The 4th Edition of the
Paris Poetry Workshop
October 2 - 6, 2005
With Cecilia Woloch

Dear Friends and Fellow Poets,

It's with real pleasure that I invite you to join me in my favorite city on
earth for the 4th Paris Poetry Workshop, October 2 - October 6 2005. Anyone who's been to Paris already knows about the inspiration and stimulation of the senses the city affords; and this is a chance to see and experience, to absorb and be absorbed by, a side of Paris not readily accessible to the average tourist -- an opportunity to spend five days in Paris as a poet among poets.

Over the past several years, the success of each Paris Poetry Workshop has contributed to the creation of an expanding international community of poets writing in English, who come together from all parts of the world to generate new work, hone their craft, share and support one another's creative endeavors. I invite you to become part of this exciting and vibrant community.

Here are the plans as they've come together thus far ...

This 4th Edition of the Paris Poetry Workshop will begin with a welcoming reception at the private home of Adrian Leeds, situated in a 17th-century building in the historical Marais district, on Sunday evening, October 2nd. This informal gathering will give you all a chance to meet one another and to meet many of my Paris-based writer-friends and mingle with the local literati -- English-speaking poets who make their homes and their poems in Paris.

Long time resident Adrian Leeds will give an orientation to the city, including tips on how to get around and how to get along happily with the French. I'll distribute copies of our workshop notebook, which will include a full schedule for the week's activities.

I will be leading workshop sessions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at Rose Thé, where together we will lunch and learn. I'll take participants through a series of writing exercises designed to generate new work specifically related to the sights and sounds of Paris and each poet's experience here. The group will provide feedback on the new work, and we'll also conduct close-critique of the works-in-progress participants will bring along with them for that purpose.

Rose-Thé
104 avenue Ledru Rollin
75011 PARIS
01 48 05 75 24

Click here to see map of location.

 

 

 

Coffee breaks and a light lunch will be provided and, in the afternoon, we'll gather for a series of talks and discussions about poetry and the creative process led by a number of Europe-based poets and writers, including poet/memoirist Jeffrey Greene, poet and Paris Editor of TIN HOUSE, Heather Hartley, poet and translator Sarah Luczaj, and others who'll share their work and their personal and creative relationships to Paris.

Mid-week, on Wednesday, we'll break from the regular workshop schedule to spend a day with Paris poet and teacher Jennifer K. Dick. Jen will lead a workshop on ekphrastic poetry that will include a visit to one of Paris' many art museums. This outing is optional.

In the evenings, there will be readings featuring Paris Poetry Workshop faculty at the famous and historical bookstore, Shakespeare & Company, poets from the Paris poetry community, and the poets of the Paris Poetry Workshop (i.e. you!) another evening. Last spring's reading by workshop participants at a Paris pub proved to be one of the highlights of the literary season.

Paris Poetry Workshop Schedule
(Subject to Change)

Sunday, October 2

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Opening Cocktail Reception, Dinner and Reading Chez Adrian Leeds

Monday, October 3

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Workshop with Cecilia Woloch
Rose Thé, 104 avenue Ledru-Rollin, Paris 11th

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Lunch at Rose Thé

2:30 - 4 p.m.
Discussion with poet/memoirist Jeffrey Greene: "The Lyrical Prose Passage: Using Poetic Technique in the Composition of Prose"

Paris-based writer Jeffrey Greene is the author of two award-winning collections of poetry, To the Left of the Worshipper and American Spirituals, as well as the internationally acclaimed memoir French Spirits.

7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Poetry reading at Shakespeare & Company with Cecilia Woloch, Ellen Hinsey, Jeffrey Greene and Cyrus Cassells
Shakespeare & Company, 37, rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris

Tuesday, October 4

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Workshop with Cecilia Woloch
Rose Thé, 104 avenue Ledru-Rollin, Paris 11th

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Lunch at Rose Thé

2:30 - 4 p.m.
Discussion/workshop with poet Lisa Pasold: "The Pleasures and Rigors of the Ghazal"

Lisa Pasold's first book of poetry, Weave, came out last year from Frontenac House, Calgary; her second volume, A Bad year for Journalists, is due from Frontenac House this spring. Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as 100 Poets Against the War. She grew up in Montreal, later moved to New York, and currently lives behind Montmartre, near the flea market. Frontenac House will publish her second collection of poems in 2006.

7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Poetry reading at The Red Wheelbarrow
with Lisa Pasold, Jennifer Dick, Bill Strangmeyer and Michele Noteboom Red Wheelbarrow Bookshop, 22, rue Saint Paul, Paris 4th

Wednesday, October 5

Free Morning

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
An Ekphrastic Afternoon with Jennifer K. Dick at the Centre Georges Pompidou...looking at visual art and writing exercises.

