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Bruce Edward Sherfield is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, October 7th! Monday’s Theme: HIT

Bruce Edward Sherfield is (in my own words) a brilliant writer, director, actor, voice-over artist, painter, singer and good guy. He just released his first blues album under his alias: Happyalone, called Saigon Señorita Blues. He also heads AWOL WRITERS … Continue reading →

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Helen Cusack O’Keeffe is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 30th! Monday’s Theme: SULK

Helen Cusack O’Keeffe is a writer and social worker based in Paris for many foggy years. Publications can be found in the Bastille, Tightrope Press (Canada), Stoneskin Press (London), and Le Farming Times. Plays include Holey Tuscany, an absurdist maritime tragedy,  Napoleon, Femme, Rhinocéros, a bilingual … Continue reading →

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Richard Krawiec is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 23rd! Monday’s Theme: FAITH

Born in 1952 in Brockton, Massachusetts, Richard Krawiec became known in 1986 with Dandy ( Time Sharing in English), which was critically acclaimed. In 1996, he wrote a second novel, Faith in What? and has since devoted himself to poetry, theater, his columns in various East … Continue reading →

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Ali Sudani is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 16th! Monday’s Theme: EXILE

Ali Sudani is a poet and activist based in Paris. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq, where he worked as a reporter, videographer, and humanitarian aid worker before arriving in France as a refugee in 2019. His work explores themes … Continue reading →

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E.K. Bartlett is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, September 9th! Monday’s Theme: NOISE

E.K. Bartlett is a Paris-based writer, editor, and translator. The recipient of the Gigantic Sequins Poetry Award of 2021 judged by Arisa White, and nominated for Best of the Net in fall 2022, their work has been published or is … Continue reading →

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At long last!

Spoken Word Paris returns to the Chat Noir Monday 2nd September! Sign up 8pm in the bar, show begins downstairs 8.45pm. Theme: SKINT Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011, métro Parmentier (line 3) or Couronnes (line 2)

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Penny Allen is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, July 29th! Monday’s Theme: FRIENDS

Penny Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, discovered theater and created several shows in English and French before turning to cinema, where, still in Portland, she wrote, directed and produced two features, Property and Paydirt. She then lived in Central Oregon for nine years … Continue reading →

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Claudia Talbot is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, July 22nd! Monday’s Theme: SUBCONSCIOUS

Claudia Talbot is an Australian-born actress and writer, currently based in Paris, who has been steadily creating from a young age. Her debut poetry collection, City Gothic, was published September of 2023 by British indie publisher Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing, and … Continue reading →

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Indran Amirthanayagam is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, July 15th! Monday’s Theme: TRAINS

Indran Amirthanayagam is a poet, editor, publisher, translator, youtube host and diplomat.For thirty years he worked for his adoptive country, the United States, on diplomaticassignments in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. Amirthanayagamproduced a “world record” in 2020 … Continue reading →

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Kiwi talks too much is Our Special Guest at SpokenWord Paris, July 8th! Monday’s Theme: COURAGE

Kiwi talks too much (they/them) – a queer poet, philosopher, activist, depressivist from Amsterdam. Last year Kiwi travelled to perform poetry all over Europe: in dingy bars where people only spoke Spanish, joined a poetry slam in London and wrote … Continue reading →

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