Author Archives: Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

Nina Zivancevic is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, November 13th! Monday’s Theme: LOSS

Nina Zivancevic Poet, essayist, fiction writer, playwright, art critic, translator and contributing editor to NY ARTS magazine from Paris, Serbian-born Nina Zivancevic has published 15 books of poetry. She has also written three books of short stories, two novels and … Continue reading

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James Berg is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, November 6th! Monday’s Theme: STUCK

James Berg is a writer and musician. His album Trouble is making its way to the streaming services; the title track will be released in November. His poetry and prose have been published in Chicago and Paris in publications such as The Bastille, While … Continue reading

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Ben MacCaoilte is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 30th! Monday’s Theme: ALTER-EGO

Ben MacCaoilte is a bilingual poet from Ireland writing and performing in both Irish and English. Ben brings beautifully formed poetry to the stage. Impossibly detailed worlds are revealed in tight verses, inspired by people, places and lives that mattered. … Continue reading

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Emily Ruck Keene is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 23rd! Monday’s Theme: LEAVES

Emily Ruck Keene is a writer. By day she is paid to tell others’ stories. By night she writes her own. For over a decade she has been a volunteer for the creative association Paris Lit Up, is a former … Continue reading

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Chris Burke is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 9th! Monday’s Theme: HINDSIGHT

Chris Burke is an English-Irish writer and journalist whose debut collection of poetry, The Noise of Everything at Once, was published by Happy House Books in 2017. He has won second prize in the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition and … Continue reading

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Clairette Durand-Gasselin is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 2nd! Monday’s Theme: RITES

Clairette Durand-Gasselin (@clairettedg) is a bilingual poet and visual artist. She lived in the US from 2014 to 2022, and now resides in Montreuil, France. She has been the Artistic Director of Mad Gleam Press, and is now a Blog … Continue reading

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Dick Turner is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 25th! Monday’s Theme: HELL

DICK TURNERBorn, and currently living.Founder of IDEAISM (not Idealism) and inventor of its physical manifestation, The Smile Machine.Member of the Arthur Craven Society. Member and Secretary (Rumored) of the Exclusionist League.Member (Lifetime) of the Association of Free Practitioners of Aleatoric … Continue reading

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Lisa Pasold is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 11th! Monday’s Theme: ITCH

Originally from Montreal, poet Lisa Pasold is the author of five critically-acclaimed books. Her work has appeared in publications such as New American Writing, The Globe and Mail and Fence. Lisa is the creator of Improbable Walks, story-telling walks focusing on legends and place … Continue reading

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John High is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 4th! Monday’s Theme: BITE

Poet and Zen monk, John High (Ninso) has received fellowships from the National Ednowment of the Arts, the National Endowment of the Humanities, four Fulbright fellowships. He is the author of over a dozen books, including his most recent novel Scrolls of … Continue reading

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Diana Norma Szokolyai is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, July 24th! Monday’s Theme: PUSH

Diana Norma Szokolyai is a writer, teacher, and Artistic Director of Cambridge Writers’ Workshop, an organization that leads writing retreats in France, Spain, and the US. Her writing appears Critical Romani Studies, The Poetry Miscellany, The Boston Globe, Up the Staircase Quarterly, … Continue reading

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