Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benjamin Zephaniah brought poetry to the masses - Roberto Ricciuti Benjamin Zephaniah – who has died today, after a short illness ...

Nearly a dozen middle and high school students got on stage today in hopes of their poetry performance getting themselves to ...

On Oct. 24, the Woodberry Poetry Room’s T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading was held in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, spotlighting Cecilia Vicuña’s creative work. As a Chilean poet, artist, ...

In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate. By Tas Tobey When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

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It’s been darker than usual this year. Let some light in at La Mama’s Poetry Electric Social Solstice party. Poems working for justice! Well, we can use all the help we can get to even begin to ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. As part of this week's 18th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF), ...

Composer Bryce Dessner, soprano singer Fluer Barron, and theater, opera and film artist Kaneza Schaal pose for a portrait together at the Carolina Performing Arts Center after their work-in progress ...

Maybe you’ve seen an Indian classical dance performance, and maybe you’ve heard Afro-Caribbean poetry spoken or read aloud. But there’s a really good chance you’ve never seen the two together, on the ...