VLAK at the London Small Publishers Fair

VLAK Magazine, in conjunction with Equus Press and Litteraria Pragensia Books, will be represented at this year's London Small Publishers Fair, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th November 2011, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. The SPF is international fair celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers; together with a programme of readings and talks (including the launch of VLAK 2 and Louis Armand's novel Clair Obscur).

In Memoriam

VLAK mourns the death of ALI DAGHMAN, killed in Syria 15 August, 2011. His essay on power and resistance, published in VLAK 2, can be read here: http://issuu.com/litteraria/docs/ali_daghman. Ali was an intellectually fearless and committed man, and it was our great honour to have known him. Our thoughts go out to his family and his fiancée. May he rest in peace.

VLAK at the Bauhaus

VLAK 2 EST ARRIVÉ

Copies of VLAK 2 can now be ordered direct from the publisher, Litteraria Pragensia. V2 features:

DAVID HAYMAN on Robert Motherwell

Poetry by VINCENT KATZ

Excerpts from PHILIPPE SOLLERS’ H

NIALL LUCY on Jacques Derrida

Poetry by ALICE NOTLEY

Excerpts from EMMANUELLE PIREYRE’s General Spectacular

JEROEN NIEUWLAND on Monika Cichon

Fiction by HOLLY TAVEL

JOHN KINSELLA & URS JAEGGI’s Tractortatus Illogico

LOUIS ARMAND on Pierre Joris

ADAM TRACHTMAN’s photoessay on Morocco

Excerpts from LEÏLA SEBBAR’s Mon cher fils

Excerpts from DORRA CHAMMAM Reefs & other consequences

Poetry by MONCEF GACHEM

JANE LEWTY on Mahmud Darwish

STEPHAN DELBOS on Ali Ahmed Said (Adonis)

ALI DAGHMAN on Power & Resistance

Poetry by MEHDI MAHFOUDH

DAWN FOWLER on David Greig

Performance text by KEN EDWARDS

Photoessay by VADIM ERENT

CARLA HARRYMAN’s Mirror Play / Spiegelspiel

Fiction by ANDRÉ JAHN

Fiction by TRAVIS JEPPESEN

Graffics by KAREL JERIE

STEVE McCAFFERY on James Joyce

Poetry by HANK LAZER

PHIL COATES on Ian Hays, Joyce & Duchamp

ANN HAMILTON on Montage or the Will to Power

MARJORIE PERLOFF on Gertrude Stein

DAVID VICHNAR on Michal Ajvaz

MICHAL AJVAZ Interviewed

Artwork by LUCIE SKŘIVÁNKOVÁ

Poetry by PAVEL NOVOTNÝ, ONDŘEJ BUDDEUS, JONÁŠ HÁJEK &

ADAM BORZIČ

Collages by MARK MELNICOVE

ADRIAN CLARKE on Karen Mac Cormack

Collages by J/J HASTAIN

ALI ALIZADEH on Avant-Gardism in the Antipodes

Poems/texts by ANIA WALWICZ, CLAIRE POTTER, FELICITY PLUNKETT, GIG RYAN, JELTJE, JUSTIN CLEMENS, MATT HETHERINGTON, MICHAEL FARRELL, NICOLE TOMLINSON, PiO, PAM BROWN, SEBASTIAN GURCIULLO, CHRIS EDWARDS, MATT HALL, DJ HUPPATZ

TEREZA STEJSKALOVÁ on Czech 1990s Photography

Poem by CHARLES BERNSTEIN

Performance text by STEVE BENSON

KATARZYNA BAZARNIK on Liberature

ZENON FAJFER on Liberature

Artwork by MICHAL ŠANDA

Poetry by ANDREW NIGHTINGALE

Collaboration by Amaranth Borsuk, KATE DURBIN, ZACH KLEYN

Poetry by REDELL OLSEN, JANE LEWTY, CLODY CLEVIDENCE, ELEZA JAEGER, MEGAN M. GARR, SARA NICHOLSON, AMY DE’ATH

LOUIS ARMAND on Vincent Farnsworth

Poetry by LARRY SAWYER, PETRA GANGLBAUER, AMY KING, BRENDAN LORBER, CHRIS MARTIN, CORRINE FITZPATRICK, JASON MORRIS, MACGREGOR CARD, NINA ZIVANCEVIC, NOAH ELI GORDON

