"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) invites poets of all ages from across the Puget Sound region to step forward and share their voices through WE SPEAK, an annual celebration […] ...

This month, Say it Loud is collaborating with Toronto Youth Poetry Slam for a Black History Month event at Its OK* Studios. Following that, Jack will share the stage with Toronto’s Poet Laureate ...

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When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago-area Oak Park and River Forest High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. "Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my ...

In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate. By Tas Tobey When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

Album cover for The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids. Raymond Antrobus was born deaf. When he came to poetry, much of his work was built on the history and foundations of poetry slams and spoken word ...

Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of her forthcoming books skyrocketed to three of the top four spots on ...

Toni Payne, ex-wife to Nigerian artist 9ice has just dropped her debut Spoken word poetry compilation album titled ‘I Am Osha’. Toni Payne popularly known as a TV host, lifestyle writer and ex-wife to ...

It was a celebration of hip hop this evening at River City in Wheeling.In partnership with the YWCA, Wheeling Heritage sponsored “Rhyme and Reason: A Spoken ...