Paris Salon Intensives: Ovid and Herrera- Ancient and Modern mythologies

metamorphoses

The Paris studies are intensive not simply because we cram our work into one meeting: the energy that the original Salon group brings to the work is powerful and inspiring. Here is how one of the participants perfectly describes our recent study:

And once again, there we were, somehow suspended in space and time, flying above the bridges of Paris in Barbara’s little cabin in the sky, singing the praises of Ms Morrison, dancing along with her rhymes and rhythms, swimming in a foreign language that was so, but not so, familiar, wondering how the voice attached to words makes different sounds in our heads…it’s all so mysterious and wonderful.
The coming studies offer a range from classical Rome to contemporary border crossings– both works are a shorter length to accommodate busy schedules. There will also be a short story study on Friday the 12th — look for those details this coming weekend.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses as selected by Ted Hughes Saturday Feb. 13th 5-10 PM €45 for more details and registration: http://clone.checkyourtestsite.co.uk/course/tales-from-ovid-ted-hughes-translation-paris-salon-intensive/
In its length and metre, the Metamorphoses resembles an epic. But the opening lines describe the very different kind of poem that Ovid set out to write: an account of how from the beginning of the world right down to his own time bodies had been magically changed, by the power of the gods, into other bodies.
Signs Preceding End of World coverSigns Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera  Sunday Feb. 14th 3:30-8:30 PM €45 for more details and registration: http://clone.checkyourtestsite.co.uk/course/signs-preceding-by-yuri-herrera-paris-salon-intensive/
“This is a gorgeous, crisp little thing. And although Signs . . . is no epic – accounting for chapter breaks it clocks in at under 100 short pages – Yuri Herrera has managed to achieve such extraordinary scope, of space and meaning, without any sense of hurry or clutter … Signs… is an important work, given the tenor of the immigration debate in the US and internationally. Herrera and Makina make a mockery of old-order American patriotism, which is easy to do but tough to actually pull off. The whole book is in fact a tiny exercise in bold and clever writing done with verve.” Angus Sutherland, The Skinny
Perfect for the start of a Valentine’s Day celebration?
Coming studies in Paris to include (by popular request):  Vanity Faire, A study of the American Transcendentalists: Whitman, Emerson & Thoreau…other choices? Contact us

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