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GRÉMIO LITERÁRIO
InternationalLiterary Program
PROGRAM & GUIDE
June 28 æ July 10æ 2015
LISBON
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III. Program Schedule open-to-the-publicsession
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GETTING THEREAlleventsindicateboththemeetingpointfortheeventANDdirectionstotheeventifyouwishtotravelthereonyourown.Followingtheprogramschedule,therearedetailedmapsanddirectionsforeachlocation.Forthosewhowishtobeescorted,anassistantwillmeetparticipantsattheCNCapproximately45minutesbeforeeacheventtotraveltheretogetherbytaxi,foot,orpublictransport.
JUNE 28, Sunday
4.00 pm ORIENTATION&WELCOMEseetheMaps&DirectionssectionsfordirectionstotheCNCfromtheprogramhotels/hostels.Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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6.00 pm | 8.00 pmDISQUIET’15RECEPTIONATTHEOFFICIALRESIDENCEOFTHEUNITEDSTATESEMBASSYDeputyChiefofMissionJohnOlsonOfficial Residence of the United States Embassy Avenida da Torre de Belém, 11Dresscode:Business casualDrinks and appetizers will be served.
JUNE 29, Monday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSFictionwithALEXANDERCHEE;FictionwithNOYHOLLAND;FictionwithSTEFANKIESBYE;Nonfiction&MemoirwithLESLIEJAMISON;PoetrywithERICADAWSON;Short-shortformswithSALLYASHTON;WritingtheLuso-ExperiencewithKATHERINEVAZ;PlaywritingwithSTEPHANIETIMM
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Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm READINGandTalkwithRICHARDZENITH“PessoaandOtherPortuguesePoets”Casa Fernando PessoaRua Coelho da Rocha, 16
BorninWashington,DC,Richard Zenithisalong-timeresidentofPortugal,whereheworksasafreelancewriter,translator,researcherandcritic.HehaspreparednumerouseditionsofFernandoPessoa’sworkandtranslatedmuchofhisproseandpoetryintoEnglish.HehasalsotranslatedthepoetryofLuisdeCamões,sophiadeMelloBreyner,NunoJúdice,JoãoCabraldeMeloNetoandCarlosDrummonddeAndrade.Zenith’sfictiontranslationsincludenovelsbyAntónioLoboAntunes,JoséLuandinoVieira,andJoséLuísPeixoto.AuthorofaFotobiografia de Fernando Pessoa,hehasalsopublishedpoemsandacollectionofshortstories,Terceiras Pessoas.
OpenedinNovember1993,theculturalcentreCasa Fernando PessoawasconceivedbytheLisbonCityCouncilasatributetoFernandoPessoaandhismemory.Withitsauditorium,garden,exhibitionrooms,worksofart,alibraryexclusivelydedicatedtopoetry,inadditiontofurnitureandpersonalitemsfromthepoet’sestate,theCasaFernandoPessoaisasmallbutmultifariousPessoanworldinthecitywherehelivedandtheareainwhichhespentthelastfifteenyearsofhislife,CampodeOurique.
6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READINGwithLESLIEJAMISONandSUSANAMOREIRAMARQUESCentro Nacional de Cultura, Galeria Fernando PessoaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 – 2 nd floor (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)
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Leslie JamisonistheauthorofThe Empathy Exams,aNewYorkTimesbestsellingessaycollection,andanovel, The Gin Closet,afinalistfortheLosAngelesTimesFirstFictionAward.HerworkhasappearedinHarper’s, Oxford American, A Public Space, Boston Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer,andtheNew York
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Times,wheresheisaregularcolumnistfortheSundayBookReview.ShewasraisedinLosAngelesandcurrentlylivesinBrooklyn.
Susana Moreira MarquesisawriterandjournalistlivinginLisbon.Between2005and2010MoreiraMarqueslivedinLondon,workingattheBBC.Shehaswonseveralprizesforherjournalism,includingthe2012UNESCO‘HumanRightsandIntegration’JournalismAward(Portugal).Now and at the Hour of Our Deathisherfirstbook.
JUNE 30, Tuesday
10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSLisbonisOurMusewithELAINEÁVILA;PerformanceandStorytellingwithARTHURFLOWERS;ThePessoaGamewithCYRIACOLOPESandTERRIWITEKCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithPOLINABARSKOVAandJOSÉLUISPEIXOTOCasa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros
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Polina BarskovaisoneofthemostaccomplishedanddaringoftheRussianpoetsofhergeneration.Shebeganpublishingpoemsinjournalsatagenineandreleasedthefirstofhereightbooksofpoetryasateenager.ShecametotheUnitedStatesattheageoftwentytopursueaPh.D.attheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,havingalreadyearnedagraduatedegreeinclassicalliteratureatthestateuniversityinSt.Petersburg.BarskovanowlivesinMassachusettsandteachesatHampshireCollege.SeveralvolumesofherworkhaveappearedinEnglishtranslation.
