The Bloomington Poetry Slam’s co-host Andrea Sterling took to the stage in her red one-piece pantsuit with sparkles purposefully laid on her cheekbones and shoulders. The words she spoke were of ...

As a young girl growing up in Alexandria, spoken word artist Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley used to journal ... with each other being on the slam poetry scene together,” said Sibley.

The Nuyorican is most known for its slam poetry and spoken word events and has been a beloved site of diversity and resistance since its founding in the 1970s. Legendary Beat poet and LGBTQ icon ...

Poetry Slam participants Delicia Figueroa, Ruby Garcia Campos, and Alex Garcia Story, video, and photos by Jason ...

It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an ...

Saul Williams Harold Bloom once stated in an interview with The Paris Review that poetry slam is “the death of art.” I like that. The gravity of the statement feels like its own commendation.

Ball’s crew dominated New Orleans slam poetry, winning every contest and drawing ever-increasing audiences. After a couple years, however, Ball realized she had to move on from the slam scene to ...

The 12 kids sat scattered in pews facing the podium, listening as their instructor went over details for the poetry slam that would cap off their three-day winter poetry camp. Emanuelee "Outspoken ...

But he would become the creator of the Uptown Poetry Slam, indeed the creator of the entire concept of “poetry slam,” which he once described to me as a “grab-bag variety show which mixes ...

Nixon, the founder of a nonprofit slam poetry organization who has spent the past 10 years writing and performing, said he’s surprised that there hasn’t been a voice for literary arts in the ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is ...