Sept 13: Ajaccio -- Patrizia Gattaceca Poetry Reading, Music and Book Launch

Three Rooms Press de vous présenter
Isula D’Anima / Soul Island
Puemi di / Poems by

Patrizia Gattaceca 

Corsu è Inglese
Traduit par Frédérique Mattei Jordan

Three Rooms Press hè felice di presentà vi Soul Island/ Isula d'Anima a prima racolta puetica bislingua in corsu è in inglese di Patrizia Gattaceca.

Connue en Corse et à l'extérieur de l'île en tant que chanteuse, auteur compositeur, acteur du Riacquistu et co-fondatrice avec son amie Patrizia Poli des Nouvelles polyphonies corses , Patrizia Gattaceca nous offre ici une poésie qui embrasse le monde avec des images de lunes, de montagnes ou de mer en même temps qu'elle exprime les émotions complexes du coeur et de l'âme humaine .

We are very excited to present this incredible book in Southern Corsica. Our launch in Bastia was a resounding success and we are thrilled that Locu Teatrale has agreed to host this event in Ajaccio. See you 13 Septembre.

Presentation de l'ouvrage et musique
13 septembre à 18 heures
Locu Teatrale
8 Rue Hyacinthe Campiglia
20090 Ajaccio, Corse
04.95.10.72.03
locu-teatrale@wanadoo.fr

Soul Island / Isula d’anima
poems by / puemi di
Patrizia Gattaceca
In Corsican and English / Corsu et inglese
Translated by / traduttu da
Frédérique Mattei Jordan

ISBN 978-0-9835813-7-6
Three Rooms Press (New York)
http://threeroomspress.com/authors/patrizia-gattaceca/

DADA! à la carte PARIS 10 September

Three Rooms Press and Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture presents

¡DADA! à la CARTE PARIS!

An Evening of Disruptive and Provocative Poetry, Performance and Film

Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture

34, Avenue de New York, Paris, France

Tuesday, 10 September, 1900h

http://monabismarck.org 
Featuring art & performance by:

Henrik Aeshna (London/US/SA/Paris), David Barnes (London/Paris), Fork Burke (Switzerland/New York), Pontus Carle (Berlin/Paris), DADAnewyork feat. Robert Hieger and Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike (NYC), Léone Jaffin (New York/Paris), Antonia Alexandra Klimenko (San Francisco/Paris), Philip Meersman (Brussels/Paris), Bruce Sherfield (Kansas/Paris), Catherine Sorba (New York/Paris), Christophe Touraud (Paris/Paris), Dominique Vinciguerra (New York/Paris), Peter Waugh (London/Vienna/Paris), Constantin Xenakis (Athens/Paris), Beate Bendel and Poul R. Weile (Berlin)

and more! hosted by 

Peter Carlaftes + Kat Georges (New York/Paris)

Dada is still alive and kicking, and New York-based publisher Three Rooms Press will be celebrating its ongoing influence at ¡DADA à la CARTE PARIS!, an evening of eclectic and disruptive visual art, poetry, film and performance art at Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture in Paris on Tuesday, 10 September, 1900h. Tickets are €20 (general admission) and €10 (students). Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event. Limited seating; please arrive early for preferred admission. 

The event will feature performances by American, French, Belgian and German artists and writers published in TRP's Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, as well as other cutting edge artists associated with the press. 

Performers include Henrik Aeshna (Cabaret Toxique, Tsunami bOOKS); David Barnes (poet and host of SpokenWord Paris); Fork Burke (poet/photographer); Pontus Carle (artist); DADAnewyork feat. Robert Hieger and Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike (performance artists);  Léone Jaffin (filmmaker, author and actress); Antonia Alexandra Klimenko (poet and performance artist); Philip Meersman (sound and poetry performance artist); Bruce Sherfield (musician, poet, Bastille journal); Catherine Sorba (filmmaker); Christophe Touraud (actor & comedian); Dominique Vinciguerra (photographer); Peter Waugh (experimental poet); Constantin Xenakis (electro-kinetic sculptor, code interpreter, concrete word artist); and Beate Bendel and Poul R. Weile (visual and performance artists). The event will be hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. 

