Making its first visit this week to Orlando, Southern Fried Poetry Slam is a Southern-focused poetry festival offering almost ...

That Minnesota slam poet Sierra DeMulder commands an audience is a given: The high-ranked word-slinger helped the St. Paul Poetry Slam Team take the nationals two years in a row, and that’s the top ...

Since being featured in Seven Days in April, Balkisa Abdikadir, Lena Ginawi, Hawa Adam and Kiran Waqar, 15- and 16-year-olds slam poets who call themselves Muslim Girls Making Change, have performed ...

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 audience and ...

Jordan Wolmut performing "Trigger Warning." Credit: Virtulandia! recording screen grab, via Literary Arts. In Trigger Warning, her award-winning poem, Portland poet Jordan Wolmut dissects the concept ...

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It’s time to free up your schedule, Phoenix: Individual World Poetry Slam season is finally here. This fall, the Valley will host this internationally-recognized event for the first time in the city’s ...

For the first time, the Southern Fried Poetry Slam comes to Orlando, bringing poets and spoken-word fans to Central Florida ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...

College of Communication junior Portria Ross performs her poetry at the Open Mic and Slam event, sponsored by Speak for Yourself, at Boston University Central Tuesday. ABIGAIL LIN/DFP Staff About 70 ...

Lincoln High School's slam poetry team will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the ballroom at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union. "We would love staff and community to attend and show some ...

Iowa City has always been a hub for writers from all walks of life. Whether in attendance at the University of Iowa’s renowned Writer’s Workshop or a participant in the various events hosted by UNESCO ...