The notion of poetry as words written on a page and read silently is a relatively recent historical development. Older, and perhaps more exciting, is the tradition of poetry as performance. Ancient ...
For the first time, the Southern Fried Poetry Slam comes to Orlando, bringing poets and spoken-word fans to Central Florida ...
Rupi Kaur, an India-born Canadian national, has been performing poetry since 2009 but she rose to prominence only in 2015 through Instagram. With 4.4 million followers now and a world tour lined up ...
DarkMatter, a transgender South-Asian performance art duo composed of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, performed their #ItGetsBitter spoken word poetry as Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker ...
Author and poet Jerry Pinto opened the 2024 IHC Theatre Festival in New Delhi with a first-of-its-kind solo poetry performance. In a free-wheeling format that took in nostalgia, humour, and thoughts ...
“What is poetry?” This is ostensibly at the core of “Chodyanthinte Utharavadi”, an act of performance poetry that is part of the ongoing 50th State Exhibition of Art at Durbar Hall. But M.R. Vishnu ...
A student from York Suburban High School won the state championship in a poetry performance contest, beating out 14 other finalists from across the commonwealth. Steven File, a junior, was named ...
This Baltimore hip-hop, soul and spoken word duo is comprised of David Ross (Native Son) and Femi Lawal (The Dri Fish). Although the two perform independently, it is their collective energy that has ...
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 ...