For further information and to reserve tickets, email rsvp@monabismarck.org

About Maintenant 7 

Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press, 2013) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features work by Jerome Rothenberg, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Gerard Malanga, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Susan Shup, Pontus Carle, Philip Meersman, Constantin Xenakis & many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event, and are available online at http://threeroomspress.com/authors/maintenant-dada-journal/ 

About Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture 

The Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture aims to strengthen understanding and friendship between France and the United States by enabling the discovery of the richness and diversity of American art and culture through exhibitions, educational programs and events. The Center, located near the Eiffel Tower in the heart of Paris, additionally promotes synergies with organizations that seek to deepen the relationship between the United States and Europe. Further information: monabismarck.org 

About Three Rooms Press 

Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge content, initially sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2012, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition to work by individual artists, Three Rooms Press publishes two annual publications: HAVE A NYC: New York Short Stories (featuring short stories that use New York City as their setting), and Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art. In addition, TRP produces and promotes a variety of events; since 1992 it has staged more than 400 major cultural events in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Bastia and more, including readings, plays, workshops and musical events.

Aug. 30th: TRP presents Fruits of Labor: A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast at Cornelia St. Cafe

Fruits of Labor

A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast of Labor Movements, Labor Pains, and Labors of Love

Featured performers:

Amanda Boekelheide  | Ryan C. Daley | 

Laura McCullough | Danielle Trussoni  

Tana Wojczuk

Friday, August 30, 6 pm | Cornelia Street Cafe

29 Cornelia Street (between W. 4th & Bleecker) | 212-989-9319

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. —Victor Hugo

Kick off your Labor Day Weekend like never before as Three Rooms Press presents "Fruits of Labor: A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast of Labor Movements, Labor Pains and Labors of Love," the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, Friday, August 30, 6pm. The event features a wide ranging group of literary artists and cultural icons, including New York Times best selling novelist Danielle Trussoni (Angelopolis, Angelology, Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir), poet/editor Laura McCullough (Rigger Death & Hoist Another, What Men Want), poet/essayist Tana Wojczuk (published in The New York Times, The Believer, Tin House), award-winning actor and movement choreographer Amanda Boekelheide, and cultural critic Ryan C. Daley. Additional special guest to be announced. Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges host. 

Featured guests will provce that L-A-B-O-R is NOT a four-letter word! In a perfect world the fruits of labor are sweet indeed, from the beauty of birth following labor pains, to the beauty of fairness resulting from a successful labor movement. And a labor of love, in a perfect world, would always infer success. 

 So get into the spirit of Labor! Friday, August 30 at 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th & Bleecker), 212-989-9319. For more information contact TRP at info@threeroomspress.com. Admission $8 (includes a free drink) 

FRUITS OF LABOR is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: OCTOBER 4: LET'S GET KG! a celebration of October baby Kat Georges; NOVEMBER 22: JFK! NYC! OMG! an examination of conspiracy theories on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK featuring Charles Plymell, Grant Hart, Exene Cervenka and more; DECEMBER 6: REVELATION: A THREE ROOMS PRESS PARTY! featuring new and upcoming books by Richard Vetere, Janet Hamill, Eamon Loingsigh, Thomas Fucularo, Lisa Panepinto and more.

Three Rooms Press Strikes Distribution Deal with Publishers Group West

Three Rooms Press is very pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2013 all titles published by us will be distributed under the Perseus banner by PGW (Publishers Group West, a division of Perseus Books Group). PGW is the leading book sales and distribution company in the United States, representing over 100 independent client publishers.  This is something our press has been working hard at for months and now all that hard work has come to fruition for our authors, our readers and our press. 

Raise your glass and here's a toast to Three Rooms Press!

We'll be announcing a ton of exciting upcoming titles within the next couple weeks so stay tuned! 

August 2: Doggin' Around - Stories by Pets at Cornelia Street Cafe

Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe

Doggin' Around

A Celebration of the Dog Days of Summer 

Stories by pets read by friends and family 

Featuring: 
Jennifer Cody Epstein | Susie Moloney 
Cecilia Copeland  | Pam Belluck   
and NYC Vet Cary Nulton, DVM

Hot enough for ya? Duh! The Dog Days of Summer are here!

