Skip to main contentResource added ![Dear Friends, I submit this second list of Christmas-card padding: Publications omitted from 1991 list: From Harlem to Paris: Black American Writers in France, 1840-1980, by Michel Fabre Urbana & Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1991). Final Chap. 21,entitled "James Emanuel: A Poet in Exile." Les Elytres du Hanneton (revue de l'Association Grenier Jane Tony, Bruxelles), No. 113 (septembre 1991). "A Negro Author" & trans. "Un Auteur Noir," par Marvin Holdt, 57-58. , No. 114 (octobre 1991). "Poet as Fisberman” & trans. "Poete et pecheur," par Jean Migrenne, 4-7 1992 NOTES CONTINUE BELOW: ________ PUBLICATIONS: Negative Capability, XI, No. 3 (1991 [available 1992]). Interview of JAE by Jean Mciver, 251-65, followed by 5 poems ( one o.mitted inadvertently). Le Journal des Poetes, "6le annee Numero 8" (dec. 1991). Biog. note and "L' homme qui faisait des noeuds" ( "The Knotmaker"), 11, trans. J. Migrenne. (3 publications related to the Sorbonne international conference of 5-9 Feb. 92, "Les Noirs Americains et l 'Europe.” had poems by and/or info. re JAE: American and French conference handbooks plus Michel Fabre and John A. Williams' book Way B( l)ack Tben and Now ( 15 different pages refer to JAE). Double Trouble: Poems, by Ted Joans and Hart Leroy Bibbs (Paris: Editions Bleu Outremer, 1992). Preface by JAE. (Langston Hughes, 1967, by JAE, on DiscLit: American Autbors--'Twayne' s United States Authors Series and OCLC Subject Bibliographies on CD Rom, "the first full-text CD Rom in the humanities," says G.K. Hall & Co. African American Review, XXVI, No. 2 (summer 1992). Poems by JAE, 274-77: "The Downhill Blues, " "The Knockout Blues," "The Poor Man Blues," 2 baikus called "Mysteries" and 5 "Harlemites Talking About Movies." Review of Whole Grain by Matthew C. Brennan (with several questionable aspects). The Black Scholar, XX, No. 3 (Summer 1992). JAE's 3-col. review of Naomi Long Madgett’s Adam of Ife: Black Women in Praise of Black Men (Detroit: Lotus Press, 1992), pp. 79-80. African American Poetry (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Globe Book Go., 1993 [but sent me in Nov. 92/). "For Malcolm, U.S.A.," p. 69. Premices, Bruxelles, Numero 11 (dec. 1992, jan./fev. 1993). Pmoto & biog. sketch of JAE, p. 17; poem "C'que disent les Vieux Negres" J. Migrenne's trans. of "Old Black Men Say"], p. 18. POETRY READINGS GIVEN: - 15 .Feb.: borne of Nancy & Duncan Caldwell, Paris ( "Hommage a Langston Hughes"). 26 March: Lycee Malherbe, Caen (with Jean Migrenne ) . Part of anniv. celebration of publisher Amiot-Lenganey. _ 28 March: "Rencontre avec un Editeur LAmiot-Lenganey" w/Migrenne et al, Caen. 13 Apr: Shakespeare & Co. bookstore, w/Ted Joans & Hart Leroy Bibbs. 14 Dec. 91 [forgotten in 91]. Institut d'Anglais Charles V, Univ. de Paris VII [Genevieve Fabre], w/ others at conference "Lire en Amerique." 4 May: Tea & Tattered Pages Bookstore, w/ Ted Joans and Hart Leroy Bibbs. Paris 8 May: Cannibal Pierce Galerie-Librairie Australienne, Saint-Denis, w/Sorbonne art-plus-poetry display (see below). (Sold all books on band.) 9 July: FNAC Librairie Internationale, Paris, with Ted Joans. (Michel Fabre, in introduction, compared my poetry with that of Hobert Lowell and Frost.; 15 July: Galerie 1900 2000, Paris, w/Ted Joans to end his art exhibit there. 10 Oct.: Assn Grenier Jane Tony, Brussels, w/dinner-readings by guests, from De la rage au coeur, later. Godelieve Simons read the French versions. Sold all 12 books taken there (to venue "La Fleur en Papier Dore"). 15 Oct.: Lycee Saint-Exupery, Mantes-la-Jolie: all-day appearances as part of Fete du Livre et des Langues, international. Later received in the mail comments & signatures from students (48 as of today, 9 Dec. 1992). 26 Oct.: Finnegans Wake pub, Paris (J. Migrenne reading the French),w/John Klipha 6 Nov.: Univ. of Oxford, England (Maison Francaise) dinner w/faculty et al. My Sorbonne display of 15 panels, art-plus-poetry, was part of the event. PUBLICATION PRINCIPAL: (50 in each language) De la rage au coeur (Amiot-Lenganey), bilingual, 50 poems; trans. J. Migrenne. MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS: "International Man of the Year, 1991-1992” Award from Cambridge England. 14-22 Nov.: Exposition. Centre cultural d'Anderlecht, Brussels: '2 engravings by Godelieve Simons illustrated poems by JAE. 5-7 Feb. 15-panel display of mostly European art illustrating JAE's poems, as part of Sorbonne international conference "African Americans and Europe-"](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/e/2/5/e251b55e-c298-4d69-a19d-a22b6fac2029/attachment/medium-e32da40ebcd06384fcbfd006943e249a.jpg)
Christmas 1992 Notes on Literary Happenings