José Luís Peixoto(1974)isoneofPortugal'smostacclaimedandbestsellingnovelists.Hisfirstnovel"NenhumOlhar"(publishedas"BlankGaze"intheUKbyBloomsburyandas"TheImplacableOrderofThings"intheUSAbyDoubleday/Anchor/RandomHouse)wontheJoseSaramagoLiteraryAward,deliveredeverytwoyearsforthebestnovelwritteninallportuguese-speakingcountries,and
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wasselectedbyFinancialTimesasoneoftheirbestbooksof2007.IntheUSA,itwaspartof'DiscoverGreatNewWriter'selectionbyBarnes&Noble.In2010,Peixotopublishedthenovel'Livro',whichwontheliteraryawardLibrod'EuropainItalyandwasshort-listedintheFeminaAward(France).In2012,hepublished'DentrodoSegredo,UmaViagemnaCoreiadoNorte'('InsidetheSecret,AjourneyinNorthKorea')hisfirstworkofnon-fiction.Peixoto'spoetryandshort-storieshaveappearedinagreatnumberofanthologiesondozensoflanguages.Allhisnovelshavebeeninternationallyacclaimedand,sofar,havebeentranslatedin20languages.
TheJosé Saramago FoundationwascreatedinJune2007andisfundedexclusivelybyproceedsfromtheworksofSaramago,whoin1998wontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.ItsthreebasicgoalsarethepromotionofPortugueseanduniversalculture,thedefenseofhumanrights,andtheprotectionoftheenvironment.Saramago’sashesareburiedundertherootsoftheolivetreefacingthemainentranceoftheCasadosBicos,namedafterthediamond-shapedstonesthatcoveritsfaçade.
4.00 pm | 5.00 pmTHE PESSOA WALK withMEAKINARMSTRONGandSCOTTLAUGHLIN.Walk will begin at Fundação Saramago after the readingCasa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros
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6.30 pm | 8.00 pmREADINGwithALEXANDERCHEEandSTEPHANIETIMMLivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74
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Alexander Chee’s firstnovel,Edinburgh(2001),isawinneroftheMichenerCopernicusPrize,theAAWWLitAwardandtheLambdaEditor’sChoicePrize,andwasaPublisher’sWeeklyBestBookoftheYear.HisessaysandstorieshaveappearedinThe New York Times Book Review, Tin House, Slate, Apology, Granta.com,andOut,amongothers.HehastaughtatWesleyanUniversity,AmherstCollege,IowaWriters’Workshop,ColumbiaUniversity,andtheUniversityofTexas–Austin.HelivesinNewYorkCity.Hissecondnovel,The Queen of the Night,isforthcomingfromHoughtonMifflinHarcourtin2016..
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Stephanie Timm’splaysincludeTails of Wasps, Sweet Nothing, On the Nature of Dust,andothers.StephaniewasplaywrightinresidenceatACTTheatre2010-2011whereshewrotehercommissionedplayRats in the Garden of Eden.SheistherecipientofanArtistTrustGAPGrant,andthree-timefinalistfortheHeidemanAwardattheActorsTheatreofLouisville,andtwicenominatedfortheGregoryAwardforbestnewplay.ShecurrentlyteachesplaywritingatCornishCollegeoftheArtsandACTTheatre.
TheoriginoftheLivraria Ferinbookshopdatesbacktotheearly19thCenturyPeninsularWar.BelgianJeanBaptisteFerin,thefirstofhisnametoimmigratetoLisbon,wasthegreat-great-great-greatgrandfatherofthepresentbookseller,JoaopauloDiasPinheiro.LivrariaFerinisthesecondoldestbookstoreinLisbonandhasremainedinthehandsofthesamefamilythroughoutitshistory.
JULY 1, Wednesday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSCHEE;HOLLAND;KIESBYE;JAMISON;DAWSON;ASHTON;VAZ;TIMMCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithSALLYASHTON,ELAINEÁVILA,CYRIACOLOPESandTERRIWITEKPleasenotethatthedresscodehereisbusinesscasual.Academia das Ciências de Lisboa Rua Academia das Ciências, 19
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Sally Ashton istheauthorofSome Odd Afternoon, Her Name Is Juanita,andThese Metallic Days.SheisEditor-in-ChiefoftheDMQ Review,anonlinejournalfeaturingpoetryandart.HonorsincludeafellowshipfromArtsCouncilSiliconValleyandaresidencyatMontalvoArtsCenter.ShewasPoetLaureateofSantaClaraCounty(SiliconValley),2011-2013.AshtonearnedherMFAatBenningtonWritingSeminars.SheteachesatSanJoséStateUniversity.Hernewblogissallyashton.com
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Elaine ÁvilaisthePlaywrightinResidenceatPomonaCollegeandanAssociateatthePlaywrightsTheatreCentreinVancouver.HerplayshavebeenproducedinPanamaCity,London,NewYork,LosAngeles,Edmonton,Vancouver,Victoriaandinclude:Jane Austen, Action Figure, Lieutenant Nun, Burn Gloom, Kitimat, Quality: the Shoe Play, Lost and Found in Fado, Café a Brasileira(winnerof2014DisquietInternationalLiteraryProgram'sfirstannualShortPlayAward).Sheisdistinguishedasadescendentesnotáveis(NotableDescendant)forhertheaterworkbytheGovernmentoftheAzores,Portugal.
