On Sunday afternoon, a pioneer of performance poetry will return to Philadelphia for a rare appearance. Marty Watt of Philadelphia is credited with turning poetry readings into performance art in the ...

Anyone who has heard Jamila Woods' music knows she's an extraordinary artist. In our inaugural edition of Slingshot, you'll also learn what an extraordinary person she is, too. Woods' lyrics depict a ...

On Friday, WORD: Performance Poetry at Yale presented its fall semester show, “Friday the WORDteenth” live on YouTube. The show explored themes of isolation, trauma and racial tension through spoken ...

Interest in poetry has been rising over the past year, creating an opportunity for renewed community engagement as a new local poet laureate takes the helm. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily ...

A man speaks — no, more than that. His voice rises and falls, drawing forth syllables like waves until they break against each other. His body moves fluidly along with the lingual melody that dances ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A microphone always helps get your message to the masses. But in the right hands, a microphone ...

On Oct. 24, the Woodberry Poetry Room’s T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading was held in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, spotlighting Cecilia Vicuña’s creative work. As a Chilean poet, artist, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. As part of this week's 18th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF), ...

The son of Chilean-Jewish parents, poet and translator Daniel Borzutzky lives in Chicago and teaches at Wright College. His third full-length volume of poetry, the smart, angry, sad and satirical “The ...