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Contemporary French Poetry Reading

University Room: Omid & Gisel Kordestani Rooftop Conference Center (Q-801)
6 rue du Colonel Combes 75007
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 18:30

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF泭詁梆郭梆捧勞惚插郭泭READINGS BY CONTEMPORARY FRENCH WRITERS VINCENT BROQUA, VIRGINIE POITRASSON, AND MICHELLE NOTEBOOM

Vincent Broqua泭is a writer and translator. He works with text, video and narrative for a politics泭of gaiety. He writes in French and English.泭He teaches in the MA in Literary Creation at University Paris 8, where he is a professor of North American arts and literature. With Abigail Lang and Olivier Brossard, he co-curates the泭泭and the泭.泭

His latest book is泭Gaiamen泭(Al Dante / Presses du r矇el, 2025).His book泭Photocall, projet d'attendrissement泭was awarded the 2021 Prize for gay novel/poetry in France.泭Recovery, translated by Cole Swensen, was published by Pamenar Press.泭Other books include:泭La langue du gar癟on泭(2023),泭Et l je me mets en danseuse泭(with Anne Portugal, 2025),泭Au telephone avec Jacques泭(2025).

He is a translator of many poets & writers, such as Caroline Bergvall, Jim Dine, Thalia Field, Kevin Killian, Monica de la Torre, Karen Sandhu, Layli Long Soldier, Tracie Morris, Redell Olsen, and Anne Waldman.

Virginie Poitrasson泭is the author of seven collections of poetry. Her translations into French include works by Lyn泭Hejinian, Michael Palmer, Ben Lerner, Cole Swensen and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Together with composer and flautist泭Joce泭Mienniel, she co-created the musical show Chambre(s) cho(s), which was awarded a grant by SACD/Beaumarchais.泭She holds an MA in French Literature from Universit矇 Lyon 2. She currently lives and works in Paris.


Michelle Noteboom泭grew up in Michigan and holds an MA from Universit矇 de Paris III la Sorbonne Nouvelle. She is泭the author of Landskips (Estepa Editions, 2021), Roadkill (Corrupt Press, 2013), The Chia Letters (Dusie Kollektiv 2009),泭Edging (Cracked Slab Books, 2006), and Hors-cage (trans. Fr矇d矇ric Forte, Editions de lattente, 2010). Shes lived in Paris泭since 1991. She co-founded the bilingual Ivy Writers Series with Jennifer K. Dick and works as a freelance translator.

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