The youngest inaugural poet in American history, Amanda Gorman, who has also amassed a sizable following for her creative advocacy, recently initiated a thrilling professional endeavor: teaching a new ...

The Poetry Brothel Chicago is starting 2026 with DEVOTION – where our poets will beckon your deepest desires, those held to ...

For award-winning artist Amanda Shea, spoken word poetry is more than just performance; it’s transcendent. “It’s an invitation to the spirit,” Shea said on GBH’s Under the Radar. “It’s also an ...

Beginning in February, I’m teaching a class at the 92nd Street Y on reading poetry–your own and others’–aloud to an audience (very useful for poets and public speakers). Here’s the description: This ...

In November 2008 on my way home from performing poetry downstate, I stopped and interviewed my dad’s older sister, Ruby Keehn ...

A Cincinnati woman is using her poetry to help inspire others as well as create meaningful change.Malia Forte said her journey performing poetry began in 2020 when she went to the Martin Luther King ...

Music makes singular impressions on every listener and interpretations of a composition’s lines or lyrics differ from one person to the next. In the same way, poetry — reading, writing or performing — ...

Canadian author and performer Rupi Kaur’s first illustrated book of poetry, milk and honey, began as a series of Tumblr posts that migrated to Instagram and were then self-published as a book in 2014, ...

MOORHEAD — Local libraries will host spoken word poetry presentations featuring diverse voices from across Minnesota in April. The programs will feature artists performing poems which demonstrate the ...

After Rashan Brown finished his first major gig as a spoken-word poet — opening for bestselling author and poet Rupi Kaur at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in December 2022 — he stepped ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Two weeks before she’s set to speak at her high school graduation, one Jefferson High School senior took to a different stage and brought home second place in a national ...