Dorothy’s Gallery, American Center for the Arts, is co sponsoring « Aller Retour Paris, an exhibition,  May 6 to 10, and a festive evening, May 7, dedicated to the legendary American writer  Henry Miller.

The Henry Miller festival is organised in collaboration with :

– The Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, California.
– Shakespeare and Company,the historic parisien english language bookstore
– Mary Duncan, Director of the Paris Writers Group and Paris Writers Press

Special Evening – MAY 7 at 7pm
Join us at Dorothy’s Gallery for a reception/celebration with talks by speakers from three countries with a film, food and wine on May 7 at 19:00.

Poetry readings with: Maria Garcia Teutsch and J. Hope Stein

Music, Al Rose

Mary Duncan will give a talk on the live recording of Henry Miller.

Aller Retour Paris (May 4-12, 2014): a week of art, poetry, film, and music celebrating the city’s role in shaping Henry Miller as a writer and raconteur, hosted by yours truly,

The festival will be anchored by a pop-up bookstore at the legendary Shakespeare & Company that will include an exhibit of rare manuscripts, letters, and books. We’ve already lined up some amazing events including a screening of Michael Polish‘s acclaimed film “Big Sur,” the “best of” the Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, dinner parties, an opening nighty party hosted by Ping-Pong, our literary magazine!

more details to come . . .