Rencontre SACRe avec Terri Witek le 17 avril 2026 à 17h-19h au CNSAD (2 rue du Conservatoire Paris 9è),
Modérée par Capucine Rullière et Laurent Estoppey
Title:  Reading Barthes +
Replayed in power point poetics, Terri Witek’s new field project depends on 3 things:
  1. we somewhat accidentally own 3 cemetery plots, only one of which is occupied
  2. J and I walk the next street over at dawn
  3. 3. I read Roland Barthes in translation a little each day
Terri Witek’s most recent books include her 2026 eco-poetics collection with Amaranth Borsuk, W/\ SH, and 2023’s Something’s Missing in This Museum (Anhinga Press) as well as a translation of 2018’s The Rape Kit into Malayalam by visual poet Dona Mayoora. Her work has been included in many anthologies, including 2 from 2021: JUDITH: Women Making Visual Poetry (Timglaset Editions) and the WAAVe Global Gallery (Hysterical Books). Witek’s solo and collaborative work has been featured in a wide variety of text venues, including Fence, The Colorado Review, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, American Poetry Review, Poetry, Slate, Hudson Review, Lana Turner, The New Republic, and UTSANGA.
With Brazilian visual artist Cyriaco Lopes (cyriacolopes.com) Witek co-founded Poetry in the Expanded Field in Stetson University’s low-residency MFA in Creative Writing; the duo have also led The Fernando Pessoa Game at the summer Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon.  Their two decades of collaborative text/image work as cyriacolopesterriwitek has been featured at ARCO in Madrid and in Seoul, Chania (Crete), Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Lisbon, Valencia (Spain) and many other art and literary venues. Collaborations with new media artist Matt Roberts (mattroberts.com) often use augmented reality and have been featured in Matanza (Colombia), Lisbon, Glasgow, Vancouver, Orlando and Miami. Recent work with weaver Paula Damm combines text/textile and has been shown in St Augustine and Germany.
Witek is recipient of multiple teaching awards, and remains core faculty in Poetry in the Expanded Field in Stetson University’s graduate Creative Writing program.
Terriwitek.com