A gem of an idea was born in a creative and practical mind and grew to, among other things, two brief hours of festive community poetry-writing fun ...

Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle reflects on her journey from the South Side to Broadway and beyond.

Evidence request: Marimar Martinez, the woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last fall, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission ...

Twelve storytellers will vie for The Howl Grand Slam champion at 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Lawrence University’s Gulick Theatre ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for ...

If you’ve ever tried to get tickets to the annual ILL LIST Poetry Slam at the State Theatre and found them sold out, you’re likely not alone. It generally fills the theater early each year. But this ...

Pompano Beach Arts will present the return of the Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival, a three-day celebration of voice, rhythm and words, taking place December 11–13, 2025 at the Ali Cultural Center (Days 1 ...

A new festival is taking over downtown Bellingham next month, bringing poetry events to your favorite local businesses and venues. The inaugural Salish Sea Poetry Festival, “a smorgasbord of free ...

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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version. Reactions to Slam Frank, Andrew Fox’s musical satire in which Anne Frank is rewritten as a Latinx pansexual girl named “Anita,” have ...

On Sept. 29, the featured poet was Ashley Crooks-Allen, known under the stage name Lyrical Ley. Crooks-Allen earned their master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a doctorate in ...

One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...