At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...
On Sept. 29, the featured poet was Ashley Crooks-Allen, known under the stage name Lyrical Ley. Crooks-Allen earned their master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a doctorate in ...
As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...
WILLIAMSBURG — A Williamsburg slam poetry team recently took first in a state slam poetry event, and then went on to place in the top 10 in the nation. Williamsburg’s Slam Connection was one of six ...
WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...
As a young man, growing up on the city’s Southwest Side, Marc Kelly Smith aspired, for a very short time, to a career in architecture. That didn’t quite work out but Smith would eventually find not ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Slam host Ngoma. Credit: Brian Slattery Photo Memories of the Children’s Crusade. A vision of ...
Apr. 10—BEMIDJI — Watermark's last Spoken Word Poetry SLAM! of the season will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at Fozzie's Smokin' Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. "A poetry slam is a competitive art ...
PuroSlam’s fearless leader Shaggy takes center stage as sacrificial poet for round one See, there is this place where people participate in a ritual derived from the verbal tradition of telling and ...
Nia Lewis hated dodging strangers making leering comments on the street. First the catcalls made her angry. Then they inspired her. “You must understand that a body is just a body, a silhouette isn’t ...
Community members face off in a haiku battle at Saturday Night Slam Series at The Wall on Feb. 9. (Kylee Lapeyrouse) BYU students and community members gathered over drinks and fries at The Wall Feb.
'Stories with a Heartbeat' is a new podcast from WUNC using a poetic lens to explore conflict. As athletes from around the world compete for gold in Rio this summer, poets from across the U.S. are ...
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