![Dear Friends, I submit this second list of Christmas-card padding: Publications omitted from 1991 list: From Harlem to Paris: Black American Writers in France, 1840-1980, by Michel Fabre Urbana & Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1991). Final Chap. 21,entitled "James Emanuel: A Poet in Exile." Les Elytres du Hanneton (revue de l'Association Grenier Jane Tony, Bruxelles), No. 113 (septembre 1991). "A Negro Author" & trans. "Un Auteur Noir," par Marvin Holdt, 57-58. , No. 114 (octobre 1991). "Poet as Fisberman” & trans. "Poete et pecheur," par Jean Migrenne, 4-7 1992 NOTES CONTINUE BELOW: ________ PUBLICATIONS: Negative Capability, XI, No. 3 (1991 [available 1992]). Interview of JAE by Jean Mciver, 251-65, followed by 5 poems ( one o.mitted inadvertently). Le Journal des Poetes, "6le annee Numero 8" (dec. 1991). Biog. note and "L' homme qui faisait des noeuds" ( "The Knotmaker"), 11, trans. J. Migrenne. (3 publications related to the Sorbonne international conference of 5-9 Feb. 92, "Les Noirs Americains et l 'Europe.” had poems by and/or info. re JAE: American and French conference handbooks plus Michel Fabre and John A. Williams' book Way B( l)ack Tben and Now ( 15 different pages refer to JAE). Double Trouble: Poems, by Ted Joans and Hart Leroy Bibbs (Paris: Editions Bleu Outremer, 1992). Preface by JAE. (Langston Hughes, 1967, by JAE, on DiscLit: American Autbors--'Twayne' s United States Authors Series and OCLC Subject Bibliographies on CD Rom, "the first full-text CD Rom in the humanities," says G.K. Hall & Co. African American Review, XXVI, No. 2 (summer 1992). Poems by JAE, 274-77: "The Downhill Blues, " "The Knockout Blues," "The Poor Man Blues," 2 baikus called "Mysteries" and 5 "Harlemites Talking About Movies." Review of Whole Grain by Matthew C. Brennan (with several questionable aspects). The Black Scholar, XX, No. 3 (Summer 1992). JAE's 3-col. review of Naomi Long Madgett’s Adam of Ife: Black Women in Praise of Black Men (Detroit: Lotus Press, 1992), pp. 79-80. African American Poetry (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Globe Book Go., 1993 [but sent me in Nov. 92/). "For Malcolm, U.S.A.," p. 69. Premices, Bruxelles, Numero 11 (dec. 1992, jan./fev. 1993). Pmoto & biog. sketch of JAE, p. 17; poem "C'que disent les Vieux Negres" J. Migrenne's trans. of "Old Black Men Say"], p. 18. POETRY READINGS GIVEN: - 15 .Feb.: borne of Nancy & Duncan Caldwell, Paris ( "Hommage a Langston Hughes"). 26 March: Lycee Malherbe, Caen (with Jean Migrenne ) . Part of anniv. celebration of publisher Amiot-Lenganey. _ 28 March: "Rencontre avec un Editeur LAmiot-Lenganey" w/Migrenne et al, Caen. 13 Apr: Shakespeare & Co. bookstore, w/Ted Joans & Hart Leroy Bibbs. 14 Dec. 91 [forgotten in 91]. Institut d'Anglais Charles V, Univ. de Paris VII [Genevieve Fabre], w/ others at conference "Lire en Amerique." 4 May: Tea & Tattered Pages Bookstore, w/ Ted Joans and Hart Leroy Bibbs. Paris 8 May: Cannibal Pierce Galerie-Librairie Australienne, Saint-Denis, w/Sorbonne art-plus-poetry display (see below). (Sold all books on band.) 9 July: FNAC Librairie Internationale, Paris, with Ted Joans. (Michel Fabre, in introduction, compared my poetry with that of Hobert Lowell and Frost.; 15 July: Galerie 1900 2000, Paris, w/Ted Joans to end his art exhibit there. 10 Oct.: Assn Grenier Jane Tony, Brussels, w/dinner-readings by guests, from De la rage au coeur, later. Godelieve Simons read the French versions. Sold all 12 books taken there (to venue "La Fleur en Papier Dore"). 15 Oct.: Lycee Saint-Exupery, Mantes-la-Jolie: all-day appearances as part of Fete du Livre et des Langues, international. Later received in the mail comments & signatures from students (48 as of today, 9 Dec. 1992). 26 Oct.: Finnegans Wake pub, Paris (J. Migrenne reading the French),w/John Klipha 6 Nov.: Univ. of Oxford, England (Maison Francaise) dinner w/faculty et al. My Sorbonne display of 15 panels, art-plus-poetry, was part of the event. PUBLICATION PRINCIPAL: (50 in each language) De la rage au coeur (Amiot-Lenganey), bilingual, 50 poems; trans. J. Migrenne. MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS: "International Man of the Year, 1991-1992” Award from Cambridge England. 14-22 Nov.: Exposition. Centre cultural d'Anderlecht, Brussels: '2 engravings by Godelieve Simons illustrated poems by JAE. 5-7 Feb. 15-panel display of mostly European art illustrating JAE's poems, as part of Sorbonne international conference "African Americans and Europe-"](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/e/2/5/e251b55e-c298-4d69-a19d-a22b6fac2029/attachment/medium-e32da40ebcd06384fcbfd006943e249a.jpg)
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James Emanuel's 1992 annual "Notes on Literary Happenings of the Year." He included these "Notes" of his literary engagements in his Christmas Cards between 1990and 2006.
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- container titleJames A. Emanuel Papers
- creatorJames A. Emanuel
- issueBox 14 Folder 7 Biographical Materials, 1987-2003, 2007, undated
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- version1992