Cyriaco Lopes.InthepastfewyearsLopes’workhasbeenseenintheU.S.attheContemporaryMuseuminBaltimore,atElMuseodelBarrio,ApexArtandtheAmerica’sSocietyinNewYork,attheContemporaryArtMuseuminSaintLouis,amongothervenues.InthesameperiodhisworkwasalsoseeninFrance,Germany,Poland,ChileandPortugal.InhisnativeBraziltheartisthasshownattheNationalMuseumofFineArts,theMuseumofModernArtofSalvador,andtheMuseumofArtofSãoPaulo,amongotherinstitutions.HisworkwascuratedintoexhibitionsbyartistssuchasJanineAntoni,LucianoFabroandLygiaPape,aswellasbycuratorssuchasPauloHerkenhoff.LopeswasthewinneroftheWorldstudioAIGAandRTKLawards,theContemporaryArtMuseumProjectaward(SaintLouis)andthePrêmioPhillipsofatriptoParis.HismostrecentNewYorkCityshow,Crimes Against Love,wasfeaturedonthefrontpageofThe Advocate.HiscollaborationswithTerriWitekincludeBig Bronze Statues,chosenasoneofthehighlightsofthe2009seasonbyTimeOutNewYork,A Shelter on King’s Road,andUma Cosia N’Outra.
Terri Witek istheauthorofExit Island,whichincludesasuiteofimagesbyCyriacoLopesandanartbookedition(OrchisesPress,2012),The Shipwreck Dress(OrchisesPress,2008,FloridaBookAwardMedalist),Carnal World (StoryLinePress,2006),Fools and Crows(OrchisesPress,2003),Courting Couples (Winnerofthe2000CenterforBookArtsContest)andRobert Lowell and LIFE STUDIES: Revising the Self(UniversityofMissouriPress,1993).ShehaspublishedpoemsinSlate, The Hudson Review, The New Republic, The American Poetry Review, andotherjournals,andistherecipientoffellowshipsfromtheMacDowellColony,HawthorndenInternationalWriters’Retreat,andthestateofFlorida.AnativeofnorthernOhio,sheholdstheSullivanChairinCreativeWritingatStetsonUniversity.http://www.terriwitek.com/
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Academia das Ciências de Lisboaisoneoftheoldestnationalscientificinstitutionsincontinuedexistence,havingbeenfoundedonDecember24,1779,duringthereignofQueenMaryI.Itsmissionistopromotescientificresearch,encouragethestudyofthePortugueselanguageandliterature,andtopromotethestudyofPortuguesehistory.
6.30 pm | 8.00 pm LECTURE withRUIVIEIRANERY – “ThePortugueseFado:FromAfro-BraziliantoaNationalIdentity”Museu do FadoLargo do Chafariz de Dentro, 1
Rui Vieira NerywasborninLisbonin1957.HeholdsaPh.D.inMusicologyfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin(1990),whichheattendedasaFulbrightScholarandagranteeoftheCalousteGulbenkianFoundation.HeteachesattheUniversidadeNovadeLisboa,andheisaseniorresearcherattheEthnomusicologyInstitute–CentreforMusicandDanceStudiesandoftheCentreforTheatreStudies.AsamusicologistandculturalhistorianhepublishednumerousstudiesonPortuguesemusichistory.From1995to1997heservedasSecretaryofStateforCultureinthePortuguesegovernmentandisnowanindividualmemberofthePortugueseNationalCulturalCouncil,themainadvisoryboardtotheMinisterofCulture.HewaschairmanoftheScientificCommitteeofthenominationofFadototheUNESCO’sRepresentativeListoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHumanity.
The Museu do FadocelebratesFado’sexceptionalvalueasanidentifyingsymboloftheCityofLisbonanditsdeeprootsinthetraditionandculturalhistoryofthecountry.VisitorslearnthehistoryandevolutionofFadothroughmultimediaexhibitsthatpresentthemusic’sinfluencefromitsuseincinematoitsrolein20thCenturycensorship.ExperiencetechnicaldescriptionsofFadoguitarsandbiographiesofallmajorFadopersonalities.
