La Librairie Le Feu Follet is delighted to host an event dedicated to the poet Renée Vivien.

"It would be safe to say that the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair boasts some of the finest bookish treasures one can find. Entering into the Upper East Side’s Park Avenue Armory for the annual event, now in its 63rd edition and running through April 30, bibliophiles will find booths upon booths (nearly 200, to be more exact) filled with treasures any library would dream of having."

"The admission of women to perfect equality would be the surest mark of civilization; it would double the intellectual powers of humankind and its chances of happiness." Although she claimed to have experienced every facet of love, Valerie Solanas likely never read these lines by Stendhal. With no hope and no compromise toward the male gender, she conceived a misandrist utopia of staggering violence. Edition-Originale presents the genesis and history of SCUM, a virulent feminist pamphlet that stands in stark contrast to the egalitarian humanism of Olympe de Gouges, yet is grounded in a sociological diagnosis of formidable acuity. Oscillating between revolutionary political programme, paranoid delirium, and poetic text, Solanas’s manifesto ultimately sketches a world in which the lives of most men would be harsher than those of Saracen slaves.

Librairie Le Feu Follet is pleased to host an event around the poet Renée Vivien with the participation of Imogen Bright, Suzette Robichon and Camille Islert.

Start spreadin' the news, Le Feu Follet comes to New York! We've made a brand new catalogue, right through the very heart of Literature, Voyage, Art & Activism...

From fairy tales to the battle of the sexes, Edition-Originale explores the other 364 days of womanhood and the strategies employed by female authors to envision a world different from that of the medieval poet Christine de Pizan, who wrote: "The existence of most women is harsher than that of slaves among the Saracens."

Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair, Saatchi Gallery, 18-21 May 2023, Stand A9

Melanie Shi, a Ruggles prize honoree, Chinese Studies MA student and educator, shares the stuff that most piques her interes at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2023 (NYABF 2023).

“In the heart of the Vè arrondissement, the premises house a rich collection of original documents dating back to Dadaism. Among the leaflets, drawings and collections of poems are the poster announcing the Dada visit to Saint-Julien-Le-Pauvre, as well as original works by Paul Eluard and Louis Aragon.”