Throughout history, people marked the event in many ways. Brady's 1813 Clavis Calendraria referred to the period as an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." Back in Roman times, they used to sacrifice a brown dog to placate the anger of Sirius, The Dog Star, hoping to turn down the heat!

Thankfully, times have changed. A new tradition is being born this year, as Three Rooms Press celebrate the Dog Days of summer with stories and poems by and about pets.
Wait -- Pets write? You bet they do! Join us as we present stories by New York's finest dogs (and cats), read by their loving author friends.


Our featured lineup includes international best-selling novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein (The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, The Painter from Shanghai), Canadian horror fiction writer Susie Moloney (The Thirteen, A Dry Spell), award-winning playwright Cecilia Copeland (The Next Time, The Wicked Son), plus author and New York Times health and science writer Pam Belluck (Island Practice). We'll even have New York veterinarian and poetry lover Cary Nulton (MetVetNYC) on hand to discuss tips on how to help your pet stay healthy in the heat! Plus Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat (not Cat!) Georges will co-host the event.

It all goes down Friday, August 2 at 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th and Bleecker), 212-989-9319. Admission just $8 (includes a free drink!)


For more information contact TRP at info@threeroomspress.com.


DOGGIN' AROUND is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month.

and New York veterinarian Cary Nulton 

Friday, August 2, 6 pm 
Cornelia Street Cafe 
29 Cornelia Street 
(between W. 4th and Bleecker) 
212-989-9319

Upcoming events include: AUG 31: LABOR PAINS, stories about parenthood and the joys and stresses of birth of all kinds; OCTOBER 4: LET'S GET KG! a celebration of October baby Kat Georges; NOVEMBER 22: JFK! NYC! OMG! an examination of conspiracy theories

July 5: That's Independents! show at Cornelia St. Cafe NYC features 5 rockin' independent presses talkin' passionate publishing

Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe 

THAT'S INDEPENDENTS! 

A Celebration of Independent (and we mean "Really Independent") Presses 

Friday, July 5, 6 pm Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th St.) Admission: $8 (includes a free drink) 

Three Rooms Press presents a rockin' celebration of 5 kickass NYC-based Independent Presses at "That's Independents!" the July 5 installation of the beloved literary series "The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe." Doors open 5:45 pm, showtime is 6 pm. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink. 

Each press will talk about their publishing ethos—and what sets them apart—then present work by some of their current authors. Presses include: The Unbearables (featuring Steve Dalachinsky, Bonny Finberg and Ron Kolm); In Stereo Press (featuring Aimee Herman, Megan Dibello, Daniel Dissinger and Sam Jablon); Kicks Book (featuring Miriam Linna, playing an old suitcase while reciting the raunchy early work of Harlan Ellison), Great Weather For Media (featuring Rick Mullin and Frank Simone), and Three Rooms Press (featuring Hala Alyan and Peter Carlaftes). The event will be hosted by Kat Georges. 

It's gonna be a lit blast--like you've never seen before! 

About The Presses 

The Unbearables 

The UNBEARABLES are a free-floating, in-your-face Autonomous Zone of Dadaists, Noir Humorists and Beer Mystics. They base their actions of the book, TAZ, by Hakim Bey; they liberated the Brooklyn Bridge every September 13th for many years, picketed the New Yorker magazine, decrying the shitty poetry therein, and occupied the New School where they gave a series of anti-seminars. They continue onward with Be-Ins and readings, usually in New York City , but they have ventured as far abroad as Prague , where they did a series of events in 2011. (http://unbearables.com). 