JULY 2, Thursday
10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSÁVILA;FLOWERS;LOPESandWITEKCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm LECTURE“OnEditingFiction”withMEAKINARMSTRONGandJORDANBASSLivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74
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Meakin ArmstrongisfictioneditorofGuernica,atop-rankedliteraryandpoliticalsite.HeisawriterforBusiness InsiderandaformeremployeeofTheNewYorker.Hisworkhasappearedinvariousfictionanthologies,andinWigleaf, Noö Journal, InDigest, The Atlantic.com, Time Out New York,andthebooksNew York Calling: From Blackout to BloombergandMuseyon Guides Film + Travel North America.In2007,hereceivedaBreadLoafWriters’Conferencescholarshipforfiction.
Jordan BassistheexecutiveeditorofMcSweeney’sPublishing,wherehe’shelpedtoeditanddesigndozensofbooks,bothfictionandnonfiction,since2004.
4.00 pm | 5.00 pmTHE PESSOA WALK withMEAKINARMSTRONGandSCOTTLAUGHLIN.Walk will begin at CNC after the editing talk.Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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6.30 pm | 8.00 pmREADINGwith MARYGAITSKILLandNOYHOLLANDCâmara Municipal de Lisboa (City Hall) Largo do MunicípioArchives Room
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Mary GaitskillistheauthorofthenovelsTwo Girls, FatandThinand Veronica,aswellasthestorycollectionsBad Behavior, Because They Wanted To, and Don’t Cry.Herstory“Secretary”wasthebasisforthefeaturefilmofthesamename.HerstoriesandessayshaveappearedinThe New Yorker, Harper’s, Granta, Best American Short StoriesandThe O. Henry Prize Stories.ShehastaughtattheUniversityofHouston,NewYorkUniversity,TheNewSchool,Brown,SyracuseandClaremontMcKennaCollege.SheisatpresenttheSidneyHarmonChairatBaruchCollege.Hernewnovel The MareisforthcominginFall2015.
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Noy Holland’scollectionsofshortfictionandnovellasincludeSwimforthe Little One First, What Begins with Bird,andThe Spectacle of the Body.Herfirstnovel,Bird,isforthcomingfromCounterpoint.ShehaspublishedworkinThe Kenyon Review, Conjunctions, The Quarterly, Glimmer Train, Milan Review, Western Humanities Review, The Believer, NOON,andNew York Tyrant,amongothers.ShehastaughtformanyyearsintheMFAProgramforPoetsandWritersattheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherstandservesontheboardofdirectorsatFictionCollectiveTwo.
JULY 3 Friday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSCHEE;HOLLAND;KIESBYE;JAMISON;DAWSON;ASHTON;VAZ;TIMMCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADING withPHILLAMARCHEandPOSSIDÓNIOCACHAPACasa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros
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Phil LaMarchewasawritingfellowintheSyracuseUniversityGraduateCreativeWritingProgramandhewasawardedtheIvanKlimaFellowshipinFictioninPrague.HisworkhasappearedinEsquire, The London Telegraph, Ninth Letter, andotherjournals.HisshortfictionhasbeenincludedintheRobert Olen Butler Prize StoriesandFour Letter Wordanthologiesandhisstory"IntheTraditionofMyFamily"hasbeenmadeintoafilmbyorLaterProductions.Hisfirstnovel,American Youth,waspublishedbyRandomHouseinApril2007andhasbeentranslatedinto8foreignlanguages.
Possidónio Cachapa istheauthorshortstorycollections,aplay,andseveralnovels,including“OMarPorCima,”“RiodaGlória,”and“MaternaDoçura,”hisbest-knownbookaboutamanwhowitnessesthetragicdeathofhismotherandthereverberationsofthateventthroughouthislife.Hisworkispraisedforthebraverywithwhichittakesontabooanddifficultsubjects.Healsowrites,directs,andproducesshortandfeature-lengthfilms.Hislatestfilmis"ONylondaMinhaAldeia,"adaptedfromthenovelwiththesamename.
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6.30 pm | 8.00 pmDISQUIET FIFTH ANNIVERSARY READING AND CELEBRATION withJACINTOLUCASPIRESFLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (Luso-American Development Foundation) AuditoriumRua Sacramento à Lapa, 21 (Taxi is the best way to get to FLAD; but as with all events, groups will leave from CNC 45 mins before start time)Drinks and appetizers will be served
DISQUIET’sfifthanniversarypartywillfeaturereadings,performances,andcelebrationofallthingsDISQUIET.HighlightswillincludeareadingbyDISQUIETLusoalumMEGANFERNANDES,co-founderSCOTTLAUGHLINreadingtheworkofALBERTODELACERDA(seetheProgramGuideformoreinformationonAlbertoandhisimportancetotheprogram),membersofJOHNFREY’SSTUDIOFORACTORSperformingastagedreadingofCAROLYNKRAS’“Reticence”,winnerofthe2015ShortPlayContest,andlongtimefriendoftheprogramJACINTOLUCASPIRES,authorofThe True Actor (Dzanc),amongotherbooks,providingmusic.
