Upstairs at Duroc
Upstairs at Duroc is an
English-language literary and art journal featuring the
work of established and emerging artists from Paris and
abroad. Past contributors include Alice Notley, Marilyn
Hacker, Vénus Koury-Ghata, Lauren B. Davis, Fred
Johnston, Norman Lock, Virgil Suarez, Margo Berdeshevsky,
Mary Jo Salter, Roy Arden, Donna Bifar, David Caddy, Sue
Chenette, E.A. Hilbert, and many others, as well as accomplished
former and current faculty and students of the WICE Creative
Writing program.
Issue # 9 came out in January 2008 and features work by poets Donna Stonecipher, Rochelle Owens, Joe Ross, Jeffrey Greene, Linda Healey, Amy Hollowell and many more, as well as prose by such writers as Steven Mayoff and Beverley Stone. Photography, drawings and collages are by Maya Preiss, Clarissa Upchurch and Jonathan Wonham, among others.
You can also obtain a copy of the book at the WICE office (8€ per copy) or order by mail (11€ per copy, includes postage and handling). Checks in euros only.
If you would like to be put on the mailing list for Upstairs at Duroc readings and other events, please send your contact information to wice@wice-paris.org, Attn. Upstairs at Duroc.
Copies are available for 8€ at the WICE office and at Upstairs at Duroc readings.
Elegy Sue Chenette
after a photograph by Eliot Porter
Stonescape of scoured hollows, clefts and veins –
in the dry canyon stillness an eddying wind
is almost visible, and water deepens a carved channel –
like the white curves in an Escher print, or ashen glow caught in the moon’s crescent
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...absence echoes presence
old letters, voice cupped in a looped scrawl
ghost that sleeps in my father’s wool jacket
seasons curling in a brown leaf
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Where surfaces have been scooped out and abraded
what remains – rock pared to stubborn ridges,
pattern, too intricate to trace, maze of fissures in the layered stone
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About Upstairs at Duroc
Upstairs at Duroc is funded by donations and generously
supported by WICE. Since 1999, we have been publishing work by talented
authors and artists with an emphasis on the vibrant arts and literary
community of Paris. Our journal attracts submissions from both highly
acclaimed authors as well as previously unpublished writers whose
work is selected through anonymous evaluations by our editorial
board. Upstairs at Duroc and WICE host readings and exhibitions
in support of Paris-based writers and artists.
How to get a copy
Upstairs at Duroc is available at the WICE office and at
Paris readings for a donation of 8€. To order a copy and have
it sent to you, the donation is 11€ to cover shipping as well
as production costs. Please
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Stay Informed and Get Involved
We are always happy to welcome new volunteer staff members
with a literary or graphic design background. If you are interested
in participating in the production of Upstairs, please email
wice@wice-paris.org with the subject: Upstairs Volunteer.
If you would like to be kept informed about Upstairs' events,
please send your contact information to wice@wice-paris.org,
subject: Upstairs at Duroc.
To receive monthly updates on Paris-wide arts and literary
events, please email Jennifer Dick at fragment78@gmail.com and request to be added to the list. Addresses will never
be supplied to any other parties/organizations or revealed
in mailings.
Upstairs is seeking artwork and English language prose,
poetry, creative non-fiction and translations. Consult
the submission requirements for further details. Submissions are accepted from September
to January 31 of each year.
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