, a soggy spring evening saw writers from Alaska to Vermont gathered at the Grosse Pointe Arts Center to read for a captivated crowd. Friends old and new loitered on Kercheval Street. Wine was consumed. A palpable energy coursed through and outside the building and one and all were touched with the wonder of the event. <br /><br />The next morning, fortified by a table full of snacks and a couple gallons of coffee, the authors dug in to a series of workshops. Topics covered: flash fiction, the craft of emotion, the metaphor as alchemy, reading poems from around the world, poetry writing: the poet as camera, the grammar of metaphor and making poems with the inner child. There was an amazing amount of knowledge being tossed about the room and the young poets in attendance drank it all in. <br /><br />The clouds broke and the sun shone on the Tompkins Community Center at Windmill Pointe Park Sunday. Tables were lined with food, books and Marick Press authors. Ribbons were cut, poems read, music played and books signed. What started as a perfect day unfolded a perfect day. <br /><br />Thanks to the Marick Press authors and staff. And a special thanks to all of you that came out for readings, participated in the workshops and helped to launch our five new titles. Your support is invaluable. <br /><br />Check this blog frequently. We’ll be bringing out many photos and videos captured throughout the weekend. <br /><br />And please, post your comments here. Let us know how you felt about the mini-festival.Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-89790996218388029192008-05-19T07:54:00.001-04:002008-05-19T22:17:54.600-04:00Review of Peter Conners, Emily Ate the Wind in the Brooklyn Rail<blockquote>...each short prose piece seems to speak in its own language, each gives a view of its subject as seen from blindingly close range, and since many of the stories read at first as departures from the main narrative, the expanding implications revealed on a subsequent pass form a wide wholeness that books twice its length rarely achieve.</blockquote><br /><br />Read all of John Colasacco's review of Emily Ate the Wind in <a href=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/05/books/prose-roundup3> the Brooklyn Rail</a>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-59524429108029284342008-05-13T21:22:00.003-04:002008-05-13T21:39:28.110-04:00Robert Lipton: A Complex Bravery<img src="http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1051/coverhx8.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:75%;">HOMER AT THE HOT DOG STAND</span><br /><br />Chafing, raw, reddened skin<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">from fiction</span> the man tells me<br />all chicken fried and coated with sun.<br />I’m surrounded by him<br />like the atmosphere of a dying planet.<br />He was here before mathematics<br />before the first winter collecting<br />so many layers of blue<br />or before a brother had large teeth<br />enough to kill his twin.<br />I had little on offer<br />simply considered splitting the Pringles<br />and Slurpees, too shell-shocked to talk<br />or to feed my child the last little dollup<br />of Gerber’s yams.<br />The man was all sepulchral<br />as he described a war drenched in red sunsets<br />a “blood red that is not blood”<br />or of the mountain of three goddesses<br />sans goddesses.<br />He shakes his head as my child screams<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Do you charge for that baby?</span><br />he winks, the baby starting to hum<br />not like an opera singer<br />but like a washing machine<br />something to calm the parents.<br />Even after all this<br />there is a singing about paradise.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.marickpress.com/bookstore.php#acomplexbravery">Buy the book</a><br /><br /><blockquote>“This is the book of childhood, love and war. Lipton’s poems are a gang that takes no prisoners: his voice is direct, his tone is clear, his diction is ironic — but his irony is earned and felt-through. The manuscript is a book of elegies that refuse to go mourning without at least a little bit of protest. Whatever his loss is, Lipton’s voice’s always quirky and alive, always ready to report the world straight to us, without patronizing, for “this battle is parent by parent / and I have homework to do.”<br />—Ilya Kaminsky, author of Dancing in Odessa and Musica Humana</blockquote><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/6220/robertliptonyj1.jpg" border="0" />Robert Lipton is the author of Bearing Witness in the Promised Land. In: Live from Palestine (South End Press). His stories and poems have appeared in a wide range of literary journals, both on and offline, including Echo 681, Interbang, Jacaranda Review, Squaw Valley Review, King Log, Shades of Contradiction, The Texas Observer and Parthenon West. He has received grants from Berkeley Community Arts and Alameda Community Arts Programs, was for seven years poetry workshop leader at Berkeley Art Center.Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-13831704895880748772008-04-28T12:44:00.002-04:002008-04-28T12:52:04.124-04:00Festival of New European film and writing at Oakland University May 9-10, 2008<p>Oakland University and <em>Absinthe: New European Writing</em> will host a festival of new European film and writing at Oakland University in Rochester on May 9-10th, 2008. All festival events are free and open to the public. </p><p>The festival will commence on Friday evening, May 9, with a presentation of short films from Europe by the Ann Arbor Film Festival, readings by the poets Eamonn Wall and Valzhyna Mort, and a silent auction to benefit the festival. Desserts and drinks will be provided, and door prizes will be raffled off throughout the evening. In addition, the first 100 guests will receive a free copy of the current issue of <em>Absinthe: New European Writing</em>.