Category Archives: Special guests

Antonia Alexandra Klimenko – guest poet at SpokenWord Monday 16th Feb

Antonia Alexandra Klimenko trained as an actress at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She was first introduced on the BBC and to the literary world by the legendary Tambimutttu of Poetry London–publisher of T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Bob … Continue reading

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Youssef Alaoui-Fdili – guest poet at SpokenWord Monday 9th Feb

Youssef Alaoui-Fdili is a 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 in Poetics from New College of California. There, he studied … Continue reading

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The Poetry Brothel in Paris: Open Call for poetry whores

For its Parisian event, The Poetry Brothel is ​looking for a batch of poetry whores: male and female, emerging and established, local and international. Are you a poet? Do you enjoy reading poetry in your bedroom at home? Have you ever … Continue reading

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25th November: have you seen this man?

Evan Knight has lived various lives. Professional wrestler, saxophonist, Nebraska poet and bicycle thief. Lately seen hanging around in the cellar of the Chat Noir bar in Paris, where according to one source he “typically reads one poem then buggers … Continue reading

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James Waltz’s goodbye

James Waltz, one of the protagonist of our season, left and went back to Kansas City. On his last Monday he read this farewell to Paris that we like to post here: “It is known that Paris is many cities … Continue reading

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Margo Berdeshevsky – 29th April at SpokenWord

“Margo Berdeshevsky understands the diabolical complexity of the human heart, and how eros is a form of intelligence as well as a drive. Writing with lyric accuracy and necessary forgiveness about the turmoils of love, she also declares the 8th … Continue reading

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Cralan Kelder – featured Poet for April 15th

Bio: Cralan Kelder publications include Big Deal Rimbaud (smallMinded 2011), Give Some Word (Shearsman 2010), City Boy (Longhouse 2007), and Lemon Red (Coracle 2005). Kelder edits Retort and lives in Amsterdam with the evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers and their children. Retort Cralan’s site

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Report from Navigation, 18th March

We start at 8.30 now, sign up in person at the bar from 7.30pm. Photos by Sabine, report by David. Amel sang Rocketman, David Sirois navigated the magnetic clouds. Tyrannosaurus Rex spoke to the hairless monkeys, and Yann. Melinda was … Continue reading

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Alice Notley reading at SpokenWord Monday March 11th

Alice Notley has published over thirty books of poetry, including (most recently) Culture of One and Songs and Stories of the Ghouls.  With her sons Anselm and Edmund Berrigan, she edited both The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan and The Selected Poems of Ted Berrigan.  Notley has received many prizes … Continue reading

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James Jewell’s book launch at SpokenWord 4th March

James Jewell’s book is out from Corrupt Press (see here) for 4 euros and will be launched in Europe at SpokenWord on Monday March 4th. Bio: James Jewell is a singer songwriter, poet and writer, originally from Pennsylvania, who has spent … Continue reading

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