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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is part of Lit City, our comprehensive guide to the literary geography of Los Angeles. Long Beach has a long and too often overlooked role in Southern California’s artistic history, from ...

Poetry reading, neo-burlesque performance, and fin-de-siècle brothels are outwardly different forms of art and entertainment. But the Poetry Brothel, started nine years ago in New York by Stephanie ...