Broken Jaw Press author Nela Rio


has been invited to launch her latest books La luna, tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon (translator, Edith Jonsson-Devillers. Prologue by Hugh Hazelton. Broken Jaw Press, 2010) and En las noches que desvisten otras noches/Durant les nuits qui déshabillent d’autres nuits (Jill Valéry, traductrice; introducion par Elizabeth Gamble Miller. Broken Jaw Press, 2010)













at the XX Congress of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica, to be held this year at the University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA, October 14-16, 2010. She will also participate in a Poetry Recital.

Thursday October 14
9:30-11:30 am Presentación de libros:
Santa Rita Room, Texas Union

Saturday October 16
Mesa 30: Recital de Poesía
African–American Culture Room, Texas Union
Tina Escaja, Zulema Moret, Gladys Ilarregui, Nela Río, y Clara Eugenia Ronderos

Four of the five poets have also contributed to El espacio no es un vacío, incluye todos los tiempos. Editora Nela Rio (BJP eBook 51. 2010). Gladys Ilarrregui, Clara Ronderos y Tina Escaja, along with Nela Rio, have been asked to read one or more poems from the anthology.

Karl Wendt, R.I.P.

Karl Wendt of Halifax, Nova Scotia, author of the first full-length book, Chaste Wood published by Broken Jaw Press in 1989, died unexpectedly on 22 August 2010. Karl had been born in East Prussia in 1944, during WWII, and came to Canada with his family in 1951. Karl was an active member of the BS Poetry Socity and the Halifax arts and literary community. For many years he ran his home as an incredible bohemian rooming house filled with tomato plants, books, music, a steady supply of coffee, and conversation to keep you going for hours and hours.





















A special tribute for Karl was held on 11 September 2010 at The Old Triangle with family and friends sharing memories, his poetry, and the work of friends. I wish I could have been there but I only found out about it the evening before the gathering. I sent words, best wishes, and a poem of mine from Cover Makes a Set that Dina Desveaux asked to read.

re:myth book and exhibition

re:myth, Stories and Poems by the BlackTop MotorCycle Gang
Joe Blades & Biff Mitchell, editors

2 Sept 2010, 5.5” x 7”, 55 pp
Short fiction & poetry
ISBN 978-1-55391-094-7 (print), $15

The writings in re:myth are the BlackTop MotorCycle Gang’s poetic hogrider musings for a collaborative art making and exhibition project with Fredericton, NB’s Emerge Artist Collective. The tarmac bums volunteered to write and hand over their speculative–creative writings on mythologies of/in the 21st century to anonymously inspire an artwork by a member of Emerge.

The BlackTop MotorCycle Gang is a Fredericton, NB-based collective of eclectic writers spread from coast to coast in Canada who stage spontaneous “reading raids” in various unannounced locations but whom are also frequently invited to appear at special events (usually) of a literary nature. Having successfully raided an issue of Nonymous magazine, this is the notorious BlackToppers’ first book.

The re:myth exhibition by the BlackTop MotorCycle Gang and the Emerge Artist Collective, for which these pieces were written, opened 2 September 2010 in the 1922 Gallery of Gallery ConneXion, 440 York Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, www.galleryconnexion.ca

contributors & contents:
Andrea Crabbe • The Gods Are Lost
Andrew Titus • MyKindOfBuddism • Two minute Buddha
Beth Powning • The Gods of Allera
Dennis Poirier • The story of Adam Poirier
Jo-Anne Elder • Icarus’ Wife
Jo Griffith • Hey, bisclavret • Wolfman
Kari Haines • Psyche’s Trial
Tairie Richards • July runs in memories blood/Mythic love
Vivan Unger • Baubo’s Audition
Andrea Kikuchi • The time of the greatest quiet • Lisa
Biff Mitchell • I, the Brandymark
Hazel Richardson • Intercepted encrypted email
Joe Blades • “the writer writhing ...” • shoppin’ carts are go(ne)
Josiah Taylor • Into Consuming
Leanne Ayer • Does God have a Twitter account?
Todd R. Snow • I, Burger • The Confession
Yolande House • Ageless

Publisher Joe Blades in Central Europe

Broken Jaw Press publisher Joe Blades's Spring 2010 Central European speaking tour

8–10 April, Thur-Sat: a keynote speaker, with poetry reading, @ the 4th Unconventional Conference of Young Canadianists, North University of Baia Mare, Romania

12 April, Tuesday, 5 pm: poetry reading at Országos Idegennyelvu Könyvtár/National Library of Foreign Literature in Budapest, Hungary

23–24 April: talk and poetry reading @ University of Kragujevac, Srbjia

29-30 April, possibly at Universitet u Istocnom Sarajevu, Pale, Republika Srpska

1–7 May: talk, poetry reading & more @ the Canada Corner at the Filozofski fakultet, University of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia i Herzegovina

11–16 May: poetry readings, including in the National Canadian Poetry feature, of the International Literature Manifestation—Sarajevo Poetry Days/Sarajevski dani poezije, festival, Association of Writers Bosnia and Herzegovina

AMANDA CASTRO (1962-2010)

Poet, translator, and educator Ananda Cartro had worked closely with Broken Jaw Press author Nela Rio who considered her not just a colleague but a good friend. With much sadness, because Amanda died on 18 March, we post the following note by Nela Rio.

_________________

AMANDA CASTRO

(1962-2010)

Estimadas amigas y estimados amigos.

Amanda Castro ha muerto en su Tegucigalpa, Honduras, el 18 de marzo, 2010.

