CWW Staff having dinner on the first night (From left to right: Elissa Lewis, Diana Norma Szokolyai, Rita Banerjee, and David Shields
Shakespeare and Company bookstore
Rita Banerjee introduces Shields and Recourse’
David Shields and Charles Recourse’
David Shields meeting fans and signing books
David Shields hosted a reading of his new book with his French translator Charles Recourse’
First night of the retreat: the gathering of staff and participants
Writing workshop on the hotel patio
Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai lead a workshop
Participants hard at work
Writing time
David Shields leading a workshop
Sharing work and offering feedback
The yoga studio where our yoga instructor, Elissa Lewis, led her classes
Meditation
Elissa Lewis: Pigeon
Some of our staff and participants at Versailles
CWW intern Alex Carrigan reads one of his comedic poems at Spoken Word Paris
Au Chat Noir, the site of Spoken Word Paris
CWW Staff and some of our Parisian friends
CWW Director Diana Norma Szokolyai shares some of her poems at Spoken Word Paris
CWW Staff following a great night at Spoken Word Paris (From left to right: Alex Carrigan, Rita Banerjee, Victor Pachas, Elissa Lewis, and Diana Norma Szokolyai)
Thanks to everyone who went on our retreat and had one last dinner with us.