Call for Submissions: MAINTENANT International DADA journal

The world is hurtling in a direction that simply isn’t sustainable. DADA came from the absurdity of war, and the destruction to the planet right now is absolutely war, with potentially billions of victims. And so, the theme for MAINTENANT 14 is:

UN-SUSTAIN-A-BULL-SH*T

Put your protest into the absurd art and writing that has made the annual MAINTENANT series critically-acclaimed around the world. Everyone in the world is affected by the growing impact of climate change, pollution, plastics, and lack of sustainability. We are seeking submissions from every country, every continent, and every artist. DADA is a “final frontier” for rebel artists. You are invited to expose, identify, retaliate, overcome, and react to the FUTURE OF THE PLANET!! The more absurd, the better it will work for the absurdity happening all around us.

Submission Period: Oct 1 – December 31, 2019

SUBMIT YOUR WORK by clicking on the button below:

We encourage all types of DADA writing and art—to get an idea of what we’re looking for, pick up a copy of one of our previous issues.

Los Angeles Premiere of SCUM: The Valerie Solanas Story April 29

The radical ideas of Valerie Solanas explode in “S.C.U.M.: The Valerie Solanas Story,” a play by Kat Georges, directed by Peter Carlaftes. The work will receive its Los Angeles premiere in a staged happening at Beyond Baroque in Venice on Sunday, April 29, 7pm. Tickets available at https://scum-LA-premiere.eventbrite.com.

Solanas, author of the notorious S.C.U.M Manifesto—which foreshadowed the #metoo movement 50 years ago—shot and seriously injured famed pop artist Andy Warhol on June 3, 1968. The play explores Solanas’ radical views through the lens of a Factory “happening” featuring a cast of “Superstars,” art critics, and outsiders. Furiously-paced and punctuated with slicing humor, whip dances, and anarchist ideals, “S.C.U.M.” cuts through façades to capture the spirit and value of artistic imagination.

A Three Rooms Press production, “S.C.U.M.: The Valerie Solanas Story,” is the opening play in Georges’ THREE SOMEBODIES: Plays About Notorious Dissidents (978-1-941110-54-6; Three Rooms Press; March 2018; $19.95), a trio of fascinating, cutting edge plays inspired by people who shook up the world—for better or worse. In addition to “S.C.U.M,” the collection includes “Art Was Here,” inspired by poet-pugilist and Dada precursor Arthur Cravan, and “Jack the Rapper,” a mash-up of Jack the Ripper and T. S. Eliot. Copies of the book will be available at the reading for purchase and signing.

Cast members include Bibiana Padilla Maltos as Valerie Solanas, as well as Linda J. Albertano, Dawn Walters, S.A. Griffin, and Christian Georgescu.

A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $20, and include premium seating and an autographed copy of THREE SOMEBODIES. General Admission is $12. Tickets may be purchased in advance: https://scum-LA-premiere.eventbrite.com.

For additional information, including a review copy of the play and assistance with interviews, please email info@threeroompress.com.

Rave Review for THE OBAMA INHERITANCE on NPR's Fresh Air

NPR Fresh Air critic Maureen Corrigan unleashed a rave review for new 3RP release THE OBAMA INHERITANCE today, giving praise for the way the collection "puts a playful, pulpy twist on preposterous stories about Obama." "The sly stories pack a punch," Corrigan observes. Listen the full review here:
  This review comes on tail of the recent review in Newsweek (print and online edition), whose book critic Ryan Bort, raved that THE OBAMA INHERITANCE was one of "15 Recommend Books for Fall," AND one of "Seven New Books that Will Make You Happy You Can Read."

See what all of the excitement is about: Be sure to get a copy of THE OBAMA INHERITANCE to enjoy for yourself!

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Three Rooms Press presents

The Third Annual ¡DADA! LONDON INVASION

A Highly-Charged Performance Event Hell-Bent on Blowing Minds

Celebrating the official London launch of

MAINTENANT 11: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art

Saturday, 2 September, 2017 | 6:30 pm

THE HORSE HOSPITAL

Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD

Three Rooms Press—the fierce New York-based independent publishing house inspired by Dada, punk and passion—presents an evening of incredibly provocative, disruptive and eclectic art and performance at the third annual ¡DADA! LONDON INVASION Saturday, Sept. 2, 6:30 pm, at the maverick London progressive arts venue The Horse Hospital. Costumes encouraged. Admission is £5.

The event promises to be a wild ride of contemporary Dada performance and poetry, celebrating the latest edition of MAINTENANT, an annual international journal of contemporary Dada writing and art. Performers from the UK and US will be featured, including performance artist-poet Jane Ormerod, poet and sci-art specialist Valerie Laws, jazz poet Jazzman John Clarke, poetry film director Zata Banks, provocative visual and performance artist Becky Fawcett, poet-photographer Derek Adams, and poet-performance artist Cathy Dreyer. Additional performers include poet-performance artists Zata Banks, Sam Dodson, Katy Evans-Bush, Winston Plowes, and Deborah Sibbald. The program will also include a special performance by critically-acclaimed musicians Santa Semeli and Friends. New York-based authors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, co-directors of Three Rooms Press, will host and perform.

