KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – After 2 long years of Covid-19 cancelations, Knoxville Poetry slam is back. Lane Shuler and Jonathan “Courageous” Clark are gearing up for their first event in ...

Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a “language game” (to use Ludwig Wittgenstein’s famous term, but not exactly the way he means it) that is explicitly named as such.

NPR's Night Before Christmas in 2020 Parody. The poem was rewritten and shared on NPR with a modern spin. Here, Santa Claus acknowledges the stressors many faced throughout 2020 from job loss and ...

Casey Cep writes on the poetry book “American Christmas,” from 1965, which includes classic and nearly unknown works about the holiday and beyond.

Max Powers makes his directorial debut with “Don’t Be Nice,” a finely observed documentary about a national slam poetry competition that rises above its traditional format to find the ...