Mar. 23—As Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown inhabits the poem that won him the state Poetry Out Loud championship, he does so carefully, his voice almost conversational at first, then growing in strength and ...

Vincent D’Onofrio stood before me with his eyes closed. His black baseball cap partially shaded his face in the dark room, lit only by the art that he and fellow actor/artist Laurence Fuller—as the ...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

The secret to a good poetry recitation is subtly conveying the right emotions, at least according to Marshall School senior David Kamper. “That’s what you’re doing when you’re reciting poetry, you’re ...

Ethan Hawke explains how his love of poetry actually came before his big break in "Dead Poets Society," and shocks Kelly by reciting an excerpt of "Marriage" by Gregory Corso which he still remembers ...

Rahele Megosha, a high school senior from South Dakota, has been named the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion. The competition invites high school students to memorize and recite great poetry, ...

A New York Times reporter received backlash Friday after posting a video on social media showing slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reciting poetry. Farnaz Fassihi, an Iranian-American journalist who ...

Armie Hammer braved the outdoors to recite some poetry. The “Call Me by Your Name” actor, 33, went to Central Park “weeks ago,” we’re told, to recite poet Wendy Cope’s “Valentine.” The result, which ...

Jose Bello recited a poem called 'Dear America' and was detained two days later. An undocumented immigration activist was freed from an ICE detention center in Southern California nearly three months ...

One tribute to the late John Lewis began by noting his love of W. E. Henley’s “Invictus”; it seems to have been Nelson Mandela’s favorite too, as affirmed in Morgan Freeman’s reading of the poem.

With the aim of fostering human values through literary practice, a poetry recitation session was hosted in the capital by Bashundhara Shuvosangho ...

Her prize comes with a $20,000 award. This fall, Megosha is beginning college at Columbia University in New York City, where she has a full-ride scholarship. She plans to major in biochemistry, with a ...