FLAD’sheadquartersareinaseventeenthcenturyhistorichouse.Theyhavebeenhelpinginitsrecoveryandrestorationaspartoftheirongoingmissiontopreservenationalheritage.The“noblehouse”wasbuiltwhendowntownLisbonwasrestoredafterthe1755earthquake.ItisafineexampleoftheLisbonarchitecturefromthefirstyearsaftertheearthquake.
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9.00 am | 12.30 pmEXCURSION AND WALKING TOUR TO CASCAISguidedbySCOTTLAUGHLINCasa das Histórias – Paula Rego MuseumDeparture by train, from Cais do Sodré train station [Lunch will be included for an extra 15 euro / 17 euro for meal and wine; sign-up for this walk on the sign-up sheets during the orientation]
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CascaisisacosmopolitansuburbofthePortuguesecapitalandoneoftherichestmunicipalitiesinPortugal.TheformerfishingvillagegainedfameasaresortforPortugal’sroyalfamilyinthelate19thcenturyandearly20thcentury.Onthistourwewillstrollalongcobblestonestreetsandyou’llhearaboutthehistoryofthetown.We’llwalkouttothepointtoseetheoldfortandtakeintheviewsofthemouthoftheTagusandthegreatseabeyond.ThenwewillmakeourwaytoCasadasHistórias,themuseumdedicatedtothegreatPortuguesepainterPaulaRego,whowasaveryclosefriendofAlbertodeLacerda’s.There,we’llhaveaprivatetourofbothRego’sworkandthebuilding,whichhasgarneredmanyawards.We’lllunchatthemuseumandthenmakeourwaythroughthelabyrinthinestreetsofCascaistothetrainbacktoLisbon.
TheCasa das Histórias Paula RegowasdesignedbythearchitectEduardoSoutodeMoura(PritzkerArchitecturePrize2011).Thebuildingmakesuseofcertainaspectsoftheregion’shistoricalarchitecture,whichisherereinterpretedinacontemporaryway.Itcanbeimmediatelyrecognizedthankstoitstwopyramid-shapedtowersandthered-coloredconcreteusedinitsconstruction.
Paula RegowasborninLisbonon26January1935.Withherprodigiousimagination,PaulaRegohasexploredmanydifferenttechniquesandartisticlanguagesoverthecourseofhercareerwhilecontinuingtodisplaysurprisingcoherencethroughoutherwork.Shehasheldcountlesssoloandretrospectiveexhibitionsatleadinginternationalmuseumsandgalleries,andshe’swonahostofawardsandprizes.In1990,RegowasappointedthefirstAssociatedArtistoftheNationalGalleryinLondon.
7.00 pm | 8.00 pmFILMSCREENING withBRUNOALMEIDAandJOHNFREY–“FadoCamané”&“Fantasia”Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do CinemaRua Barata Salgueiro, 39
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Bruno de Almeidaisafilmmakerthatnavigatesbetweendocumentariesandfiction.Hehasmadeseveralfeaturesincluding"FadoCamané"(2014)“OperationAutumn”(2012);“BobbyCassidy,Counterpuncher”(2009);"TheLovebirds"(2007);"TheCollection"(2005);"TheArtofAmália"(2000)and"OntheRun"(1998).In
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1993,hisfirstfilm"TheDebt"wontheawardforbestshortattheCannesFilmFestival,SemainedelaCritique.HelivesbetweenNewYorkandLisbon.
John Freyhasworkedasanactor,directorandscreenwriterintheater,filmandtelevisionforthepast25years.HeistheartisticdirectoroftheJohnFreyStudioforActorsandtheBelowtheBeltTheaterCo.inLisbon,Portugal.Actingappearancesinclude:Theater(NYC)-TennesseeWilliams's"CatonaHotTinRoof"and"27WagonsFullofCotton,"AugustStrindberg's"MissJulie,"JohnSteinbeck's"OfMiceandMen"and"BruceNaumanRetrospective"writtenanddirectedbyTateAwardwinnerMarkWallinger.FilmcreditsincludeMichaelImperioli's"TheHungryGhosts,""OntheRun,""TheCollection,”"TheLovebirds”and“APalestra”directedbyBrunodeAlmeida.RecentlyhewasontheTVminiseries“MataHari’withRutgerHauer.
Cinemateca Portuguesaisafilmmuseumwhosemissionistocollect,protect,preserveanddisseminatePortugal’sheritageasitrelatestomovingpictures,aswellastopromoteknowledgeoffilmhistoryandthedevelopmentofcinematographicandaudiovisualculture.
