You will never, ever get over it.” Those seven words, spoken with an embrace and the scent of perfume from a stranger, can ...

It’s J. Ivy’s moment. Just ask Ivy himself, who earlier this year successfully lobbied the Recording Academy after six years of effort to add a “Best Spoken Word Poetry Album” category. In previous ...

STOCKTON – Community Medical Centers is turning to the spoken word, storytelling, art and paper making to raise awareness of the dangers of substance-use disorder and to encourage members of San ...

CLEVELAND — Like the iconic poet Langston Hughes, Caillou Allen is a young black man growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. Although nearly a century divides them, they share the same pain. In a recent ...

Poet Caleb Rainey greets the audience during a fundraiser event for Iowa City Poetry's IC Speaks poetry slam team July 8 at the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette) Buy ...

Spoken word artists perform with hip hop stars at the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival. During the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), iconic spoken word artists ...

Utah poet and published author Wynter Storm is bringing positive change to the Utah community through the power of words. In 2020, Storm co-founded the organization UBLAC, the Utah Black Artists ...

Incredibly, in all of its 15 seasons, America’s Got Talent has never had a spoken-word contestant. But when 27-year-old Stockton, Calif., poet, educator, and new father Brandon Leake performed in the ...

The second annual Sac Poetry Week is coming back from Oct. 20 until Oct. 26, hosted by founder and Sacramento Poet Laureate ...

April 16 was B.Y.O.P. night at Coming to the Table-Historic Triangle’s monthly gathering. Everyone was invited to Bring Your Own Poem to observe National Poetry Month, which was established to ...

Stockton native and spoken-word artist Brandon Leake advanced to the semifinals of NBC's "America’s Got Talent" Wednesday night after a powerful performance on Tuesday about racial injustice. Leake is ...

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