In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, poetry slam and drag king competitions are in town, it’s ...

May 13, the City of Sedona, in conjunction with the Sedona Community Library, appointed Gary Every as its first-ever poet ...

Callum Minford reflects on this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival and what it reveals to us about Nottingham's writing scene.

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Shopper Blog: Linda Parsons named Knoxville's fifth Poet ...

The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The ...

Music and words collide in a variety of interesting ways at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, writes Fiona ...

Back when I chose my Classic poem, “I was in a Hurry” by Dunya Mikhail, I was struck by its powerful message of losing a country through the comparison of lottery tickets or Purgatory — and I was ...

Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry stage for 10 years now.

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.” ...

It's been 20 years since the first student poetry slam at Portland's McDaniel High School. That one slam eventually evolved into Verselandia, the citywide youth poetry competition.

Hi, I’m Chika!” I said, willing myself to ignore the sound of my heart pulsing in my ears. His handshake was surprisingly ...