Jessica Piscitelli Robinson on this year’s Women’s Storytelling Festival, plus two new poetry collections, and plenty of spring events.

In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.

Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” explores chronic illness, climate change, borders and ...

Poets Safia Elhillo, Jamila Woods and members of the Stanford Spoken Word Collective shared poems both personal and political ...

Prolific poets in Massachusetts are showing off their skills in a contest.The nonprofit group Mass Poetry is holding their ...

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. Like ...

Poets from the San Diego community came together for an inspiring virtual evening hosted by Counselor Judy Sundayo and ...

Two Rockford high school students are headed to the state portion of a national poetry competition. Poetry Out Loud is a ...

With the theme of “Sweet Resistance,” this year’s Teen Spoken Word Festival will feature workshops, poetry slam competitions, performances, and a multitude of activities tailored to inspire and engage ...

All South by Southwest goers pass the same phrase around as they mill about Downtown each night: “Who are you seeing today?” ...

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty in storytelling.