Poet Laureate Amanda Puryear El Drops Spoken-Word Album Nightly Dosage

Grammy-considered poet and Pharr Poet Laureate Amanda Puryear El returns with Nightly Dosage, a deeply personal spoken-word ...
The Stanford Daily

‘Poetry Live!’ breaks open the present moment in its fourth year

The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...

Richmond rapper Mad Skillz going to the Grammys, his 2nd year in a row

For the second year in a row, Richmond-based artist Donnie Shaquan Lewis, known by his stage name Mad Skillz, received a ...
Salon

Amanda Gorman’s poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school

Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of her forthcoming books skyrocketed to three of the top four spots on ...
Rolling Out

Protest With Poetry: A Generative Spoken Word Workshop

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 ...
WFAE

A high school spoken-word club changed students' lives. Now, you can read their poems

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 ...
The Gazette

Mic Check Poetry Fest continues spoken word growth in Iowa City with Rudy Francisco, new headliners

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 ...
WAMC

Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse experience of sound

Album cover for The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids. 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 ...
LAist

Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse experience of sound

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