Eight Selections from: Octopoems

Authors

  • Barbara Beck
  • Michelle Noteboom
  • Lisa Pasold
  • Jennifer K. Dick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18422/79-2825

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Author Biographies

Barbara Beck

Barbara Beck is a poet and translator living in Paris. Her most recent publication is (drought), Estepa Editions, Paris, 2020, with artwork by Judith Wolfe. She has translated work by Vannina Maestri, Dominique Quelen, Tahar Bekri and Jerome Game, among others. From 2002 to 2020 she was editor of Upstairs at Duroc, the Paris-based literary journal, which, until COVID hit the city, took an active part in the Anglo poetry scene, hosting readings and events at several venues.

Michelle Noteboom

Michelle Noteboom is the author of Roadkill (Corrupt Press, 2013), The Chia Letters (Dusie Kollektiv 2009), Edging (Cracked Slab Books, 2006), which won the Heartland Poetry Prize, and Hors-cage (in French translation by Frédéric Forte, Editions de l’attente, 2010). Originally from Michigan, she has lived in Paris since 1991 where she translates films for the French audio-visual industry, and co-curated the Ivy Writers bilingual reading series with Jennifer K. Dick for over 10 years. 

Lisa Pasold

Lisa Pasold divides her time between Paris and Tio'tia:ke/Montréal. She has six books of fiction and poetry; her 2012 poetic narrative Any Bright Horse was shortlisted for Canada’s Governor General’s Award. To develop her book-length works, she has been writing daily poems for two decades; the resulting poems have appeared in magazines such as Room, Fence and New American Writing.

Jennifer K. Dick

Jennifer K. Dick is an author, translator, events organizer and academic with four books and seven art/chapbooks most recently That Which I Touch Has No Name (BlackSpring Press Group, London, 2022), Meridian (artist book, Estepa Editions, Paris, 2022) & Lilith: A Novel in Fragments (Corrupt Books, Luxembourg, 2019). Her 5th collection of poems, Shelf Break, is forthcoming from BlazeVox in NYC 2026. She teaches at the Université de Haute Alsace-Mulhouse, France, curates the bilingual reading series Ivy Writers Paris and co-directs the Ecrire l’Art residency for French authors with La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d’Art Contemporain.

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Published

2026-09-24

How to Cite

Beck, Barbara, et al. “Eight Selections From: Octopoems”. New American Studies Journal: A Forum, vol. 79, Sept. 2026, doi:10.18422/79-2825.

Issue

Vol. 79 (2026): Paris Anglophone Writing: a Special NASJ Issue

Section

Paris Tributes and Collectivities

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