Meet at 1 p.m. inside lobby at the Information/Welcome Desk

Jennifer K. Dick is the author of Flourescence, winner of the University of Georgia Press Contemporary Poetry Prize 2004. She lives and works in Paris where she is completing her doctorate on visual gestures in the poetry of Susan Howe, Myung Mi Kim and Anne-Marie Albiach.

6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Reading/Cocktails and Dinner Soirée hosted by Patricia LaPlante-Collins
14 rue St Louis en l'Ile, Paris 4th

Free-flowing wine, networking and poetry readings by participants in the Paris Poetry Workshop, also featuring Paris based-poets Heather Hartley and Jennifer Huxta.

Cocktails at 6:30 p.m., reading at 7:30 p.m., "plat du jour" to follow...
RSVP via email parissoirees@noos.fr or telephone 01.43.26.12.88
€20 donation for dinner and wine

Thursday, October 6

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Workshop with Cecilia Woloch
Rose Thé, 104 avenue Ledru-Rollin, Paris 11th

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Lunch at Rose Thé

2:30 - 4 p.m.
Discussion/workshop with poet Heather Hartley on Charles Baudelaire

Meet at Rose Thé and travel to the Cimetiere de Montparnasse to visit Baudelaire's grave (weather permitting)

Heather Hartley is the Paris editor of Tin House Magazine and the Director of Creative Writing at WICE. Her poems have appeared in The Mississippi Review, Smartish Pace, Kalliope, CALYX and elsewhere. Her literary awards include first place in the 2004 Brentano’s Bookstore Poetry Contest and the 2002 first prize in poetry for the Tin House/Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia.

8 p.m. Optional Closing Dinner

Les Fetes Galantes, 17, rue de l'Ecole de Polytechnique, Paris 5th
€25 for three-course dinner, wine and coffee
RSVP via email info@adrianleeds.com or telephone 01.40.27.97.59

Limited to 15 Participants
(so that individual attention to each participant's work is guaranteed..)

Open to poets at all levels of development.

I'm personally extending this invitation to poets who have worked with me
previously, however the workshop is open to all interested poets on a first-come,
first-served basis. Those who haven't participated in my workshops are
requested to submit three sample poems prior to registration via e-mail to
CeciWo@AOL.com.

Cost:

$795/person (cash or check)
or
$835/person (credit card payment)

Includes all workshop fees, afternoon and evening lectures and activities, lunches Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and the welcoming cocktail and dinner.

It does NOT include other meals, entrance to the museum, local transportation, air fare or lodging.

Accommodations

Recommendations of inexpensive hotels, short-term rental apartments and restaurants can be provided as well as information on getting from the airport
(Charles de Gaulle, airport code "CDG") into the city. Reservations for accommodations can be requested for a fee of $25. Contact Lynda Sydney at info@adrianleeds.com to assist you.

Travel Arrangements
You are free to make your own travel arrangements, however, we recommend that you contact:

Agora Travel
235 N.E. 4th Ave., Suite 102
Delray Beach, FL 33483 USA;
Phone local (561) 243-6276 or toll-free (800) 926-6575, Fax (561) 278-8765
E mail: info@agoratravel.com, website: http://www.agoratravel.com

The workshop will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A
$200 deposit will hold your place in the workshop, and full payment will be
due by August 31, 2005.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received on or before August 31, 2005, will receive a full refund, less a $100 processing fee. From September 1 through 15, 2005 a refund of 50% per person will be given. After September 15, 2005, the workshop fee is non-refundable. Please call, fax, or email our offices immediately to avoid any unnecessary charges if you are unable to attend. If you cancel due to medical reasons that are covered by your purchased travel-insurance policy, we will advise the insurance company that your travel and conference or seminar fees are non-refundable. Any refunds issued by the insurance company will negate any credit due.

Register Now

To register, contact Adrian Leeds, Conference Host:

PARIS OFFICE 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Paris Time)
From the U.S. or Canada
+1 (310) 427-7589
From Outside U.S. or Canada
+33 (0) 1.40.27.97.59
Email: Info@AdrianLeeds.com

To pay by check, make your check payable to Cecilia Woloch and mail to:

Cecilia Woloch
5921 Whitworth Drive, #201
Los Angeles, CA 90019

To make a payment by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express), click here to fill out the online secure payment form, payment to Adrian Leeds Group, LLC.

Looking forward to having you there with us in Paris for this exciting event!

Cecilia Woloch
CeciWo@AOL.com
http://www.ceciliawoloch.com