JULY 5, Sunday
FREEDAY(see “Taking Advantage of Off-Days”, above, for some suggestions on activities)
JULY 6, Monday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSCHEE;HOLLAND;KIESBYE;JAMISON;DAWSON;ASHTON;VAZ;TIMMCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithSTEFANKIESBYEandPEDROMEXIALivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74
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BornonthecoastoftheBalticSea,Stefan KiesbyestudieddramaandworkedinradiobeforereceivinganMFAincreativewritingfromtheUniversityofMichigan.Hisstories,poemsandessayshaveappearedinnumerousmagazinesandanthologies.Hisbooksinclude,Next Door Lived a Girl, Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht (Knife, Fork, Scissors, Flames),andYourHouseIs on Fire, Your Children All Gone,(aTopTenpickofOprahMagazine,madeEntertainmentWeekly’sMustList,andSlateeditorDanKoisnameditoneofthebestbooksoftheyear).Fluchtpunkt Los Angeles (Vanishing Point) willbereleasedinJanuary2015.KiesbyeteachescreativewritingatEasternNewMexicoUniversity.
Pedro MexiaisawriterandaliterarycriticwholivesinLisbon.Hewritesregularlyforvariousnewspapersandliterarymagazinesandmakesappearancesonradioandtelevisiontodiscusscurrentevents.HisbooksofpoetryincludeEm Memória(2000),Avalanche(2001),ElioteOutras Observações (2003),Vida Oculta(2004),Senhor Fantasma(2007),Menos por Menos – Poemas Escolhidos(2011).
6.00 pm | 8.30 pmREADING withARTHURFLOWERSandEILEENMYLES São Luiz – Teatro Municipal, Jardim de Inverno (Winter Garden)Rua António Maria Cardoso 58
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Arthur Flowers,nativeofMemphis,isauthorofnovelsandnonfictions,includingAnother Good Loving Blues, Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman,andthegraphicwork,I See The Promised Land fromTaraBooks,India.HeisaDeltabasedperformancepoet,webmasterofRootsblog,andhasbeenExecutiveDirectorofvariousnonprofitsandtheHarlemWritersGuild,NYC.HehasbeenrecipientofvariousawardsincludinganNEAandTheBluesFoundation’sKeepingtheBluesAliveAward,adistinctionforwhichheisundulyproud.HeteachesMFAFictionatSyracuseUniversity.
Eileen MylesfirstbecameknowntomanyAmericansthroughheropenlyfemalewrite-incampaignforPresidentoftheUnitedStatesin1991-92.AlwaysavirtuosicperformerandreaderofherownwritingEileenMyleshastoured,readwidelysincetheearly80salloverNorthAmericaandEuropeandoffandonwithSisterSpit,thequeer&feministpostpunkperformancetroupesince1997.Herlatest
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book,Snowflake/different streets,isadosados,meaningyouturnitoverandit’sanotherbook.OtherbooksincludeThe Importance of Being Iceland/travel essays in art, Sorry, Tree, Tow w/artistLarryC.Collins(2005), Skies, on my way ,andChelsea Girls (stories,1994).In2012shewasaGuggenheimfellowinnon-fictionforherforthcomingdogmemoirAfterglow. ShelivesinNewYork.
SinceitsreopeningonNovember30,2002,theSão Luiz MunicipalTheatrehasestablisheditselfasamajorpresenceinLisbon’stheaterscene,withhundredsofperformancesperseasonbetweentheMainHallandtheWinterGarden.Theoriginaltheatrewasbuiltin1894andthenre-builtusingtheoriginaldesigntwoyearsafteritburntdownin1914.
JULY 7, Tuesday
10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSÁVILA;FLOWERS;LOPESandWITEK Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm READING & CONVERSATION withJOÃOTORDO.Centro Nacional de CulturaCiber-Chiado (Inside the CNC Library)Largo do Picadeiro, 10 – 2nd floor (door next to the street café “Café No Chiado”)
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João TordowasborninLisbonin1975.HelivesinLisbonandstudiedinLondonandNewYork.In2009,hewontheprestigiousJoséSaramagoLiteraryPrizewiththenovelAs Três Vidas.In2011,hewasshortlistedforthePortugalTelecomPrizeinBrazilwiththesamenovel.HewasshortlistedfortheprestigiousFernandoNamoraLiteraryprizetwice:in2012forAnatomia dos Mártiresand2011forO Bom Inverno.O Bom Inverno(2010)wasalsoshortlistedforBestNovelatthePortugueseAuthor'sSociety;theFrenchtranslation,publishedbyActesSud,wasshortlistedfortheEuropeanLiteraryAwardin2012.In2001hewastherecipientofthePortugueseNewAuthorsPrize.Hehaspublishedsevennovels.Hislatest,Biografia involuntária dos amantes,cameoutwithAlfaguarainApril2014andwasintheshortlistofPrémioSociedadePortuguesadeAutores.HislastnovelO Luto de Elias GrocameoutinAprilof2015.
