Read selections from the first ever edition of Embrasser!


FOR THE ELCTROCUTED OWL/POUR L’HIBOU ÉLÉCTROCUTÉ
by: Clare L. Martin/Translation by: David Cheramie

Pocking Eggs-------------Pâquer les œufs
Written & Translated by: Kirby Jambon

Because You're Gone-------------Parce que T'es Gone
by: Meredith Alongi/Edited by: Nathan Rabelais

Little poems about Poitiers------------Tits poèmes sur Poitiers
Written & Translated by: Margo Hebert

EMBRASSER is a new literary journal focusing on literature from French-speaking diasporas, exploring the many regions and cultures in which French is spoken outside of France. Our first issue will focus on Louisiana culture and language, and be released in Lafayette, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, 2015. The issue’s contents will appear both in English and in Louisiana French. Future issues will focus on French and French-language cultures throughout the world.

LE MOT / THE WORD

 

On September 14th, 2013, during the Third Annual Elemore Morgan, Jr. Fall Fest Art Walk, LE MOT / THE WORD was presented at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. LE MOT / THE WORD was a multi-lingual poetry event featuring performances by Darrell Bourque, Brenda Cary, David Cheramie, J. Bruce Fuller, Michael J. LeBlanc, Clare L. Martin, Patrice Melnick, and Gerd Wuestemann and MC'd by Jonathan Penton. It celebrated the Acadiana Center for the Arts, The Festival of Words, Embrasser Journal, and the Steampunk and Makers' Faire, and had the organizational assistance of Elizabeth Burk, Gwendolyn Richard, Rosalyn Spencer, and Emily Thibodeaux.