The event includes the London launch of the internationally-renowned MAINTENANT 11: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (2017, Three Rooms Press), which features more than 150 visual and literary works by artists and writers worldwide on this issue’s theme “Eye for a Lie.” The journal will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Admission is £5. Doors open 6 pm. The Horse Hospital is at Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. For additional information and press enquires, please contact Peter at info@threeroomspress.com.

About MAINTENANT 11: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art

The spirit of Dada continues to thrive in this stunning annual collection of provocative and disruptive Dada-inspired art and writing culled from a plethora of top international contributors, Maintenant 11: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press, 2017) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features an exclusive cover by world-renowned artist Mark Kostabi, plus work by Andrei Cordrescu, Gerard Malanga, Jack Hirschman, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Grant Hart, A.D. Winans, Raymond Pettibon, John M. Bennett, S.A. Griffin, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Joel Hubaut, Philip Meersman, Renaat Ramon, Patrice Lerochereuil and many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event.

What the heck is Dada?

The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

About Three Rooms Press

Three Rooms Press is a fiercely independent New York-based publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW/Ingram.

Contact: info@threeroomspress.com; or telephone +1-212-731-0574 or +1-917-443-1695. Website: www.threeroomspress.com

05 Septembre 2017: Dada Paris: An evening of disruptive art to take on the new world

Three Rooms Press presents

The 5th Annual / la 5ème Édition 2017 Entrez ¡DADA! Paris

An Evening of Disruptive and Provocative Poetry, Performance and Music

Une soirée de perturbateur et provocateur la poésie, la performance et la musique

The official Paris book launch for

et le lancement officiel de Paris pour

MAINTENANT 11: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art

Tuesday, 5 September, 2017 | 1930h–2300h

LA CAVE CAFÉ

134 Rue Marcadet, 75018, Paris

Three Rooms Press—the fierce New York-based independent publishing house inspired by Dada, punk and passion—presents an evening of incredibly provocative, disruptive and eclectic art and performance celebrating the launch of MAINTENANT, the annual contemporary Dada journal at 2016 Entrez ¡DADA! Paris Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1930h–2300h at the art/music venue La Cave Café. Costumes encouraged. Admission is free.

The event promises to be a wild ride of performance from leading contemporary Dada artists and writers from Paris, Switzerland, and New York, including visual artist and performer Malik Crumpler (New York/Paris) performance & visual artist Joel Hubaut (Paris), performance poet Fork Burke (Switzerland), poet/producer David Barnes (Paris/London), and New York-based performance poet Sophie Malleret. Additional Paris-based performers include dada poet-artist Henrik Aeshna, poet Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, poet Jamika Ajalon, author/director Catherine Sorba, poet-conceptual artist Nina Zivancevic and actor Christophe Touraud. Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, co-directors of Three Rooms Press (New York) will host and perform.

The event also includes the Paris launch of the internationally-renowned MAINTENANT 11: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (2017, Three Rooms Press), which features more than 150 visual and literary works by artists and writers worldwide on this issue’s theme “Eye for a Lie.” The journal will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Admission is free. Doors open 7 pm. LA CAVE CAFÉ, 134 Rue Marcadet, 75018, Paris, France | +33 1 46 06 29 17.

For additional information and press enquires, please contact Peter at info@threeroomspress.com.

About MAINTENANT 11: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art

The spirit of Dada continues to thrive in this stunning annual collection of provocative and disruptive Dada-inspired art and writing culled from a plethora of top international contributors, Maintenant 11: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press, 2017) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features an exclusive cover by world-renowned artist Mark Kostabi, plus work by Andrei Cordrescu, Gerard Malanga, Jack Hirschman, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Grant Hart, A.D. Winans, Raymond Pettibon, John M. Bennett, S.A. Griffin, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Joel Hubaut, Philip Meersman, Renaat Ramon, Patrice Lerochereuil and many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event.

What the heck is Dada?

The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

About Three Rooms Press

Three Rooms Press is a fiercely independent New York-based publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW/Ingram.

Contact: info@threeroomspress.com; or telephone +1-212-731-0574 or +1-917-443-1695. Website: www.threeroomspress.com

Emily Bronte Birthday Celebration and Goth Poetry/Fiction Reading

Celebrate the birthday of legendary goth author EMILY BRONTË at an afternoon of Contemporary Gothic Poetry and Fiction, Sunday, July 30, 4-6 pm at The Parkside Lounge (Houston at Attorney St., NYC). 

