Author Archives: David Barnes

With SpokenWord at maximum capacity, 3 rounds of poetry/stories/songs/stand up and the Culture Rapide packed out… With the BBC and Lonely Planet writing about us… With Xander and Sophie and Naomi’s books coming out… With the Strangers in Paris anthology … Continue reading →

BBC & Lonely Planet mention of the SpokenWord scene in Paris, with photo of SpokenWord at Culture Rapide. http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20110303-the-new-wave-of-parisian-literature

I’ve been working with Kathleen Spivack as my writing coach for 5 years. She’s great, and won the Allen Ginsberg Memorial Poetry Prize last year. Blurb below from Village Voice bookshop’s website. KATHLEEN SPIVACKA History of YearningTuesday, March 15th at … Continue reading →

by Alberto Crowded Spoken Word, we are starting earlier but we always finish at Midnight! Igor Limansky, first time on our stage, opens it: “We are drunk and naked, dancing by the light of non-decision in shoes made perfect by … Continue reading →

Brian reached for fresher air. “We are the monkeys that sharpened our sticks and played with fire.” Troy was his lusty, cop-feeling self. Claine spoke of vanished objects, like your hand holding my hip. Bernard conjured up a ginkgo biloba … Continue reading →

A message from Alberto… Welcome to Writers Get Violent! Welcome to the first fight club for bohemians. Struggling writers of Paris, sick of mutual readings, snobby criticism, sappy feedbacks in writing workshops, decide to fight. A literary event our good … Continue reading →

To be taken seriously as a writer, it’s important to have sleeping problems: follow the steps of Franz Kafka, Sylvia Plath, William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman in this all-night poetry lock-in. If you’re stuck for inspiration, need to write an … Continue reading →

Spoken Word 31 January 2011 January’s gone but the cold remains, wolves and foxes gathered at Culture Rapide where “il faut (pas) se méfier des mots….” From the list tonight: Dylan, Benjamin, Ariel: “I want to be an artist forever … Continue reading →

Great night ladies and gentlemans, I do think so, we started with Dylan Harris reading his poem The Player from his book Antwerp, David reading a poem by Alexander Maksik from Issue Zero Magazine, now on sale: yesterday at the … Continue reading →