”This week at The Dissident Salon, we welcome David Barnes, founder of Spoken Word Paris, writer, poet, and one of the steady forces behind two decades of literary community in this city.

Since 2003, David has been reading his poems in Paris bars, shaping work that bites, aches, laughs, and lingers. His collection Poets Are Liars Who Tell The Truth (corrupt press) gathers the strongest pieces from those years, poems tested in real rooms with real audiences. If you have ever passed through Spoken Word Paris, you have felt the world he helped build.

Now he brings that history and that craft to our stage.
Come listen. Then step forward yourself.”

📅 January 6, 2026
🕗 Sign‑ups at 8:00 PM
🎭 Three 45‑minute sessions at 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM, 11:00 PM
📍 The DISSIDENT Club, 58 rue Richer, 75009
🌐 thedissidentclub.org

🎤 OPEN MIC AFTER THE FEATURE
English, French, and all languages welcome.
Multilingual expressio