When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago-area Oak Park and River Forest High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. "Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my ...

Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) invites poets of all ages from across the Puget Sound region to step forward and share their voices through WE SPEAK, an annual celebration […] ...

As writers, we are asked to be aware–to observe, analyze, empathize–but perhaps the most important action we can take is using our knowledge to create change. For decades spoken word artists tackle ...

"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

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The event showcased three rounds from the eleven finalists of spoken word poetry as well as a 15-minute performance from a mariachi band.

Every wall of the Los Angeles-based Get Lit office holds the power of art and words. "We just want our young people and our teachers to have the best. We want them to feel nourished here," said Diane ...

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The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids aims to make sound more inclusive for listeners by broadening the way in which we experience it. Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse ...

Raymond Antrobus was born deaf. When he came to poetry, much of his work was built on the history and foundations of poetry slams and spoken word performances. "I really felt a lineage of poets in ...