Contemporary French Poetry Reading

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF BILINGUAL READINGS BY CONTEMPORARY FRENCH WRITERS VINCENT BROQUA, VIRGINIE POITRASSON, AND MICHELLE NOTEBOOM

Vincent Broqua is a writer and translator. He works with text, video and narrative for a politics of gaiety. He writes in French and English. He teaches in the MA in Literary Creation at University Paris 8, where he is a professor of North American arts and literature. With Abigail Lang and Olivier Brossard, he co-curates the Double Change and the Poets and Critics series. 

His latest book is Gaiamen (Al Dante / Presses du réel, 2025). His book Photocall, projet d'attendrissement was awarded the 2021 Prize for gay novel/poetry in France. Recovery, translated by Cole Swensen, was published by Pamenar Press. Other books include: La langue du garçon (2023), Et là je me mets en danseuse (with Anne Portugal, 2025), Au telephone avec Jacques (2025).

He is a translator of many poets & writers, such as Caroline Bergvall, Jim Dine, Thalia Field, Kevin Killian, Monica de la Torre, Karen Sandhu, Layli Long Soldier, Tracie Morris, Redell Olsen, and Anne Waldman.

Virginie Poitrasson is the author of seven collections of poetry. Her translations into French include works by Lyn Hejinian, Michael Palmer, Ben Lerner, Cole Swensen and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Together with composer and flautist Joce Mienniel, she co-created the musical show Chambre(s) à Écho(s), which was awarded a grant by SACD/Beaumarchais. She holds an MA in French Literature from Université Lyon 2. She currently lives and works in Paris.

Michelle Noteboom grew up in Michigan and holds an MA from Université de Paris III – la Sorbonne Nouvelle. She is the author of Landskips (Estepa Editions, 2021), Roadkill (Corrupt Press, 2013), The Chia Letters (Dusie Kollektiv 2009), Edging (Cracked Slab Books, 2006), and Hors-cage (trans. Frédéric Forte, Editions de l’attente, 2010). She’s lived in Paris since 1991. She co-founded the bilingual Ivy Writers Series with Jennifer K. Dick and works as a freelance translator.