During my research studying a diverse group of spoken word poets in Arizona, I learned that adolescents improved their writing skills, academic performance, confidence and social skills through ...

Bengalurean Prishita Tahilramani grew up listening to her grandfather's tales. "He used to recount his experience of the Partition of India and how, when he was eight years old, they had to move to ...

In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...

Editor's note: This conversation first aired on December 10, 2018. Andrea Gibson passed away on July 14, 2025 after living with terminal ovarian cancer for four years. Gibson’s social media stated, ...

Many teens are acutely aware of the current state of our planet, thanks to what can seem like non-stop news and social media coverage. But for one girl, in particular, the recent onslaught of climate ...

"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

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Spoken Word and performance poetry is on the rise again in Guyana. Two shows have been advertised over the past month which seem to be generating quite a bit of excitement and these have emerged to ...

Things are changing in the classical music world. In San Diego and across the country, larger arts organizations have been presenting more concerts that integrate other disciplines, use multimedia ...

Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of her forthcoming books skyrocketed to three of the top four spots on ...