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Andrea Gibson, acclaimed poet and performance artist, died on July 14 at age 49, following a diagnosis with ovarian cancer.
DaVerse Lounge is back after five years. The Dallas open mic event features local artists, youth poets and food to create a ...
Part memoir, part homage, part performance history, “Spoken Word” is divided into three parts that show the evolution of the performance poetry scene from the 1960s to the 2010s.
Spoken Word” is an engaging meditation on the history of a literary and cultural movement that would take hold in the realms of music, theater, film, television and, of course, poetry. The ...
Living in a UNESCO city of literature undoubtedly immerses its residents in the act of reading, but there’s a certain performative element that is sometimes overlooked. Spoken word poetry combines ...
Spoken word pioneer Saul Williams on why poetry's surge in popularity is no surprise: 'We are gathering to something ancient' Ahead of the American poet, rapper, musician, activist and actor ...
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square made history on Sunday, airing its 5000th episode of Music and the Spoken Word.  The ...