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4.00 pm | 5.00 pmTHE PESSOA WALK withMEAKINARMSTRONGandSCOTTLAUGHLIN.Walk will begin after the reading.Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
Baixa-Chiado
6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READINGwithERICADAWSONandCHARLESBOCKCentro Nacional de CulturaGaleria Fernando PessoaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 – 2nd floor (door next to the street café “Café No Chiado”)
Baixa-Chiado
Charles BockistheauthorofBeautiful Children(RandomHouse)whichwasaNYTBestsellerandNotableBookoftheYear,andwontheSueKauffmanPrizeforFirstFictionfromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.HisfictionandnonfictionhavebeeninHarper’s, Esquire, Slate, the NYT, LAT, AGNi, Iowa Review,andothers,andhe’sbeeninnumerousanthologies.He’salsohadresidencyfellowshipsfromtheCivitellaRanieriFoundation,Yaddo,UCross,andtheVermontStudioCenter.HeteachesatColumbiaandNYU.HisnewnovelAlice & Oliverwillbeoutinearly2016.CharleslivesinBrooklynwithhiswifeanddaughter.
Erica Dawsonistheauthoroftwocollectionsofpoetry:Big-Eyed AfraidandThe Small Blades Hurt.HerpoemshaveappearedintwoeditionsofBestAmericanPoetry,inBirmingham Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Literary Imagination, Southwest Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry: A Pocket Anthology, andotherjournalsandanthologies.HoldinganMFAfromOhioStateUniversityandaPhDfromUniversityofCincinnati,sheisanassistantprofessorofEnglishandWritingatUniversityofTampa,wheresheteachesbothintheundergraduateprogramanddirectsthelow-residencyMFA.
July 8, Wednesday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSCHEE; HOLLAND; KIESBYE; JAMISON; DAWSON; ASHTON; VAZ; TIMM Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
Baixa-Chiado
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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm PUBLISHING TALK withMEAKINARMSTRONG,JORDANBASS,CHRISTOPHERLARKOSH,andCATHERINETICEPleasenotethatthedresscodehereisbusinesscasual.Academia das Ciências de Lisboa Rua Academia das Ciências, 19
Baixa-Chiado
Meakin Armstrong isfictioneditorofGuernica,atop-rankedliteraryandpoliticalsite.HeisawriterforBusinessInsiderandaformeremployeeofThe New Yorker.Hisworkhasappearedinvariousfictionanthologies,andinWigleaf, Noö Journal,InDigest, TheAtlantic.com, Time Out New York,andthebooksNew York Calling: From Blackout to BloombergandMuseyon Guides Film + Travel North America.In2007,hereceivedaBreadLoafWriters’Conferencescholarshipforfiction.
Jordan BassistheexecutiveeditorofMcSweeney’sPublishing,wherehe’shelpedtoeditanddesigndozensofbooks,bothfictionandnonfiction,since2004.
Christopher LarkoshisAssociateProfessorofPortugueseattheUniversityofMassachusettsDartmouth,auniversitylocatedattheheartofNorthAmerica'soldestandlargestPortuguesecommunity.HespecializesinLusophoneandcomparativeliteraturesandcultures,aswellastranslationstudiesandliterarytheory.Heisaco-editoroftheacademicjournalPortuguese Literary and Cultural Studies,aswellasthebookseriesPortuguese in the Americas and the World.BotharepublishedbyTagusPress,auniversitypressspecializinginLusophoneandPortuguesediasporaliteraryandcriticalworks,forwhichhewillbegintoserveasDirectorasofJuly2015.
Catherine Tice livesinFortGreeneinBrooklyn,andhasworkedat The New York Review of Bookssince1983,whereshecurrentlyservesastheAssociatePublisher.ShehasmadeslendercontributionstotheBerlineditionofLe Monde Diplomatique andmostrecentlytothe St. Petersburg Review. 6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READING withTEOLINDAGERSÃOandKATHERINEVAZFLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (Luso-American Development Foundation), AuditoriumRua Sacramento à Lapa, 21 (Taxi is the best way to get to FLAD; but as with all events, groups will leave from CNC 45 mins before start time)
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Teolinda GersãowasborninCoimbra(Portugal)andhaslivedinGermany,SãoPaulo,andMozambique.Sheistheauthorof13books,bothnovelsandshortstorycollections,translatedinto11languages.ShewasawardedthePenClubPrizefortheNoveltwicein1981and1989,theGrandPrixforNovelofthePortugueseWriters´Associationin1995,theFictionPrizeoftheICLA(InternationalCritics´LiteraryAssociation)in1999andthePortugueseWriters´Association’sGrandPrixfortheShortStoryin2001.Shewaswriter-in-residenceatBerkeleyUniversityin2004,andmanyofhershort-storieshavebeenpublishedinliteraryreviewsintheUSA.HernovelThe Word TreewaspublishedinGreatBritainbyDedalus.Herlatestnovel, Passagens,cameoutinMarch2014.
