Spoken word poetry is not merely an art form but a communion of soul, experience and understanding. Spend one night tucked in the back of House of Hathor on Columbia’s North Main Street and you ...

Spoken word poetry has gained popularity nationwide, ... In his famous poem “Mother to Son,” Hughes compares the challenges of life to trudging up a flight of stairs.

Prishita Tahilramani's fascination with storytelling, sparked by her grandfather's Partition tales, led her to Spoken Word Poetry and Kommune India. This movement, blending poetry, theatre, and ...

“They both come from a place of truth, like a raw voice and rhythm,” spoken word artist IN-Q told LAist.. “The way that poetry works, at least for me, and the way that hip-hop works, is ...

Part memoir, part homage, part performance history, “Spoken Word” is divided into three parts that show the evolution of the performance poetry scene from the 1960s to the 2010s.

Today, Brown, 35, is a seasoned poet determined to foster local talent. He is the organizer and host of two monthly poetry showcases on Long Island — The BOP Open Mic Night (the acronym stands ...

Malik Yusef overcame a mountain of challenges that for many might seem insurmountable — disabilities, poverty, violence, gangs — propelled by his love of poetry. As Irika Sargent reports, that passion ...

One of the most famous of all classic operas, “Faust,” will be staged by Detroit Opera on Saturday, Nov. 12 and again the following weekend, on Nov. 18 and 20. Tony-nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz ...

This is why, once in a while, a journalist will announce that poetry isn’t dead by “discovering” spoken word or slam poetry, though they have been around for decades.

Spoken word poetry has gained popularity nationwide, ... In his famous poem “Mother to Son,” Hughes compares the challenges of life to trudging up a flight of stairs.