The 12 kids sat scattered in pews facing the podium, listening as their instructor went over details for the poetry slam that would cap off their three-day winter poetry camp. Emanuelee "Outspoken" ...
Mercedez Holtry, Founder, President, and Slam Master of Burque Revolt, is a guest contributor for the United State of Women Spearheaded by a woman and her community of fellow poets—who mainly identify ...
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 ...
The first slam poem Bianca Phipps wrote was about a boy. She’d broken up with him but didn’t say everything she needed to. So she said it in a poem, on a stage, in front of strangers. “It’s terrifying ...
Dean Schillinger, MD, a practicing physician at San Francisco General Hospital, worked with the slam poetry nonprofit, Youth Speaks, to create the award-winning “The Bigger Picture" campaign. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Seasoned and amateur poets alike are standing behind microphones all over Utah to share a taste of their passion: slam poetry. Many BYU students have found common ground in this increasingly popular ...
'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 ...
Poetry slams have come a long way since 1985, when members of the Chicago Poetry Ensemble started reading their work at the old Get Me High Lounge in Bucktown. Today there are poetry slams in every ...
Illustration by Adriana Georgopulos. (Saul Willams photo by Walter McBride / Getty Images / Ntozake Shange photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage) the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are ...
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