Christmas 1993 Notes on Literary Happenings

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Christmas 1993 Notes on Literary Happenings of the Year (James A. EMANUEL) Dear Friends, I submit this third list of Christmas-card padding: Publications, etc., inadvertently omitted from 1992 list: "Panorama" radio (France Culture) discussion, 3 Sept. 92, of my bi-lingual book of poems, De la rage au coeur (trans. Jean Migrenne). The Dallas Morning News, 15 March 92, article/interview by Toni Y. Joseph, with photos, pp. 1, 6F. Poem "A Bench to Bear" in Poetry in Performance 20, spring 92, The City College of New York. 1993 LITERARY HAPPENINGS, BELOW: PUBLICATIONS BY ME: "A Force in the Field," 58-page memoir, with photos, in Volume 18 of Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series (Detroit: Gale Research). ANTHOLOGY CONTAINING MY WORK: Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children (New York: Scholastic, Inc.). "The Voyage of Jimmy Poo" and full-page illustration in color. POETRY READING: 11 Feb., Universite de Paris VIII, where I unveiled my "jazz-haiku." MUSIC ALBUM TO CONTAIN ONE OF MY SONGS: 10 July letter from Hollywood Artists Record Company says "The record/cassette album containing your ['No Place for a Lady'] is now being processed, and is scheduled for release...in approx 90-180 days." BOOK REVIEW/ESSAY ON MY WHOLE GRAIN: In American Book Review, Feb/Mar, by James de Jongh. ART EXHIBITIONS TREATING MY POETRY: Exhibitions of gravures by Godelieve Simons based on my poetry, in Brussels, Belgium ("Negritude" and haiku "Inside a smooth stone," 30 April-16 May, the JECTA artists, Maison Pelgrims at Ixelles); Vilvoorde, Belgium ("Deadly James," 6 June, a Group 9999 exposition); Grignan, France ("Deadly James" 10 July-28 August, l'Association Colophon, l'Atelier du chemin de ronde). REFERENCE BOOKS WITH ENTRIES ON ME: The Writers Directory (Detroit: St. James Press). International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopedia (Cambridge, England: Melrose Press Ltd). 7th Edition. HONORS AND AWARDS: For Virginia Whotley Smith: I do not consider these awards important; payment was required for association medals, etc. although not for inclusion in the books, JAE International Order of Merit; including medal with neck-ribbon (England) World Lifetime Achievement Award for 1992 (10%"-high statue received in 1993) (U.S.A.) The Twentieth Century Award for Achievement (England) The First Five Hundred Award (England) Men's Inner Circle of Achievement Award, with Lucite-crafted artwork (U.S.A.) Who's Who of the Year - 1993 (U.S.A.) International Who's Who of Intellectuals (England) World Intellectual of 1993 Award (England) Man of the Year 1993 Award (U.S.A.) PUBLICATIONS BY ME (received late: 10 December): "Eric, at the Blythe Road Post Office," in Poetry in Performance 21, April 1993, The City College of New York.

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James Emanuel's 1993 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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