Mobile enters 2026 with a new poet laureate, and it is a figure who has loomed large on the city’s spoken-word scene for 20 ...

Mobilize Frederick is hosting a youth poetry contest. Winners will be featured at the fourth annual Climate Summit at Hood College in February 2026. This contest seeks to help provide the creative ...

At a loss for words right now? Well, you’re in luck. This Sat., Nov. 9, dozens of local poets will be filling the intellectual and literary void as they face off (as much as poets can) in Durango’s ...

Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...

The first Salish Sea Poetry Festival opens Friday across Downtown Bellingham, with readings, food, visual arts and even improv. From Nov. 7 to 9, Downtown Bellingham will host the first-ever Salish ...

Partnering with the Sacramento Poetry Center, Spoken Word Federation and more pillars in the creative community, Andru Defeye, Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus and founder, is hosting the second ...

When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...

William L. Harkness Hall came alive Saturday night with poetry, snaps and enthusiasm for WORD’s annual Back to School show. WORD is a group of students who gather weekly to write and perform spoken ...

Lansing poet laureate Ruelaine Stokes visits the Tollgate Drain Wetlands. Winning entries in her We Are Water poetry contest will be displayed there. The poet laureate of Lansing, Ruelaine Stokes, was ...

Andrea Gibson, an author, performer and activist known for their spoken word poetry, died July 14 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. They were 49. Gibson died early July 14 at their home in ...

A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act. Andrea Gibson, in 2017. They were ...

The Tabernacle Choir, one of the oldest and largest choral organizations in the world, broadcast its 5,000th episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” on Sunday. One of the longest-running broadcast ...