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Dominica Selvaggio is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, November 10th! Monday’s Theme: BREATH

Nica Selvaggio (she/they) is a Chicago born, Indiana made, Seattle formed poet/writer/therapist who is still trying to find their place in the story of all things. They are a non-binary and queer human who finds healing writing about the things … Continue reading

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Zac Graves is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, November 3rd! Monday’s Theme: WITCH

Zac Graves is a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges the worlds of spoken word, music, and storytelling. A poet, songwriter, voice-over artist, and teacher, he brings a rare versatility to the stage, drawing audiences in with performances that balance raw … Continue reading

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Robin Bobo is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 27th! Monday’s Theme: SELF-LOVE

Robin Bobo is a Chicago based spoken word artist, poet, and author whose voice has been featured on stages across the world. A multiNational Spoken Word Award winner and member of The Collective slam team, Robin is known for her … Continue reading

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William Strangmeyer is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 20th! Monday’s Theme: SEARCH

William Walrond Strangmeyer was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and Brofus, New Jersey, where he went to Rugrats University, starting out as a classics major, changing to musicology and finishing with an abnormal psychology, … Continue reading

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Kim B. Miller is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 6th! Monday’s Theme: LABELS

Kim B Miller is a multi-disciplinary performing artist. She is Prince William County, Manassas & Manassas Park, Virginia US Poet Laureate Emerita and the (first and only) Black Poet Laureate for that region. Her poems have been published in an … Continue reading

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Floyd Humphrey is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 22nd! Monday’s Theme: OBSESSION

Floyd Humphrey–“I started writing poems in school while I was studyig English litterature and I copied they style of Keats, Byron and Yeats. Many years later I was advised by the Liverpool poet Brian Patten to find my own voice … Continue reading

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Judymay Murphy is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 15th! Monday’s Theme: ROADS

Irish poet Judymay Murphy lives in London and performs her poetry on stages all around the world including at the annual UNICEF Galas in London and Vienna. She’s a double graduate of Trinity College Dublin’s Samuel Beckett Centre for Drama … Continue reading

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Alice Gretton is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 8th! Monday’s Theme: SPACE

Alice Gretton is an award winning spoken word artist, painting tapestries with words and performance. Kent’s poet for National Poetry Day 2019. Alice has won the United Kingdom Young Artist award, received mentoring from Canterbury’s Poet Laureate Lemn Sissay, and … Continue reading

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SpokenWord in September

Here are the coming themes (feel free to ignore them!) and special guest poets! Sept 1st — Summer’s End — no guest, entirely open micSept 8th — Space — Alice GrettonSept 15th — Roads — Judymay MurphySept 22nd — Obsession … Continue reading

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28th July’s SpokenWord cancelled due to illness

Unfortunately the 28th July SpokenWord has had to be cancelled due to illness. So the summer break is starting a little earlier than planned. SpokenWord will start up again Monday 1st September at the Chat Noir. Cheers all, David Barnes

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