A spoken word event has been praised for offering a "safe space to be seen and heard" by a poet. The monthly open mic poetry ...

I’ve been part of different slam scenes for the past 20 years. I’ve seen a lot of bad slam poetry. I’ve performed a lot of ...

It’s just really, really emotional and inspirational for me all at the same time,” said Lovely, a ninth-grade poet.

Recently opened in February, the Salon is a slam poetry and spoken word venue created by SU senior Audrey Weisburd ...

at 7 p.m. to compete in the Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a competition for young spoken word poets, is the only one of its kind in the Pioneer Valley. The ...

Do you ever think about how poetry’s is relevant to politics? Dujie Tahat does. Tahat is Seattle’s new Civic Poet for the 2025 to 2026 term. Tahat spoke to the Northwest Asian Weekly about how they ...

Featuring a new foreword by the late Nikki Giovanni and interviews with Marc Lamont Hill and rapper Noname, Prose to the ...

The second annual Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque for five days this week, drawing over 75 of the top poets and spoken word artists from 30 cities across the United States.

National poetry month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, and encourages people to pay attention to and ...

The Verses Festival of Words is back for its 15th year, running April 10 to 20 at Chill X Studio. This year’s theme, “Amplify,” speaks to the heart of what the festival has always done best—creating ...

Patricia Smith’s journey from a public scandal to becoming a poetry powerhouse proves that redemption can roar louder than ...