</p><p>Eamonn Wall was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. His poetry has been published widely in Ireland and in the U.S. His books include <em>Dyckman-200th Street</em>, (Salmon, 1993), <em>Iron Mountain Road</em> (Salmon, 1997), and <em>The Crosses</em> (Salmon, 2001).</p><p>Valzyhna Mort was born Valzhyna Martynava in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus. She will read from her recently published collection <em>Factory of Tears</em>.</p><p>On Saturday, May 10, from 10:00 am until 10:00 pm, the festival will screen three award-winning European feature films, along with readings by the Detroit-area translators Keith Taylor, Marilynn Rashid, and Doris Runey, and Polish poet Piotr Sommers with Chicago-based translator Bill Martin. The films will be preceded by a selection of short films by Oakland University students.</p><p>10:00 AM--A screening of the German film <em>Yella</em>-a metaphysical thriller crafted by acclaimed writer-director Christian Petzold. The title role is played by Nina Hoss, who was awarded the 2007 Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for her performance. </p><p>12:30-1:00--Lunch will be provided for festival attendees </p><p>1:00 PM--A reading by the Detroit-area writers and translators Doris Runey, Keith Taylor, and Marilynn Rashid.</p><p>2:00 PM--A screening of the Romanian film <em>The Way I Spent the End of the World</em>-this film appeared at several film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival.</p><p>4:30 PM--A reading by Polish poet Piotr Sommer and translator Bill Martin</p><p>Piotr Sommer is a poet and translator of contemporary English-language poetry, including the work of Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Robert Lowell, and many others. He has published several dozen books of poetry, literary criticism.</p><p>7:00 PM--A screening of the Russian film <em>The Island</em>-this film was shown at several film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, and the London Film Festival, and was awarded five major Nika Awards (Russian Oscars).</p><p>Presentation of <em>The Island</em> is generously underwritten by the Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit (COCC)-Promoting Orthodox Christianity since 1957.</p><p>The Oakland University/Absinthe Festival of New European Film and Writing is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and Oakland County Arts & Culture.</p><p>Additional information, including the full festival schedule is available at <a href="http://www.absinthenew.com/pages/OUConference.html">www.absinthenew.com/pages/OUConference.html</a> or by contacting Dwayne D. Hayes, editor of Absinthe: New European Writing at <a href="mailto:dhayes@absinthenew.com">dhayes@absinthenew.com</a>.</p>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-78318648650154969532008-04-23T21:06:00.005-04:002008-04-23T22:02:57.025-04:00Poet's Follies<img src="http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8994/audiencetu9.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br />Browsing the images of "Urban Edge" <br />at the Grosse Pointe Art Center<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6023/readersm6.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br />Abdul Punnayurkulam talks about his <br />short story "Dedication"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3817/marielamo8.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br />Marick Press publisher, Mariela Griffor, <br />reads from her latest book <span style="font-style: italic;">House</span>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679196250963110392.post-7223951740918648262008-04-23T20:45:00.002-04:002008-04-23T20:46:49.811-04:00May 3rd Marick Press Author Workshops 50% off for studentsDate: Saturday, May 3, 2008<br />Time: 8:00-8:45 registration with coffee & bagels.<br />Location: Grosse Pointe Artists Association<br />15001 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230<br />Admission: Individual workshops are $100.00 each.<br />$150.00 includes all workshops, buffet lunch and refreshments.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Workshops</span><br /><br />o 9am-11am Peter Conners: <strong>Flash Fiction: How & Why to Shrink your Story</strong> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /><br /></span>o 11am-Noon Katie Ford : <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Craft of Emotion<br /><br /></span>o Noon-1pm G.C. Waldrep: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Metaphor as Alchemy<br /><br /></span>o 1pm-2 pm Ilya Kaminsky: <strong>Reading Poems from Around the World</strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /><br /></span>o 2pm-3pm Susan Kelly-DeWitt: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Poetry Writing: The Poet as Camera<br /><br /></span>o 3pm-4pm Sean Thomas Dougherty: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Grammar of Metaphor<br /><br /></span>o 4pm-5pm Derick Burleson: <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Trailing Clouds of Glory: Making Poems with the Inner Child<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;">To pre-register contact Mariela Griffor at </span><a href="mailto:mgriffor@marickpress.com" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;" ><u>mgriffor@marickpress.com</u></span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;">, or Ryan Kelly at </span><a href="mailto:rkelly@marickpress.com" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;" ><u>rkelly@marickpress.com</u></span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;">. Or call (313) 407-9236. Registration for any workshop is available throughout the Festival. </span>Todd Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878482406887084581noreply@blogger.com0