Poet, spoken word artist, and a United Nations Global Advocate for Peace, Maryam Bukar, also known as Alhanislam, tells FAITH AJAYI about her career, lifestyle and other issuesThough you’re from Borno ...

The Happy's Place star has been delivering holiday classics for decades, including her rendition of "The Christmas Guest." ...

March 9, 2026 Ages: 13 and older NEW: Resource guide Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) is inviting poets across the Puget ...

Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...

Partnering with the Sacramento Poetry Center, Spoken Word Federation and more pillars in the creative community, Andru Defeye, Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus and founder, is hosting the second ...

Sacramento is home to an evolving poetry community, one that has been emerging over decades from the quiet corners of the city’s cafes to now occupy public street corners and established venues. With ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On “Sound Machine,” a track from the new album “Aloud” from poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie ...

When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...

Poetry is not a practical thing. It's inefficient. It leaves too much space on the page. Its lines are uneven and unpredictable. Its edges are sharp as shards of glass, and what are shards of glass ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Most of the poem spilled out of Yex Diaz in five short minutes — faster, even, than its eventual ...

Andrea Gibson, an author, performer and activist known for their spoken word poetry, died July 14 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. They were 49. Gibson died early July 14 at their home in ...

The Tabernacle Choir, one of the oldest and largest choral organizations in the world, broadcast its 5,000th episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” on Sunday. One of the longest-running broadcast ...