Columnist Justice B. Hill celebrates the dedication of teens who channel their talents into wordcraft—whether in national ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia ...

It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an ...

But he would become the creator of the Uptown Poetry Slam, indeed the creator of the entire concept of “poetry slam,” which he once described to me as a “grab-bag variety show which mixes ...

Nearly two dozen students from several local schools competed in the 3rd Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam at Doane Stuart.

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is ...

When McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan originally started the first youth poetry slam competitions in Portland in 2005, she didn’t have any concept of the new event’s staying power.

As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront.

Our special guest was Lacroy Nixon, founder and director of Slam Connection, a relatively new spoken word poetry collective based in Williamsburg. Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Fired Poetry previewed the 31st annual mid-season slam Saturday night. The preview invited poets from all over the country to come out to Scruffy City. The ...

April is National Poetry Month in the United States, a time to celebrate and bring to light the poets and poetry that have shaped our nation. In honor of the month, I took a peek at Boston’s ...

Plus-size influencer Alexandra Cristin is facing backlash for “bullying” fellow social media star Remi Bader. The 34-year-old content creator shared a poll to her Instagram Story earlier this ...