“It’s been a long time, since I’ve wanted to die, it makes me feel, like taking off, my skin suit, and seeing how, my light flies all, on its own, neon, and bouncy like a, wannabe star,” Ada Limón ...

“I hate to admit it, but poetry ain’t filling up stadiums...” says Sekou Andrews. And then he pauses. He gives just enough whitespace for you to silently agree before he finishes the sentence in his ...

Author and Spoken Word Artist J.R. Rice joined host Jessica Wills to chat about how he is using spoken word poetry to provide a space for creativity, inspiration, and community with his new book.

There's a new category in this year's Grammy Awards for best spoken-word poetry album, and one of the nominees is a voice we've been hearing for decades. (SOUNDBITE OF SPOKEN-WORD POEM, "BLACK FIST ...

Bengalurean Prishita Tahilramani grew up listening to her grandfather's tales. "He used to recount his experience of the Partition of India and how, when he was eight years old, they had to move to ...

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 ...

BUEA, Cameroon — A woman cried out upon seeing a sheet-covered form on a stretcher. As volunteers wheeled it onto the stage, Boris Taleabong Alemnge recited a poem whose title spoke the unspoken: ...

William Shatner has tackled everything from blues and country to prog on his idiosyncratic albums over the past few years, and he’s just announced that his next release, Bill, will be a blend of ...

Simone Stolzoff is getting ready to tell about 100 strangers that he’s never really been in love. He stands behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his head down. He takes a deep breath, shakes ...

ARQuesta Del SolSoul takes inspiration from jazz, hip-hop, Afrobeat, spoken word — even science fiction writing. ARQuesta Del SolSoul has a big goal. As they state on their Bandcamp page, the group ...

SALT LAKE CITY — "Música & Palabras de Inspiración," the Spanish translation of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square's "Music & the Spoken Word," will now air weekly on Telemundo Utah. The Church of ...