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Marc Nair to Guest at SpokenWord Paris February 5th–Monday’s Theme: Plastic

Marc Nair is a poet and photographer from Singapore. His works bear witness to beauty, truth and hope. His latest collection is Intersection, a poetic and visual architecture of space and memory created together with artist Nicola Anthony. He has … Continue reading

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Matthew Silver to Guest at SpokenWord Paris January 29th–Monday’s Theme: Going in-Seine!

Matthew Silver is a performance artist from New York City who plays a “village idiot” character, acting as a “clown” and “trickster” in order to parody social norms.  He has been in several viral videos in which he performs his … Continue reading

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Cecilia Knapp to Guest at SpokenWord Paris January 22nd–Monday’s Theme: Bodies

Cecilia Knapp is a British poet, play write and performer.  She has performed all over the UK and internationally. Commissions include the TATE Britain and the BBC and she has been featured in Vogue as one of the UK’s young … Continue reading

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Ed Bell to Guest at SpokenWord Paris January 15th–Monday’s Theme: Betrayal

Host and editor at Paris Lit Up and pianist and mouth harpist for Idiot Waltz, Ed Bell has his ass between two chairs. Sprinkle theatrical ambitions into the mix, and you have a disaster musical waiting to happen. Ferociously juggling … Continue reading

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James Berg to Guest at SpokenWord Paris January 8th–Monday’s Theme: Stars

Dividing his time between the United States and France, James Berg performs as a poet, musician, and storyteller. He ‘poems’ on a vintage Brother typewriter in museums, galleries, and events as part of the collaborative, Poems While You Wait. His … Continue reading

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Ryan Hamilton to Guest at SpokenWord Paris December 18th–Monday’s Theme: Love!–Don’t Hate

Ryan Hamilton is a 24 year old poet, father to his son, Zayn, and student in West Virginia who believes in the power of love. His two books “A Real Love Story” (2012) “Let’s Change the World: The Misfit Kid” … Continue reading

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Andrew Sweeny to Guest at SpokenWord Paris December 11th–Monday’s Theme: Duality

Born in 1971, Andrew is a Canadian born musician, writer, teacher, and poetic adventurer who has lived in the Paris area since 2003.  Andrew has released a couple of folk music albums in France and continues to be a prolific … Continue reading

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Sarah Saltiel to Guest at SpokenWord Paris November 20th–Monday’s Theme: Echoes of the Past

Sarah “Sam” Saltiel is a queer nonbinary transmedia artist based in Chicago where she is finishing up a triple major in English, Visual Arts, and Creative Writing. She’s been writing since second grade, when she made her first attempt at … Continue reading

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Richard Earls to Guest at SpokenWord Paris November 13th–Monday’s Theme: The Human Condition

Richard Earls writes and performs poetry and songs on the UK and Paris spoken word circuit on subjects as diverse as love, war, family, death and desperation on the dance floor. A musician and songwriter for four decades, he was … Continue reading

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Nina Zivancevic to Guest at SpokenWord Paris November 6th—Monday’s Theme: War and Peace

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 12 books of poetry. She has also written three books of short stories, two novels and … Continue reading

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