1 December 2004

In This Issue:

• End-of-Year All-Star Stanza

• Bon Voyage to Jane and Melissa

• Send the Perfect Love Letter

• Poetry Critique Group this Thursday

• December Literary Picks

THE ALL-STAR STANZA

If you haven't heard the latest buzz about The Open Stanza, one word can sum it up: all-stars.

The Open Stanza crew has increased the number of pre-selected performers from the usual four to an astounding six. The line up includes published authors, hosts for international slam competitions, a poetry consultant for the Broadway show “Def Poetry Jam” and a group of spoken word artists on-tour through Europe.

Don't miss the chance to experience this bonanza of incredible talents, featuring: Kate Foley (UK), Wehwalt Koslovsky (Germany), Ben Porter Lewis (Vietnam/USA), Milo Martin (USA), Yohannes Sharif (USA) and Aqiyl Thomas (USA). DJ Bruised Fingers (France) will set the mood for the night along with our favorite singer/songwriter Rina Mushonga (Zimbabwe) and her full band.

More...

Thursday, 9 December
9pm (doors open at 8pm)
Volta, Houtmankade 336, Amsterdam
5 euros entrance

NEWS

Change of Hands

In November, wordsinhere Curator Jane Monk moved back to her mother country England, leaving that much less laughter to those of us here.

This month, Curator Melissa N. Warren will also head off, stopping briefly in Nashville before she returns to Guatemala to continue learning Spanish. They will both be missed.

What does it take to be a Curator? It's not about a good CV. It's about wanting to create more and better spaces for the literary among us. Email beINvolved@wordsinhere.com to find out more.

CALLS FOR WRITERS

Help Versal Turn Three

Things to invest in: good wine, art, and new literature. The year is almost over – have you bought a poem yet? How much does a short story go for, anyway?

Versal Two is 100 pages of poetry, story, and art for only 8 euros. Make it your big purchase of the year. Buy it for the writer in your life. Send it as a love letter to your long-distant love.

Buy it, support it, and make it three.

Workshops & Meetups

wordsinhere: Pure Fiction — Are you a fiction writer looking for feedback, inspiration and moral support? Pure Fiction is a group of English language writers of short stories, novels and other forms of fiction. The group emphasis is on reading/listening to each other's work and providing honest critique and encouragement. Please contact Cindy David at cindy@wordsinhere.com for details and information.

Poetry Critique Group — Providing close critical consideration of poems by participants, interwoven with tips relevant to technical problems. First Thursday of every month. Contact r.winckel@wanadoo.nl or tel. 070 511 4800.

ABC Treehouse: Writing-in-Progress — Are you in the midst of writing--and interested in “refueling” in order to finish? This workshop is designed to give writers of works-in-progress the help they may need. Please write for info and to reserve your place: capwrite@xs4all.nl.

For more information on these workshops and for a listing of more, click here.

DECEMBER EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND

BritLit Presents Rodney Bolt

Wednesday 8 December, 8pm

Amstelkerk, Amsterdam

Rodney Bolt's History Play: The Lives and After-life of Christopher Marlowe (HarperCollins, July 2004) is a gloriously playful retake of the biographies of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Shakespeare's works are unassailable, and will survive any amount of subversion, but by playing with our commonplace history, Rodney Bolt argues that the quasi-religious idol the man has become is perhaps in need of the efforts of a wicked woodworm. Entrance: €10. More info: www.britlit.info. •

The Open Stanza

Thursday 9 December, 9pm

Volta, Amsterdam

This will be a year-end all-star cast of poets from around the world, published and slam, metered and beat. You will not want to miss this. Entrance: €5. More info... •

Events listed with a • are known to be accessible to an English-language audience. If you visit a show which does not have a • on our list but does include multi-lingual performances, please let us know.

For the full list of December Events and for a listing of regular shows, click here.

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