Christmas 1997 Notes on Literary Happenings

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Christmas 1997 Notes on Literary Happenings of the Year (James A. EMANUEL) Dear Friends, I submit this seventh list of Christmas-card padding: Entries learned too late for the 1996 list: 5 jazz haiku in Poetry in Performance 24, poetry festival annual (The City College of New York), 17 May 1996, p. 114. Haiku "Sidney Bechet," "Earl 'Fatha' Hines," "Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington," "Miles Davis," and "Michael Jackson." POETRY READINGS: 15 Jan.: Le Mans, accompanied by saxophonist Chansse Evanns, as part of the 9th Festival Hommage Jazz a Martin Luther King, JAE being a Guest of Honor along with the Golden Gate Quartet, Roy Robi, and Francis Beb ey. 15 Jan.: American Library in Paris. Same saxophonist and festival. 4 Feb.: Univ. of Grenoble, accompanied by saxophonist Laurent Bigot of Grenoble, on program with lecturer Julia Wright & novelist Jake Lamar. 7 May: La Maison des ecrivains, Paris, as part of the Festival francoangla, is de poesie ( 20th anniversary ). 30 May: Galerie Studio de l' Image, Paris, reading from my Reaching forMumia: 16 Haiku, accompanied by saxophonist Chansse Evanns, plus my "The Ballad of Abu-Jamal,• its French version by Jean Migrenne being read by novelist Richard Wright's grandson, Malcolm Wright. 1 June: at same gallery, simmlar haiku read with the One Up Trio (Wanye Kelly, Eddie Allen, and Thomas Kirby), upon request bf the trio. 7 June: La Nouvelle Sorbonne, Centre Censier (Carela d'Etudes Afro-americaines), narrating my autobiographical highlights and reading my jazzand- blues haiku without music. 24 Sept.: Universite de Rennes 2, William Faulkner Centenary, reading my jazz-and-blues haiku on program with Richard Ford, Barry Hannah, David Madden, Elizabeth Spencer, and Kaye Gibbons. 24 Sept.: L'Espaee Ouest-France, "CafJ Litteraire," Rennes, reading similar haiku on program with David Madden and Joe Ashby Porter. 21-27 Oct.: Tour under U.S. Embassy auspices, reading jazz-and-blues-andgospel haiku with saxophone accompaniment by Chansse Evanns, through Casablanca, Rabat, Tunis, Damascus, and Amman, giving about 18 performances and music-plus-poetry workshops. POEMS IN BOOKS: African American Literature, ed. Al Young, gen. ed. Ishmael Reed (New York: HarperCollins College Publications, Literary Mosaic Series, 1996 Lreceived in 1997] "Black Muslim Boy in a Hospital," p. 410; "Son,"p.411. POEMS IN JOURNALS, PERIODICALS: Acoma, Rivista Internazionale di Studi Nordamericani, Numero 11 (EstateAutumno ..• Anno IV), Roma. "The Middle Passage Blues," p. 4; Italian version "Blues del Middle Passage,• trans. Riccardo Duranti, p. 5. Dockernet No. 003, Geneve, Suisse (November). "For Racists Remembered,"p. 1. I ESSAYS IN JOURNALS: Sources, Revue de la Maison de la Potsie, Namur, Belgigue, Numero 18 (February). "Entre bruit et silence: le polte, 11 pages 149-156. Trans. Jean BOOK REPUBLISHED: Migrenne. Langston Hughes (1967), now on CD-ROM Twayne's United States Authors on CD-ROM, 2nd ed. of OD-ROM DiscLit-United States Authors. ART EXHIBITIONS SHOWING JAE POEMS: 1. Feb-2March: Ohain, Belgium, Galerie Tri'3dre. 11 Smooth stone" ( in window display) and "Negritude" as parts of engravings by Godelieve Simons. 26 April: Sare ell es, France, SamBieennale, till 11 Mai. Same Ohain poems. 10 May-1 June: Villers-la-Ville, Belgium, l& Maison des Arts du Goddiarch. Ohain haiku and 5-engraving set bJ G. Simons, "Variations sur un rythme noir," each of 5 with an illustrative haiku in English and French. 11 Sep-4 Oct.: Brussels (Galerie "Regard 76"). Same 5-engraving set plus "Smooth stone"-haiku engraving. Artists Geraldine Janssens & Marina Mayer tco. MISCELLANEOUS: Godelieve Simons's video documentary on JAE continues to 4-hour length through contributions from former colleagues, Univ. of Toulouse.

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James Emanuel's 1997 annual "Notes on Literary Happenings of the Year." He included these "Notes" of his literary engagements in his Christmas Cards between 1990 and 2006.

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