"We added music, dance, and humor to the poetry so that the performance wasn't depressing, but instead enlightening," says ...

You can probably picture prototypical poetry slammers, right, the kind depicted in popular culture? Strident and pedantic, enraged and inspired, they spout truths and gibberish in equal measure with ...

The Ninth Annual Bluebonnet Poetry Slam returns to Conroe to give local and regional poets an opportunity to give voice to their work - and have a chance at earning cash prizes. The event, sponsored ...

Glyn Phillips is the 2026 Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam Champion, having been awarded the title after a tense (please excuse the pun), fast-moving and exciting competition held at ...

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Through slam poetry that centers LGBTQ+ voices and inspirational videos that touch on navigating life with autism, Lydia Gates has fostered communities both in the heart of Flagstaff's mountain town ...

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 ...

Every Sunday night for the past 21 years, poets have gathered at Chicago’s most venerable jazz club to celebrate a different sort of sound: the spoken word. On any given night at uptown’s Green Mill, ...

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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 ...