Gran amiga, poeta, ser de tiempo mítico, real, comprometido. Inolvidable su recorrido en el mágico Onironautas. No sé bien cómo se las arreglaba, pero la poesía de Alejandra Pizarnik siempre compartía nuestras conversaciones. Me la imagino sonriendo, dejando su tanque de oxígeno que la acompañó por muchísimos años, allí, quietecito, quizás en ese cuarto de ventanales por el que mirábamos Tegucigalpa y ahora, lenta y transparente, Amanda camina despacio hasta su barca. Amiga inolvidable, estará siempre en su poesía y en nuestra memoria. Ella les diría, simplemente, / cuando apenas y se distingan mis cenizas entre las aguas o el viento de un templo en Copán/ que no llore nadie/ que quemen incienzo alzando las copas/ que me voy contenta para Xibalbá/ que no llore nadie.


                                          13
                                          explicar con palabras de este mundo
                                          que partió de mí un barco llevándome

                                          Alejandra Pizarnik, Árbol de Diana


NO LLOREN POR MÍ
Amanda Castro

Cuando el velero blanca de mi calmada paz y la melancolía se aleje del puerto con camino infinito y sin retorno/ no lloren por mí/ que la muerte me ha dado el descanso y con sus tiernos brazos me muestra el camino de la luz hacia la aura/ que la muerte me lleva consigo a conocer los secretos fantasmas de sueños insomnes que tanto dolor provocaron en vida/ que no llore mi madre/ porque con nuestros muertos estoy de regreso desnuda y contenta de la mano del hombre que decidió ser mi padre y su amor/ que los abuelos me aguardan para contarme los cuentos de antaño que no pude escribir/ que no llore mi hermano/ porque él me vio en la montaña perderme en la lluvia buscando un camino que llevaba al mar/ que recuerde mi risa confundida/ entre los granitos de arena que cantaban los niños/ de nuestro viaje río arriba descubriendo el amor/ que no lloren mis niñas/ tres hebras de la misma madeja que hilvanan el cielo y el mar/ el viejito lleno de amor que no llore nunca/ porque voy contenta/ que no llore mi amante compañera tierna/ mi bastón/ mi mano mi pluma cuando no he podido escribir/ mi amor cuando no he podido amar/ mi vida cuando no he podido vivir/ que no lloren mis amigos/ porque ellos ya conocen de mis amores con la muerte y no les sorprende el dolor/ que recuerden mis versos y que beban lo que no pude/ cuando apenas y se distingan mis cenizas entre las aguas o el viento de un templo en Copán/ que no llore nadie/ que quemen incienzo alzando las copas/ que me voy contenta para Xibalbá/ que no llore nadie.

ACH/Registro/Cuadernarios/Nolloren/index con traducción de Graciela Lucero Hammer DON'T CRY FOR ME

Ofrecemos nuestro cariño y respeto a su familia, a sus amigas y compañeras de lucha, a la comunidad poética de Honduras, a todos los que la conocimos.

Fue un privilegio tenerla con nosotros desde la inauguración del Registro Creativo de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas y también lo es su permanencia en la Página.

ACH/Registro/Amanda_Castro/In_Memoriam

Con mucho afecto y respeto

Nela



Nela Rio
Presidenta del Registro Creativo
de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas.


Pueden escucharla en:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8BgkFLtVFA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4gYQw1RUU&feature=related

fabricioestrada.blogspot.com entrevista a Amanda

www.insurrectasypunto.org ...fallecio-amanda-castro-poeta-feminista-luchadora-por-la-justicia-y-por-la-vida-1962-2010

Fredericton Small Press Fair, 20 March 2010

Welcome to Spring!!!

Fredericton Small Press Fair including “Neustro Espacio” display

20 March 2010

Doors open at 12 noon!

In association with World Poetry Day (21 March) and the 10th International Multicultural-Multilingual Poetry Reading and Poster Poem Exhibition, organized and founded by Nela Rio.

Sponsors include Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Art Show, Broken Jaw Press, Capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía, and revue ellipse mag . . .

• Exhibitors • Readings • Workshop(s) •
BlackTop MotorCycle Gang
Broken Jaw Press
Gallery ConneXion
Goose Lane Editions
Alice Guergis
NaNoWriMo Fredericton
Phoebe Tsang, poet
Qwerty magazine
Random Paper & Fabric
revue ellipse mag
Translation Live! workshop:
Translating Sound into Poetry
and more …

5–8 pm, The 10th International Multicultural–Multilingual Poetry Reading & Poster Poem Exhibition
(86 poetas de 23 países)
In conjunction with the United Nation’s Dialogue Among Civilizations Through
Poetry, Mother Language Day & World Poetry Day
Nela Rio, Founder and Organizer

Location: Gallery ConneXion, 440 York St, Fredericton, NB.

Open Mic and scheduled readings may be recorded for broadcast on Ashes, Paper & Beans: Fredericton’s Writing & Art Show on CHSR 97.9 FM.

Exhibitor fees (including HST): tables $10 (full tables only). Payable to: BS Poetry Society, Box 596 Stn A, Fredericton NB E3B 5A6. Doors open @ 11 AM for exhibitor setup. Contact (506) 454-5127, joeblades@nb.aibn.com to reserve tables and readings.

New Editorial Board Member

Brokwn Jaw Press Inc. is very pleased to announce its newest Editorial Board member:

Carson Butts

Carson Butts lives and works in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He has an MA in Creative Writing from UNB; the long poem of which remains in hiding. He has served the lit. scene as a Managing Editor of Qwerty Magazine and as a member of the Editorial Board of The Fiddlehead. He is a current member of The Vagabond Trust writers group and, with the group, talks shop while enjoying the fine local brews of Picaroons. The Grad House is his favourite spot; barren landscapes, his favourite escape fantasies. The ceiling in Carson’s apartment leaks; he and his landlord brother are completely befuddled.

Vivat! Vivat! Vivat!