It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an audience and ...

Through slam poetry that centers LGBTQ+ voices and inspirational videos that touch on navigating life with autism, Lydia Gates has fostered communities both in the heart of Flagstaff's mountain town ...

Mar. 15—Zachary Kluckman came of age in the wake of the biggest poetry event in New Mexico history. So it's no wonder he wants to build on top of its legacy. Kluckman, the founder of the Chicharra ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...

In the world of slam poetry, competing as a team and competing as an individual are two different beasts, as Suzi Q. Smith, a member of this year’s Slam Nuba team (which made it to the national ...

“When they tell you that your love is just a phase, tell them that you do not like the word just, that you are not just anything,” Kevin Kantor said in the quiet buzz of Hallowed Grounds on Thursday ...

As I write this, it's the last day of National Poetry Month. And it's been a good one here in Worcester, filled with packed ...

Rashad Wright, 28, is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City and an accomplished slam poet. During the last few years, he's been bringing poetry into the classroom. Jon Kalish of WBGO reports on the ...

Oct. 13, at 12:20 p.m. — The English lounge was packed with people sitting under a shroud of excited silence. They were all there for the Refugeography, Bao Phi’s introductory event to the Cornell ...

Roses are red / Violets are blue / There's a poetry slam / Friday in the M.U. The Devil's Inkwell: Creative Writing Guild, which welcomes writers from diverse majors across the ASU campus, is holding ...

It’s hard to describe the organization of a poetry slam. The poets form a republic, each voice equal in the chambers, while the audience is the bastard child of a hostile mob, a squad of transgendered ...