Endless, Beautiful, Exact
(Argotist eBooks, 2011)
A series of texts, remixed from appropriated oral and written source material, that explore interpersonal conflict through a fragmented and implied narrative. The author seems to have a clampdown on what he is willing to express, and what few words are allowed through are charged with emotion and tension.
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I’ll be doing a live performance of my cinépoem “Variations on Want” with composer Philip Glass for the “Days and Nights Festival” at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, California on August 31st.
About the festival:
World famous composer Philip Glass presents a one-of-a-kind arts festival in Carmel Valley and Big Sur, California. Featuring music, dance, poetry, theatre and film. Premiering this summer, Aug 19 to Sept 4, 2011. (read more…)
Tickets available here: http://philipglasspoetrynight-eorg.eventbrite.com
“Variations on Want: Sequence II” now online in BathHouse Hypermedia Journal vol. 8.2.
To read online: http://bhjournal.com/issues/Vol8_2
The poem as a type of activism
A review of “War Rug”
by STEVE HALLE
Politically charged investigation raises the stakes of poetry for both the poet (as producer) and the poem (as art object). This type of poetry not only invokes the bardic practice of speaking the wisdom of the group, but also uses the poem as a type of activism. When critics question the role of poetry in the real world or what it can accomplish outside of its own existence, activist poetics that enters conversation with contemporary political happenings offers one of the better answers. This activist poetry can reveal knowledge about real happenings through the conceptual relationship between the real and the world of art.
Read more at: http://jacket2.org/reviews/poem-type-activism
Ping-Pong Magazine and Henry Miller Memorial library present:
The Verrückter Schwanz Cinépoetry Festival
Selected short films that explore the intersection of cinematic and poetic expression.
Thursday May 12th at 7:00 pm
Food and Wine to be served
Curated by Francesco Levato
Director: Maria Garcia Teutsch
Contact: 831.755.6943
“Variations on Want: Sequence III” Ping Pong (Literary Journal of The Henry Miller Library, forthcoming, 2011)
“Oscillations (i),” “Oscillations (vi),” and “Oscillations (viii)” The Homestead Review (forthcoming, 2011)
New work published:
“Endless, Beautiful, Exact” Cordite Poetry Review (Australia, 2010)
“Variations on Want: Sequence II: The Film” poetry film, Moria (2010)
New work forthcoming:
“INT. MEDICINE CABINET” Another Chicago Magazine (forthcoming, 2011)
“Variations on Want: Sequence I” VLAK Magazine (Prague, forthcoming, 2011)
“The Opposite Shore” (excerpt) by Fabiano Alborghetti,
translated from the Italian by Francesco Levato, Ezra (forthcoming, 2011)
Elegy for Dead Languages
(Marick Press, October, 2010)
Elegy for Dead Languages collects in print the long documentary poems War Rug; Elegy for Dead Languages; and Hood, Handgun, Power Drill.
“Francesco Levato’s powerful documentary, War Rug—like Eliot Weinberger’s What I heard about Iraq before it—detains the language of the perpetrators of global military aggression and redeploys it to indict them. From J.C. Penny catalog copy to counterintelligence manuals and autopsy reports, War Rug is a fierce yet unfortunate reminder of the absolute horrors of our age.”
—Mark Nowak, author of Coal Mountain Elementary about War Rug
War Rug, the film, was recently selected for the Zebra Poetry Film Festival at Literaturwerkstatt in Berlin, Germany.
The Zebra Poetry Film Festival is one of the premier European festivals focussed on cinépoetry.
For more information: www.literaturwerkstatt.org
Atlanta Review seeks submissions of Italian poetry translated into English for an upcoming issue focused on Italy.
Please send 3-5 unpublished poetry translations, via email, as an attachment, to the address below. Submissions should be in Microsoft Word format, 12 point type. Please include your name and contact email, as well as the original title and author in your submission. And though only the English version will appear in Atlanta Review, please include the original language version of each poem. Please note: the translator is responsible for obtaining permission to translate and publish the work submitted.
Deadline: submissions must be received by September 15th, 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED: October 15th, 2010
Send submissions to:
Francesco Levato
poet@francescolevato.com
Please put Atlanta Review and your name in the subject line.