Fiction by JOHAN DE WIT & DAMIEN OBER

Poetry by STEPHAN DELBOS, KAMIL BOUŠKA, CRALAN KELDER, ROBERT SHEPPARD, FRANCESCO LEVATO

Texts/photography by JOSHUA MENSCH & VINCENT DACHY

Coming soon in VLAK 2

David Hayman, Vincent Katz, Philippe Sollers, Niall Lucy, Alice Notley, Emmanuelle Pireyre, Jeroen Nieuwland, Holly Tavel, John Kinsella, Urs Jaeggi, Louis Armand, Adam Trachtman, Leïla Sebbar, Dorra Chammam, Moncef Gachem, Jane Lewty, Stephan Delbos, Ali Daghman, Mehdi Mahfoudh, Dawn Fowler, Ken Edwards, Vadim Erent, Carla Harryman, Andre Jahn, Travis Jeppesen, Karel Jerie, Steve McCaffery, Hank Lazer, Phil Coates, Ann Hamilton, Petra Ganglbauer, Marjorie Perloff, David Vichnar, Michal Ajvaz, Lucie Skrivanková, Pavel Novotný, Ondřej Buddeus, Jonáš Hájek, Adam Borzič, Mark Melnicove, Adrian Clarke, j/j hastain, Ali Alizadeh, Ania Walwicz, Claire Potter, Felicity Plunkett, Gig Ryan, Jeltje, Justin Clemens, Matt Hetherington, Michael Farrell, Nicole Tomlinson, PiO, Pam Brown, Sebastian Gurciullo, Chris Edwards, Matt Hall, DJ Huppatz, Tereza Stejskalová, Charles Bernstein, Steve Benson, Katarzyna Bazarnik, Zenon Fajfer, Michal Šanda, Andrew Nightingale, Amaranth Borsuk, Kate Durbin, Zach Kleyn, Redell Olson, Clody Clevidence, Eleza Jaeger, Megan M. Garr, Sara Nicholson, Amy De’Ath, Larry Sawyer, Amy King, Brendan Lorber, Chris Martin, Corrine Fitzpatrick, Jason Morris, Macgregor Card, Nina Zivancevic, Noah Eli Gordon, Johan De Wit, Damien Ober, Joshua Mensch, Kamil Bouška, Cralan Kelder, Robert Sheppard, Francesco Levato, Vincent Dachy...

Launch: 15 May at the Prague Microfestival

Prague Microfestival + VLAK 2 launch

VLAK magazine (www.vlakmagazine.com) and Psí Víno (www.psivino.cz), in co-operation with Versal Magazine (www.wordsinhere.com) and VEER Books (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/cprc/publications/veer-books), invite you to the 3rd Prague Microfestival, 14-18 May, 2011.

Venue: Krásný Ztráty, Náprstkova 10, Praha 1, Staré Město (www.krasnyztraty.cz)

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PROGRAM
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[*Friday 13 May, pre-Microfest fiction evening at Klub Utopia, Bělehradská 45, Praha 2, from 7.30pm. Featuring Thor Garcia, Holly Tavel, Ken Nash, Louis Armand--with the launch of Thor Garcia's TUND from Litteraria Pragensia.]

*Saturday 14 May, Krásný ztráty
6.00pm
Discussion: "Poetics & Translocality"
8.00pm
Reading: Carla Harryman, Keston Sutherland, Lenka Daňhelová, Alistair Noon, Barrett Watten

*Sunday 15 May, Krásný ztráty
6.00pm
Launch event: VLAK 2
Ondřej Buddeus, Jane Lewty, Adam Borzič, Joshua Mensch, Carla Harryman, Stephan Delbos, Jeroen Nieuwland, Kasia Bazarnik, Zenon Fejfer, Megan M. Garr, Michal Šanda, David Vichnar

*Monday 16 May, Krásný ztráty
6.00pm
Reading: Donna Stonecipher, Sean Bonney, Aodan McCardle, Stephen Mooney, Ulli Freer, Jan Těsnohlídek
9.00pm
Launch event: Maurice Scully, Gilbert Adair (Veer books).

*Tuesday 17 May, Krásný ztráty
6.00pm
Reading: Sylva Fischerová, Dagmar Pokorná, Megan M. Garr, Martin Skýpala, Jane Lewty
9.00pm
Launch event: Versal 9 (Versal Magazine)

*Wednesday 18 May, Krásný ztráty
6.00pm
Reading: Catherine Hales, Josef Straka, Laura Conway, Louis Armand, Karla Kelsey
9.00pm
Launch event: David Vichnar, Louis Armand, and Stephan Delbos (Litteraria Pragensia Books)

*All events are in both English and Czech.
*Free entry.

Supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland, the Centre for Critical & Cultural Theory, and Centre for Irish Studies, Charles University.

V2

Coming soon in VLAK 2: Marjorie Perloff on Gertrude Stein, Adrian Clarke on Karen Mac Cormack, Niall Lucy on Jacques Derrida, Louis Armand on Pierre Joris, David Vichnar on Michal Ajvaz, Kasia Bazarnik on Liberature, Jeroen Nieuwland on Monika Cichon, Ali Alizadeh on Australian poetry, David Hayman’s unpublished interviews with Robert Motherwell, translations of Philippe Sollers, Dorra Chammam, Emmanuelle Pireyre, Mehdi Mahfoudh, Moncef Gachem, Leila Sebbar, Ondřej Buddeus, photo essays by Adam Trachtman and Vadim Erent, poetry by Alice Notley, Pam Brown, Charles Bernstein, Ania Walwicz, Vincent Katz, Urs Jaeggi, John Kinsella, Hank Lazar, Ken Edwards, Larry Sawyer, Amy De'Ath, Megan M. Garr, Amy King, Steve Benson, Francesco Levato... & much much more!

VLAK 1 online at issuu.com/litteraria