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 ...

Peter Kahn ’94, long-time spoken word educator, discusses how integrating spoken word poetry into classrooms can transform not just schools, but also the lives of students. Public speaking is ...

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 ...

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 ...

William L. Harkness Hall came alive Saturday night with poetry, snaps and enthusiasm for WORD’s annual Back to School show. WORD is a group of students who gather weekly to write and perform spoken ...

We recently reviewed briefly, the history of spoken word poetry and the poetry slam internationally, and how they developed in Guyana. There is quite a bit more to that history. It was pointed out ...