At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...

On Sept. 29, the featured poet was Ashley Crooks-Allen, known under the stage name Lyrical Ley. Crooks-Allen earned their master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a doctorate in ...

Nia Lewis hated dodging strangers making leering comments on the street. First the catcalls made her angry. Then they inspired her. “You must understand that a body is just a body, a silhouette isn’t ...

As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...

This is Notes From the Edge, a series reporting from the sharp edge of the UK’s creative industries. This week, we discover what’s stirring in the world of Slam Poetry, why it matters and how it ...

'Stories with a Heartbeat' is a new podcast from WUNC using a poetic lens to explore conflict. As athletes from around the world compete for gold in Rio this summer, poets from across the U.S. are ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KAYLA PRICE: Slight as a haiku, with a shock of short, tousled hair and electrically earnest, Kayla Price is a relatively new face in Denver’s slam poetry ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

Apr. 10—BEMIDJI — Watermark's last Spoken Word Poetry SLAM! of the season will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at Fozzie's Smokin' Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. "A poetry slam is a competitive art ...

As a young man, growing up on the city’s Southwest Side, Marc Kelly Smith aspired, for a very short time, to a career in architecture. That didn’t quite work out but Smith would eventually find not ...