0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)
Check out this review of Nicole Peyrafitte & Miles Joris-Peyrafitte’s film Basil King: Mirage. Basil King: Mirage by patrick brennan photo courtesy of the filmmakers Among context invoking in-betweens such as essays, interviews, reviews and descriptions, it’s not that often that an artist can be so influentially positioned to shape these as in Nicole [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Miles Joris-Peyrafitte'
Dr. Skinnybones in Brooklyn
December 22nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Music, Uncategorized
Missed Thursday night’s Dr. Skinnybones Brooklyn gig, but Nicole went & recorded the following 3 bits. Enjoy Jake Williams (guitar & voice), Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (drums) & Burke Williams (bass).
Basil King: Mirage & More
September 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Art, Autobiography, Celebration, Conference, Film, Homage, Poetry, Video, Visual Arts
Saturday September 22 FILM PREMIERE BASIL KING : MIRAGE a film co-directed by Nicole Peyrafitte & Miles Joris-Peyrafitte at Anthology Film Archives 32 2nd Ave – NYC Basil King: Mirage Trailer from miles joris-peyrafitte on Vimeo. Saturday September 22 FILM PREMIERE BASIL KING: MIRAGE We are really exited about the premiere of our 22 mn documentary film on painter [...]
Bad Education: Dr. Skinnybones New Release!
September 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · CD Release, Concert, Music, Performances
This is family promotion! So, first off, happy birthday Miles! Besides being my son, he is also 1/2 of the core of the band, co-songwriter & drummer. Go listen & buy Dr. Skinnybones’ new CD or try to catch some of their shows: coming Thursday opening for Amanda Palmer (ex-Dresden Dolls) @ Bard College, then, [...]
Paris Reading X 3
June 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Paris, Poetry readings, Uncategorized
June 14th: Pierre Joris, Sylvia Mae Gorelick and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte 19h15, 14th June, Bar Long Island, 47 rue Washington, M George V. Pierre Joris’ most recent publications are his translation of The Meridian: Final Version—Draſts—Materials by Paul Celan. (Stanford U.P. 2011),Canto Diurno #4: The Tang Extending from the Blade (poems) as a 2010 Ahadada eBook, Justifying the Margins: Essays [...]
Tags: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte·Pierre Joris·Sylvia Mae Gorelick
St. Jacques’ “The Fear of Landing”
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · CD Release, Music
The Fear of Landing, the first CD by the group St. Jacques (Miles Joris-Peyrafitte — acoustic guitar, banjo, bass & lead vocals— & Aidan Shepard — drums, bass, backing vocals and electric guitar) is just out. All the music is composed by Joris-Peyrafitte and Shepard, and all the lyrics are by Joris-Peyrafitte. It is available [...]
He Gone? No, He Back!
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Jazz, Live Reading
Didn’t know what was wrong with New York this last month, but it felt uncanny, unheimlich, no one saying savvy rude things to you or the guy next to you, no one slapping you on the back calling you names or complaining about this or that as you enter Katz’s, no one offering unasked for [...]
Tags: Erika Dagnino·Miles Joris-Peyrafitte·Nicole Peyrafitte·Ras Moshe·Steve Dalachinsky·Sylvia Gorelick
Winter, Sebald, Norwich, Poetry Marathon, Soju, & more
January 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Blogs, Collectages, Essays, Music, Performances, Poetry readings
A quiet evening spent looking out at the wintery landscape here in Brooklyn while spending time online, nomadically moving from one site to another, finally reading Le Monde’s political pages, then its book section keeping Pierre Assouline’s blog La république des livres for last, which in turn led me to a strange and marvelous blog [...]
Tags: Hendrick Avercamp·Miles Joris-Peyrafitte·Nicole Peyrafitte·Sébastien Chevalier·W.G. Sebald
Moving & Music
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Packing the books, what’s the first thing to do? To set aside my copy of Walter Benjamin’s Denkbilder so as to be able to reread “Ich packe meine Bibliothek aus (I unpack my library)” during the necessary breaks between boxes. Might as well keep out Jean-Luc Nancy’s On the Commerce of Thinking: Of Books & [...]
Tags: Jean-Luc Nancy·Miles Joris-Peyrafitte·Nicole Peyrafitte·Walter bernjamin
"Counting to Infinity" Shown at Cannes Film Festival
May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Film
Last year son Miles had the lead role in an indie film written & produced by Derek Morse, called Counting to Infinity. Below an email by Derek announcing that his film is being shown at the Cannes Film Festival this year, so for anyone lucky enough to hang thataway these days, check it out: Counting [...]
Tags: Cannes Film Festival·Counting to Infinity·Derek Morse·Miles Joris-Peyrafitte