A love letter to Los Angeles and, especially, spoken-word poetry, “Summertime” certainly stands out from the pack of summertime theatrical releases. “This morning the sewer waters smelled like ...

From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an engaging ...

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In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...

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 ...

"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 ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. --A Golden Valley teenager is a national champion - because of the powerful way she chooses her words. Armstrong High School senior Stella Wright put together a poem about ...

Mic Check Poetry Fest in Iowa City offers workshops for writers of all types and ages, in addition to spoken word poetry performances. (Mic Check Poetry Fest) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio ...

When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room during the latest Golden Buzzer moment on “America’s Got Talent.” Brandon Leake, 27, a community college counselor in Stockton, California, wowed the judges with an ...

Poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Dan "Sully" Sullivan, and club founder Peter Kahn have curated a new anthology celebrating the legacy of a... A high school spoken-word club changed students' ...