In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...
When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...
William L. Harkness Hall came alive Saturday night with poetry, snaps and enthusiasm for WORD’s annual Back to School show. WORD is a group of students who gather weekly to write and perform spoken ...
When I first began performing poems as a 17-year-old in 2008, I had barely seen any spoken word, and neither had any of my friends. These days, when I speak to the diverse range of teenagers in the ...
Mic Check Poetry Fest in Iowa City offers workshops for writers of all types and ages, in addition to spoken word poetry performances. (Mic Check Poetry Fest) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio ...
We recently reviewed briefly, the history of spoken word poetry and the poetry slam internationally, and how they developed in Guyana. There is quite a bit more to that history. It was pointed out ...
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