Lecture / Reading Joe Ross, Pierre Alferi & Rae Armantrout 17.10.11 Part 1

Author of twelve books of poetry, JOE ROSS, was born in Pennsylvania and after university, moved to Washington, D.C. where he wrote his first book, Guards of the Heart, consisting of four plays written in poetic form.
In D.C., he worked at The JFK Center for the Arts and served as the President of the Poetry Board at The Folger Shakespeare Library and as the Literary Editor of the Washington Review, 1991-1997. He Co-founded and directed the In Your Ear poetry reading series. During these years Ross published six books or poetry.
His poetry reveals links with the « Language » poets but seeks in its often disjunctive structure, puns, and linguistic riddles, to be accessible to a large audience. Many of Ross's poems are subliminally political while concerned with love and interrelations between individuals. The American Voyage, in particular, concerns the idealism of American culture and its failures as a culture to live up to those ideals.
In 1997 he received an NEA Fellowship for his poetry and moved to San Diego, where he worked for that city's Commission for Arts and Culture. In 1999, he left that position to put his poetics into practice, and to work directly in politics serving as Chief of Policy for elected officials. He also Co-founded the Beyond the Page reading series. Two more books appeared during this time and he received the 2003 Gertrude Stein Poetry Award.
In 2004, he and his wife moved to Paris, where their two children were born, and where he continues to publish while working as an educator.

PIERRE ALFERI
Fondateur avec Suzanne Doppelt de la revue Détail, et avec Olivier Cadiot de la Revue de littérature générale.
Travaux communs avec le plasticien Jacques Julien.
Disques et performances avec le musicien Rodolphe Burger (Kat Onoma).

Aux éditions POL
Après vous (2010)
Les Jumelles (2009)
Ça commence à Séoul (2007)
La Voie des airs (2004)
Des enfants et des monstres (2004)
Le Cinéma des familles (1999)
Sentimentale journée (1997) | vidéolecture
Fmn (1994)
Kub Or (1994)
Le Chemin familier du poisson combatif (1992)
Les Allures naturelles (1991)

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