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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"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 ...
Young poet and social justice activist Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, was just 22 when her “The Hill We Climb” launched the literary art back into a major worldwide spotlight ...
Poetry is best when it speaks loudly. That’s what happened Thursday night at the 2017 Youth Poetry Grand Slam at AS220 where poetry echoed off the walls and checkered stage, splashed against the red ...
Spoken word poetry will be the emphasis for this year’s 10th annual San Jose Poetry Festival, which opens Thursday, Sept. 5, and runs through the weekend. “I have put together this year’s festival ...
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 ...
The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids aims to make sound more inclusive for listeners by broadening the way in which we experience it. Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse ...
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