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Les Figues Press creates aesthetic conversations between readers, writers, and artists.
Official mission statement: Les Figues Press seeks to educate and encourage public appreciation of aesthetic-based writing and other art forms, and to further the discussion of literature and aesthetics in our time. By “aesthetic-based,” we mean work that grounds itself within a cultural tradition and holds the artist responsible for that cultural participation. We believe innovations in literature are not intuitively known, and that authors have an artistic obligation to assist the public in understanding and assessing writing that is as deeply serious as it is unfamiliar. We publish unconventional literature and poetics in order to introduce innovative work to the larger community, and to invigorate public and academic debate about experimental literature and literary aesthetics. We do not see ourselves as gatekeeper, but gate, providing a portal for literature that is difficult, demanding or otherwise unacceptable to an increasingly risk-averse publishing industry—literature whose existence is vital for a thriving culture.
Les Figues is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

My Blog

A Happy Man Has a Book Club

http://www.forewordmagazine.com/blogs/bookclub/ ForeWord Magazine has selected Les Figues title "A Happy Man and Other Stories" as a book club pick. Download the title story "A Happy Man" for free an...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:00 GMT

The Other Blog

Hey, what's going on here? What's the excitement? Who are you? Oh, oh, okay, it's time to check out Give a Fig, the official Les Figues Press blog, with guest writers Jennifer Karmin, Sawako Nakayas...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT

Christine Wertheim -- Hear Her Read

Christine Wertheim, author of +|'me'S-pace, now has a blog by the same name. We can't wait to see how she develops this space --- right now, for those who haven't heard Christine read (or, for those w...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 19:56:00 GMT

The Noulipian Analects: Book Release in NYC

Book Release Party: The noulipian AnalectsPlease join Les Figues Press and editors Christine Wertheim & Matias Viegener, to celebrate The noulipian Analects, an alphabetical survey of constrained writ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:38:00 GMT

GIVE A FIG Benefit Auction

The "GIVE A FIG" Benefit Auction for Les Figues Press is happening soon!Saturday, December 1, 2007Admission: $15-$25 Suggested DonationAuction Items Will Include:-"Kale for Stray Bunny" Print by Steph...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:48:00 GMT

The noulipian Analects

Les Figues Press is pleased to announce the publication of The noulipian Analects.http://www.lesfigues.com/lfp/index.php?id=133The noulipian Analects is an alphabetical survey of constrained writing i...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:59:00 GMT

Voice of Ice (Voix de Glace)

Les Figues Press is pleased to announce the publication of Voice of Ice (Voix de Glace) by Alta Ifland. http://www.lesfigues.com/lfp/index.php?id=132Voice of Ice is a series of prose poems about the e...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Special Student/Artist/Writer Membership

Dear Readers,Les Figues is pleased to announce a new student/artist/writer membership. For$25, you can join Les Figues and choose any two regular titles from the currentTrenchArt series [Parapet]. As ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:47:00 GMT

+|'me'S-pace

Les Figues Press is pleased to announce the publication of +|'me'S-pace, doc001b by Christine Wertheim and the society for cUm|n' linguistics (scUm) is nowavailabe online at: http://www.lesfigues.com/...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:29:00 GMT

From MJT to SMELL

Thanks for coming to the Museum of Jurassic Technology last night to celebrate +|'me'S-pace by Christine Wertheim and Academonia by Dodie Bellamy. The rooftop readings were excellent, the crowd jovial...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:22:00 GMT