Open Secret this Wednesday features Brandon Williamson. Also a mini-set from Miguel Justice. . .Theme – “Poetry is the passionate pursuit of the real.”

8:30pm sign-up, 9pm show, at Le Bistrot des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais, 75005, Paris. Metro Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Saint-Michel (line 4). Welcome!

Brandon Williamson is the founder and creator of the internationally recognized Pure Ink Poetry Slam in Buffalo, NY.  He trained and led his slam team to become Empire State and International poetry slam champions, while using his theater skills to win multiple poetry slams throughout North America.  He was a featured performer in the 2014 production of Dwayne Morgan’s When Brothers Speak – the largest and longest running poetry concert of its type in North America. Brandon and his Pure Ink Poetry slam team are 2 time QEW International Poetry Slam champions.  Brandon self produced a CD titled “The Morning After[math]” and recently published “Critical Lens,” a book presenting a poet’s view of the world around him.

Pure Ink’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_-CyqZipMfR3Kv8w1X9oQ