The co-curators and performers of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual celebration of hip-hop and poetry talk about this year’s theme of “The New Storyteller.” The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ...
BUEA, Cameroon (AP) — A woman cried out upon seeing what looked like a corpse, a sheet-covered form lying on a stretcher. As volunteers wheeled it onto the stage, Boris Taleabong Alemnge recited a ...
PETERSBURG — A Black History Month concert takes place at the Petersburg Public Library Event Center this Friday to benefit The Petersburg African American History and Cultural Center and Archive.
"Nothing about you is useless...." So begins Wana Udobang’s “The Banquet" tucked into which is tremendous sagacity on how to be a good and beautiful human being. Partway between poem and public ...
The Detroit Lions and Joel Fluent Greene created a spoken word poem to honor Black History Month.
The U.S. Embassy in Ghana, in partnership with ACE Consult has officially launched the Accra edition of the ACE Spoken Word ...
From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an engaging ...
Anyone who thinks poetry is a dusty relic of liberal arts classrooms and bohemian coffee shop open mics needs to check out Flypoet. A 25-year institution in the world of spoken word, Flypoet puts on ...