Spoken word poetry is very popular and there are a number of well-known spoken word poets. As well as winning poetry awards, spoken word poet Kae Tempest has also been nominated for music awards ...

Watermark Art Center and Sundown Records will host a Poetry SLAM at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at Fozzie's Smokin Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. NW. "A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets ...

Peter Kahn ’94, long-time spoken word educator, discusses how integrating spoken word poetry into classrooms can transform not just schools, but also the lives of students. Public speaking is ...

On December 18 last year, Slam Poetry was launched in Gulu City. It was the first slam poetry for secondary school children ...

Comedian Tig Notaro was sure a film about the couple reckoning with mortality would make a rending but also affirming film.

The album offers a powerful fusion of Afrobeat and spoken-word poetry. The Last Poets’ raw ... They showed that a literary art could be a weapon of popular resistance. A weapon that remains ...

let alone a pub filled with expectant poetry fans? Most spoken word open mic nights will do their best to make newcomers feel at home. ‘We [Inky Fingers] put a lot of effort into supporting ...

Peterborough’s new Poet Laureate for 2025 Alex Tyler has described the moment he was crowned as “utterly humbling”.