Youssef Alaoui-Fdili is an Arab-Latino, born in California. His mother is Colombiana. His father was Moroccan. The Alaoui-Fdilis are originally from Fez. His brothers and aunts and uncles and cousins are today mostly in Casablanca and Rabat. 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 Classical Arabic, Spanish Baroque and Contemporary Moroccan poetry. He is also well versed in the most dour and macabre literature of the 19th Century. His poems have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, 580 Split, Cherry Bleeds, Carcinogenic Poetry, Red Fez, Big Bridge, Dusie Press, and nominated for a Pushcart at Full of Crow. Youssef is an original creator of the East Bay literary arts festival “Beast Crawl.” In 2012 he created Paper Press Books & Associates Publishing Company. This press offers several important books of poetry and one poetry and art compendium. Youssef also serves as an Associate Editor for Big Bridge Press.Copies of his latest book, “Critics of Mystery Marvel,” a collection of magical persona poems, will be available at the reading.
Serafina Salvador is a writer, voice artist and actor who lives in London. An imaginative, innovative, bold, and evocative performer, her experience with acting in theatre, in short films and in television has served her well in developing a voice that resonates both on and offstage! Her life has been a life based on Eastern philosophy and Western life. This combination influences all of her work and creative expression. Her recent play Don’t Blame the Parents, Stoopid! offers us a poetic and philosophical message of comic and cosmic proportion. ( Act I of Her Meltdown will be presented at SpokenWord Paris on Monday). Another theatre piece Don’t Blame the Bankers...Stoopid! tells the story of the banking world in 2008 when the Lehman Brothers et al experienced their own ”meltdown”. (She was a trader at the time, and has since traded the stock floors for stage doors). The play received critical acclaim and was hailed as ”thought-provoking … a little gem that shows exactly what fringes can achieve.” Indeed, all of her writing may be said to be diabolical, fresh, exciting and honest.
Malik Ameer Crumpler is a poet, rapper & editor that’s released several albums, Glitch Art films & five books of poetry. He is co-editor of 
Jason Stoneking is an American poet, essayist, and performing artist based primarily in Paris. He has authored two volumes of poetry and four collections of essays. He has also written screenplays and punk music, moonlighted as a chess commentator, and staged numerous performance art pieces. He has been performing his art and writing for more than 25 years, at venues ranging from the main stage at Lollapalooza to the Pont Neuf in Paris and the rooftops of Cairo. He is currently working on a series of unique, handwritten, bespoke books. He is awestruck by the sky, but skeptical of authority.
JENNIFER BLOWDRYER got her dumb name from her SF punk band, the Blowdryers, in 1977. She’s written columns for Maximin rock’n’roll, New York press, and downtown, and her books include: white trash debutante, modern English : a slang dictionary, and Good Advice for young trendy people of all ages. She remains a band singer/writer, recent releases include Blowdryer Punk Soul: Pinot Grigio and 4 Essays – the most harmless person you are ever going to meet in your life, Bent Boy Press, SF, 2018. She lives in NYCs East Village.
BONNY FINBERG’s fiction, poetry, essays and photographs have been published and translated 
Annette Marie Smith is a writer, artist, freelance journalist, and editor. She is also the creator and curator of the international feminist project, 
Sadie Davidson is a writer, poet, performer, producer and playwright. She is also a former stripper and recovering addict which she feels colours both her life and work wonderfully. She is the author of “Tales From The Estate”, hosts the long running open mic “Dangerous Poetry” and is the founder of Essex Poetry Collective. She has won a number of poetry slams and was a semi finalist in the 2018 U.K Slam Championships and will be supporting internationally renowned poet Holly McNish in October. She produced her own spoken word album “Council House and Silent” and her debut play “Bare Lies” premiered as part of Southend Festival, in an immersive, site specific location. Sadie has performed at a number of festivals and literary events around the country, including a performance at the Royal Festival Hall.
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Karina ”Naima” Castan has performed at the Sydney Opera House in the Australian Poetry Slam; in ski town Colorado in snowy taverns; in House parties in Israel/Palestine; at dive bars in Los Angeles and originally, in quaint cafes in Tasmania. To play music and rhyme is her natural inclination. She has been writing for as long as she can remember. Sometimes her ideas question the world’s ways and culture “versus” nature or surreal autobiographical creations. She doesn’t identity with a name or a nation. She, herself, is an enigma. 
Plumbline (Jeffrey Jaiyeola) is a Nigerian poet who happens to be a geoscientist. 
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