In Stereo Press 

William Burroughs once said of Jack Kerouac, “Kerouac was a writer because he wrote.” We at In Stereo Press would like to add, “…and he was an artist because he made NOISE!” Founded March 2008, in Boulder, Colorado, In Stereo Press is an online zine specializing in undiscovered/new/contemporary writing, music, and visual art.  We encourage every artist to MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD! http://www.instereopress.com 

Kicks Books 

KICKS BOOKS is an independent publisher based in Brooklyn NY, whose "hip pocket paperback" line reflects the pulp obsessions of founder, Miriam Linna (Norton Records founder and former drummer for The Cramps). A longtime collector of printed matter, and paperback books in particular, Linna fulfilled a promise to a friend by publishing his rehab writings in book form.  SWEETS by rhythm & blues music legend Andre Williams, appeared in 2009 and has been followed by singular offerings by writers Harlan Ellison, Nick Tosches, Sun Ra and Kim Fowley. This summer, Kicks Books will present landmark collections of poetry by British beat hero Royston Ellis and American road poet laureate Charles Plymell. http://nortonrecords.com/kicksbooks/ For this show, Miriam will beat on an old suitcase and recite raunchy early writing of Harlan Ellison. 

Great Weather For Media 

Founded in January 2012 by former Uphook Press editors Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, and Brant Lyon—and later joined by George Wallace and Russ Green—great weather for MEDIA focuses on the unpredictable, the bright, the dark, and the innovative… We are based in New York City and showcase both national and international writers. As well as publishing the highest quality poetry and prose, we organize numerous readings, performances, and book releases in New York City and across the country. http://greatweatherformedia.com 

Three Rooms Press 

Three Rooms Press, founded in 1993, initially served as a leading independent publisher of poetry, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning spoken word, music and underground art scenes in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Since 2012, it has expanded its mission to publish cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In 2014, it will expand its line to include children’s books. Books are now offered in print and digital formats, with an emphasis on excellence in content, design and formatting. In addition, TRP produces and promotes a variety of events; since 1992 it has staged hundreds of major cultural events in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and more, including readings, plays, writing workshops, seminars, dance and musical events. http://threeroomspress.com. AND This will be a particularly celebratory event, since Hala Alyan's TRP book, Atrium, was awarded the 2012 Arab American Book Award for Poetry!!! She will be on fiyah!! 

More on The Show

It's general admission, so get there early! Doors open 5:45 pm. Show starts promptly at 6. Totally cheap at $8 which includes a drink. You can't get a better deal than this for NYC so scrape up your pennies and talk to some really fun people who publish the kind o' books you love! Info at info@threeroomspress.com

Atrium, poems by Hala Alyan, wins 2013 Arab American Book Award for Poetry

Three Rooms Press is thrilled beyond belief to announce that the winner of the 2013 Arab American Book Award for poetry is Hala Alyan for her poetry collection Atrium (Three Rooms Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9835813-8-3).

 Established in 2006 by the Arab American National Museum, the Arab American Book Award honors significant literature by and about Arab Americans. It is the only literary competition of its type in the U.S. The Arab American Book Award was brought about by the Arab American National Museum and faculty members of the nearby University of Toledo. The winning titles are chosen by groups of selected readers including respected authors, university professors, artists and AANM staff.

The Awards are given during an invitation only event in the Fall of the award year. The AANM first gave these awards in 2007 for books published in 2006; for 2007, the number of submissions more than doubled from the inaugural year. Information about Hala and other award winners will be forthcoming on http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/bookaward

About Atrium, Poems by Hala Alyan

(Three Rooms Press, 2012, ISBN 978-09835813-8-3, 102 Pages, Size: 6" x 9") 

 In Atrium, Alyan traces lines of global issues in personal spaces, with fervently original imagery, and a fierce passion and intense intimacy that echoes long after initial reading.

Alyan was recently tapped as a finalist in the Nazim Himet Poetry Competition, and has etched her mark on other award-winning poets who are universal in their praise:

 “Don't miss the dazzling Hala Alyan. Wow. When she says ‘the poetry like a spear,’ she isn't kidding.” —Naomi Shihab Nye;

“Hala Alyan’s poems startle us with their beautiful, enigmatic images and capture us with their passionate engagement with the world. A powerful debut.” —Chitra Divakaruni;

 “For all the stunning angularity in this vision, we do not doubt that what we are seeing and sensing here is a surprising, sharp-edged sense of the real, of a world that had been there all along, just waiting for this poet and these poems to reveal. Start to finish, these poems convey a singular vision and represent an important new voice in the international poetry arena.” —Fred Marchant

To order your copy of Atrium, click here. For wholesale and college discount information, please email info@threeroomspress.com