The event will feature the phenomenal poet and author Chavisa Woods, whose new book Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country, was described by Booklist as “This book is tight, intelligent, and important, and sure to secure Woods a seat in the pantheon of critical twenty-first-century voices.” 

In addition, Deirdre Coyle (author of How to Talk to Writers at Parties), and Constance Renfrow (author and editor of Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Writers) will read from their work. 

We’ll also talk about the weird and mysterious life of Emily Brontë, whose only novel, Wuthering Heights, is considered a goth classic. 

An open mic precedes the reading, hosted by poet, playwright and Three Rooms Press co-director Kat Georges. 

Doors open at 3:45 pm. $2 suggested donation and 2 drink minimum. Featured drink: The Dark and Stormy -- the Parkside makes a great one. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS: Chavisa Woods is the author of three books of fiction: Things To Do When You're Goth in the Country (Seven Stories Press, 2017) The Albino Album, (Seven Stories Press, 2013); and Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind (Fly by Night Press, 2009). The second edition of this book was released by Autonomedia Press under the Unbearables imprint in 2013. Woods has presented lectures and conducted workshops  on short fiction and poetry at a number of academic institutions, including: New York University (NYU), Penn State, Sarah Lawrence College, Bard College, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Tech and the New School.


Deirdre Coyle is a goth living in Brooklyn. She is the author of the chapbook How to Talk to Writers at Parties, and her work has appeared in Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Hobart, Joyland, and elsewhere. Find her on Twitter at @DeirdreKoala. 

Constance Renfrow's writing has appeared in such places as Portland Book Review, Huffington Post, Cabildo Quarterly, Denim Skin, and Petrichor Machine. She is editor-in-chief of Three Rooms Press, and hosts a monthly open mic series at New York’s Merchant’s House Museum. Her first book, Songs of My Selfie, an anthology of millennial fiction, was a 2016 IndieFAB finalist. She is pursuing her MFA in fiction from Pacific University.

Enter to win THE OBAMA INHERITANCE: 15 Stories of Conspiracy Noir (Goodreads Giveaway)

If you've never entered a Goodreads giveaway before, this one may be just the ticket for you. We're giving away 5 advance copies of THE OBAMA INHERITANCE, which features over-the-top takes on 15 of the biggest conspiracy theories made up (or were they?) about President Obama. 

In the tradition of satirical works of Swift and Twain, with nods to the likes of William Burroughs, Asimov and Philip K. Dick, these tales contain vigilante First Ladies, Supreme Court judges who can clone themselves, gear-popping robots of doom, and races of ancient lizard people revealing their true master plan. . . and these are just the tame ones mashed up in the blender of fake news bots, climate change is but a hoax by the Chinese and humans roamed with dinosaurs.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Obama Inheritance

by Gary Phillips

Giveaway ends July 25, 2017.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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In an era where the outlandish and fantastic has permeated our media 24/7, where mind-bending conspiracy theories shape our views, THE OBAMA INHERITANCE writers riff on the numerous fictions spun about the 44th president of the U.S. Although Obama himself does not appear in most of these stories, contributors spin deliberately outlandish and fantastic twists on many of the dozens of screwball, bizarro conspiracy theories floated about the president during his years in office and turn them on their heads.



THE OBAMA INHERITANCE editor Gary Phillips is a critically acclaimed author of mystery and graphic novels (Peepland, Violent Spring and Warlord of Willow Ridge). Raised in South Central Los Angeles, Phillips draws on his experiences from anti-police abuse community organizing and anti-apartheid activism. He was the chair of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color committee, and is president of the Private Eye Writers of America. 



Contributors include:

Eric Beetner | Christopher Chambers Kate Flora | Adam Lance Garcia 

Danny Gardner | L. Scott Jose Lise McClendon | Walter Mosley 

Andrew Nette | Gary Phillips Travis Richardson | Nisi Shawl 

Robert Silverberg | Anthony Neil Smith | Désirée Zamorano
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An Excerpt from the Introduction by Editor Gary Phillips 

It was a cumulative thing really. There was no one particular right-wing, whacked-out conspiracy theory about Obama that stayed with me more than any of the others during his presidency. He was born in Kenya into a secret Muslim sect; had his grandma killed to cover up the truth about his birth; used secret weather machines to cause Hurricane Sandy, and on and on. 

To many of us, the daily roll out of these preposterous notions about the nation’s first black president was laughable. But damned if these bizarro scenarios crept in from the fringes to find purchase on outlets like Breitbart, Alex Jones and what have you. . . . 

 This collection is a nod to the Great Depression pulps of the 1930s, portrayals of the odd 
and the strange, lost worlds and larger than life characters, has a soundtrack by Parliament/Funkadelic and Hendrix, and is inhabited by the sensibilities of the hardboiled and the damned. In The Obama Inheritance, in an era that might be cast as the depths of the Great Deception, you’ll discover sobering truths amid the fantastic fictions these new pulp stories deliver from the first page on. 

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