In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...
From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an engaging ...
In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate. By Tas Tobey When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...
Poet and storyteller Shane Koyczan — winner of the U.S. Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics — will bring his unusual presentation to the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio ...
Audiences for spoken-word audio listening in the United States continue to grow, as does our overall listening time to spoken content. Those are findings of a report from NPR and Edison Research, the ...
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