Listening to his stories, over and over again, kindled in her a love for the spoken word. "Later, I started listening to ...

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 ...

This essay was adapted from Spoken Word: A Cultural History (Knopf). Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a “language game” (to use Ludwig Wittgenstein’s famous term ...

By the late 1960s, these soulful poets, whom Joshua Bennett profiles in his excellent book “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” performed their poems in cafes for the discontented masses who had ...

Browne as its first poet-in-residence in 2021; the fame of “Instapoet” Rupi Kaur beginning in 2013; the Grammys’ new best spoken word poetry album category; and even spoken-word poet Brandon ...

Spoken word, also known as slam poetry, often incorporates performance ... At 92 years old; Cavalieri fashioned her voice after famous women throughout history. From 18th century women's rights ...

Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse experience of sound Raymond Antrobus was born deaf. When he came to poetry, much of his work was built on the history and foundations ...

(Elijah Decious/The Gazette) Welcome to the “mid-leagues” — a new space bridging the divide between amateurs and professionals in spoken word poetry, comedy, singing and other performance ...