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 ...

There is no single moment when I decided to become a writer. I grew up in the suburbs of Houston as the child of immigrants. My parents arrived to the United States in the 1980s as Cambodian refugees.

“Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up!” shouts the crowd at the AvantGarden in Montrose. Although it may seem like a loud rap or hip-hop concert, under the back patio’s twinkle of firelights and ...

For award-winning artist Amanda Shea, spoken word poetry is more than just performance; it’s transcendent. “It’s an invitation to the spirit,” Shea said on GBH’s Under the Radar. “It’s also an ...

As a young man, growing up on the city’s Southwest Side, Marc Kelly Smith aspired, for a very short time, to a career in architecture. That didn’t quite work out but Smith would eventually find not ...

Thanks to UC Davis, the youth of Sacramento can speak up on the issues they face and give educators an idea of what is happening in their lives. The Sacramento Area Youth Speaks program is part of the ...

Are you a poet looking for a stage? Or are you a fan of poetry slams? Whether you're an amateur or an avid poetry writer (or reader), there's plenty of shows, slams, and open mics to attend in NYC.

Students congregated in the Ohio Union Interfaith Room Friday evening for the Muslim Students’ Association’s first-ever open mic Poetry Slam Night, offering muslim students the opportunity to show off ...

When I first began performing poems as a 17-year-old in 2008, I had barely seen any spoken word, and neither had any of my friends. These days, when I speak to the diverse range of teenagers in the ...

WILLIAMSBURG — A Williamsburg slam poetry team recently took first in a state slam poetry event, and then went on to place in the top 10 in the nation. Williamsburg’s Slam Connection was one of six ...

Joaquín Zihuatanejo grew up in East Dallas, plans to be a "catalyst" for poetry in the city Dallas has its first, official poet laureate. The appointment of Joaquín Zihuatanejo was announced Wednesday ...