Letter to Naomi Long Madgett February 5 1985

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28 bis, rue du Cardinal Lemoine 4ème Etage 75005 Paris FRANCE 5 February 1985 Dr. Naomi Andrews President/ Editor LOTUS PRESS, P.O. Box 21607 Detroit. MI 48221 U.S.A. Dear Naomi, The ten copies of A Chisel in the Dark just reached me; and before I take my other arm out of my jacket, I want to thank you and the Lotus Press staff for acting so promptly on my letter of 21 January. Thanks too for the neatly made—up lists of books for sale, which I will use at my reading day after tomorrow; and I will make enough photocopies to serve for my trip to Austrian cities in late April. Yesterday I participated, with Michel Fabre (at his place), Daniel Maximin (a literary scholar from Guadeloupe) and Micheline Hoffmann (who knows Mercer Cook and others) in a taping session for "France Culture's" radio show called "Antipodes," evidently. It will be aired on 20 Febru— ary under the subtitle "Les Noirs—Amèricains en France"-- to publicize, in part, Michel's just—out book La Rive Noire: De Harlem à la Seine, about Black writers in Paris particu— larly, but in other parts of France also. The last chapter caused me to pull out three books on French, for it is en— titled "De Toulouse a Tombouctou: James Emanuel, Melvin Dixon, Ted Joans." At the taping, when it came my turn to sit before the microphone and answer questions, I was sure that the ques— tions would be in English. imagine how my brain circuits raced when I suddenly found myself listening to French, know— ing that I had to reply--and expound--in French. Now I know that I must, or at least should, try to spend more time on those irregular verbs. One part of the book by Michel is not in French: the sixteen pages of photos. I'm still writing poetry, of course: just finished--I think--the latest one yesterday, another two—page effort. And am recovering from a cold I caught in Hamburg, Germany. My social life is deliberately slow--to save time for poetry--but my latest friend is a former dancer with the Folies Bergère, so the Lord is still my Shepherd. Don't; give it a second thought if you you're too busy to write-- but take care of yourself (and hello to Leonard). Warm regards, Jim Encl: check #0254 $32.00 inv.#0138 11.80 postage 6.20 coffee for staff $50.00 total

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Typed letter to Naomi Long Madgett from James Emanuel, dated February 5, 1985. He tells Madgett of his literary endeavors in France, specifically a taping session with Michel Fabre, Daniel Maximin, and Micheline Hoffman.

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  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    Box 2 Folder 21 Madgett, Naomi Long, 1984-1987
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    James A. Emanuel Estate
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    James A. Emanuel Estate
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    5-Feb-85