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Special Guests on 8th Feb 2016… Carey Downer & Henri Rizk

Our featured guests this Monday  are Carey Downer and Heni Rizk who will be perfoming two Valentine’s stetches for our enjoyment.  The first, ”Déjà Vu” was written by Nick Calder  Bans, and the second, ”To Kiss or Not to Kiss” was written by Carey Downer. Carey Downer is a … Continue reading

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Monday Feb 1st: our theme is “Tall Tales – Excuses” and our guest David Jaggard!

David Jaggard is an American-born-Paris-based composer, humorist and translator. Guess which of those three activities pays the bills. Between paying bills and yelling at Republicans on TV as though they can hear him, he writes a biweekly humor column called … Continue reading

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SpokenWord 25th Jan 2016 – Stormy weather with Winona Linn

Theme: Stormy weather Guest poet: Winona Linn A poet, visual artist, performer, teacher and spoken word artist originally from Kingston, Ontario, Linn made a name for herself in the thriving poetry community of Halifax, Nova Scotia while attending the University of … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Acevedo – guest poet Jan 18th

This Monday 18th Jan on SpokenWord… the theme is ROOTS and our guest poet is Elizabeth Acevedo. ELIZABETH ACEVEDO holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of … Continue reading

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René Ghosh has a new book out – & he’s our guest writer 11th Jan 2016

Born in 1972 and raised in Canada, René has lived in Paris since 1999. He has published two novels: Puppet Dancers (2014) and The Click Shortcuts (2015). He is hard at work on two more novels. He also writes 800-word … Continue reading

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December 21st our guest poet is Youssef Alaoui-Fdili. Theme: Winter

December 21st at SpokenWord, the theme is Winter and our guest poet: Youssef Alaoui-Fdili. Moroccan-Latino, born in California, his family and heritage are an endless source of inspiration for his varied, dark, spiritual and carnal writings. He has an MFA … Continue reading

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Amy Hollowell is our guest poet on 7th Dec

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Amy Hollowell has long been a part of the Anglophone poetry scene in Paris, where she has lived since 1982. She is the author of several poetry collections and chapbooks, most recently Here We Are (Presses … Continue reading

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Sebastian Marx guest stand up at SpokenWord this Monday

Sebastian is an American expat and stand up comedian living in Paris who performs his complete One Man Show in both French and English every Sunday at La Nouvelle Seine in Paris 75005. Every Friday, he hosts “The New York … Continue reading

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Monday Nov 23rd… steve dalachinsky is our guest poet

The theme is “Night” And our guest is steve dalachinsky steve dalachinsky was born in brooklyn after the last big war – has managed to survive lots of little wars – is a recent recipient of a chevelier d’ordre des … Continue reading

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Rachel Rose Reid – guest storyteller 2nd Nov 2015

Rachel Rose Reid was raised on a hybrid of immigrant oral tradition, English folk culture and concrete jungle. As a storyteller and spoken word artist she regularly bridges between all three worlds.She has performed her work at the Barbican (UK), … Continue reading

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