POISSON-CHAT & MOTS AMERS

Join us on Saturday, November 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at La Baleine Rouge, %E0 S%E8te, for a new edition of “Poisson-Chat & Mots Amers,” the poetry and literary gatherings hosted by Dominique Aussenac. There you’ll meet the poet Gisèle Pierra, whose gaze travels between here and elsewhere, yesterday and today. * The Guest Based in Pignan, Gisèle Pierra draws her inspiration from her early childhood in Khénifra, Morocco; from the voices and phrases she’s picked up in the cafés of Lodève, in Africa, and elsewhere; but also in art, her exhibitions, and the work of the poet Frank Ducros, her husband. An emeritus professor at Paul-Valéry University, Gisèle Pierra taught the artistic practices of the spoken word (theater, poetry) in French as a Foreign Language. Today, Gisèle Pierra devotes herself to poetic writing and public readings in French and Occitan, accompanied by musicians Gilles Siouffi on piano and Delphine Chomel on violin. * Her publications *Le corps la voix le texte*, Arts du langage en langue étrangère (L'Harmattan, 2006). * *Ciel renversé*, a collection of poetic prose from 1981 to 2021 (Lucie Éditions, 2021). * *Le c%E8dre bleu* (The Blue Cedar), Stories of Everything and Nothing (2022–2025), translated into Occitan by the author (Lucie %C9ditions, 2026). Discography: *Poèmes a cappella* (1999) and *Illuminations* by Arthur Rimbaud (2005), featuring piano improvisations by Gilles Siouffi. * The Organizer Event organized by the association Le Retour des Troubadours at La Baleine Rouge, an artistic community space in Sète, with the support of the City of Sète. Contact and reservations by email or phone.