Katherine VazhasbeenaBriggs-CopelandFellowinFictionatHarvardUniversityandFellowoftheRadcliffeInstituteforAdvancedStudy.ThisfallsheistheHarmanFellowinFictionatBaruchCollege.She’stheauthoroftwonovels,Saudade(aBarnesandNobleDiscoverGreatNewWritersselection)andMariana,publishedinsixlanguagesandpickedbytheLibraryofCongressasoneoftheTop30InternationalBooksof1998.HercollectionFado & OtherStorieswonaDrueHeinzLiteraturePrizeandOurLadyoftheArtichokeswonaPrairieSchoonerAward.Herchildren’sstorieshaveappearedinanthologiesbyViking,Penguin,andSimonandSchuster,andhershortfictionhasappearedinmanymagazines.She’sthefirstPortuguese-AmericantohaveherworkrecordedbytheLibraryofCongress(HispanicDivision).
JULY 9, Thursday
10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSÁVILA;FLOWERS;LOPESandWITEK Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
Baixa-Chiado 2.30 | 4.00 pm CONVERSATIONwithAFONSOCRUZandPATRÍCIAPORTELACasa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros
TerreirodoPaço
Afonso Cruzistheauthorofsevennovels,includingKokoschka’s Doll,whichwontheEuropeanUnionPrizeforLiteraturein2012,andJesus Christ Drank Beer,
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consideredtheBestPortugueseNoveloftheYearbyTimeOutLisbonmagazineandthereadersofPúblico.Hismostrecentnovel,Where do Umbrellas End Upwonthe2014PortugueseSocietyforAuthorsAward.Hewaselectedasoneofthe40talentsforthefuturebythenewspaperExpresso.Heisalsoacolumnist,illustrator,animatedfilmdirector,andmemberofthebandTheSoakedLimb.
Patrícia Portelastudiedsetandcostumedesign,sounddesign,scriptwritinganddocumentaryinLisbon,attheEuropeanFilmCollegeinDenmark,andelsewhere.ShehaswrittenandcoordinatedseveralperformancesincludingOperação Cardume Rosa,T5, Lan Tao,andWasteband.Shehaswonseveralawardsandhasachievednationalandinternationalrecognitionwithherunusualworkandhasbeenconsideredoneofthemostoutstandinganddaringartistsandwritersofhergeneration.Widelyanthologized,sheistheauthorofthenovelsPara Cima e Não Para Norte(2008)andBanquete(finalistofthePrémiodeRomanceeNovela2012).In2013shewasinvitedtoparticipateintheprestigiousInternationalWritingProgram(IWP)attheUniversityofIowaandisnowafinalistforthemediaartprizeMuseudoChiado/Sonae.
4.00 pm | 5.00 pmTHE PESSOA WALK withMEAKINARMSTRONGandSCOTTLAUGHLIN.Walk will begin at Fundação Saramago after the reading.Casa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros
TerreirodoPaço
6.30 | 8.00 pm PARTICIPANT OPEN MIC
[sign-up to read on the sign-up sheets during the orientation]Please note that the dress code here is business casual. Grémio LiterárioRua Ivens, 37
Baixa-Chiado
TheGrémio Literáriowascreatedin1846byroyalcharterofQueenD.MariaII,thusgivinghersupporttotheinitiativeofaprestigiousgroupofwriters,politicians,andaristocratsofthePortugueseliberalworld.ThirtyyearslatertheGrémiosettledintoitspresentfacilities,theLouresPalace,intheChiadoquarter,thatelegantcenteroftheLisbonintellectualandsocialsociety,acharacteristicbuildinginthelocalromanticarchitecture,withdecoratedrooms,arichlibrary,restaurant,andapicturesquegardendatingto1844andoverlookingtheriverTagusandtheMoorishCastle.Amongitsmembers,pastandpresent,theGrémioboatstwenty-fourheadsofstateandprimeministers.
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JULY 10, Friday
10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSCHEE; HOLLAND; KIESBYE; JAMISON; DAWSON; ASHTON; VAZ; TIMMCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68
Baixa-Chiado
2.30 pm | 4.00 pm FREE AFTERNOON
6.30 pm | 8.30 pm FAREWELL RECEPTIONReservatório da Mãe d’ÁguaPraça das Amoreiras, 10
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Drinksandappetizerswillbeserved.
Lisbon’smassiveaqueductsystem(whichdatesbackto1746andisover58kilometersinlength)feedsintothecavernousReservatóriodaMãed’Água(MotherofWaterReservoir).Completedin1834duringQueenD.MariaII’sreign,thewaterfromtheaqueductentersthecavernthroughawaterfall,builtusingstonescarriedfromthespringsoftheÁguasLivresAqueduct.Thereservoiris7.5mdeep,withacapacitytostore5,500m3andwasusedtofeedthefountains,factories,conventsandnoblehousesinLisbon.FourcolumnssupportavaultedcupolaceilingwhichinturnssupportsthemagnificentterraceoverlookingthecityofLisbon.Formoreinformation,stopbyTheWaterMuseum,whichconductsfreeandguidedtoursoftheMãed’ÁguadasAmoreirasReservoir.
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