Mercedez Holtry, Founder, President, and Slam Master of Burque Revolt, is a guest contributor for the United State of Women Spearheaded by a woman and her community of fellow poets—who mainly identify ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Arms outstretched and eyes locked on her audience, Koleka Putuma is a big stage presence for a young woman barely 5 feet tall. Her voice is velvet. But her words cut like a ...

A slam poet, or spoken word artist, can be a social activist, a stage performer and, above all, a passionate poet at the core. Slam poetry is a fairly new, unique form of expression that began with ...

It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an audience and ...

NEW YORK — Mythos Studios, the independent filmmaking arm of hot Austin, Texas-based ad agency GSD&M, has begun production on its first documentary feature. Tentatively titled “Slam Channel,” pic ...

Since being featured in Seven Days in April, Balkisa Abdikadir, Lena Ginawi, Hawa Adam and Kiran Waqar, 15- and 16-year-olds slam poets who call themselves Muslim Girls Making Change, have performed ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...