Brittany Shostak lets the audience dictate her poetry. Shostak is a slam poet who will compete in this weekend's Tucson Poetry Festival. It's only after going through the first "nerve-racking" round ...

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.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...

Young artists in Benin are breathing new life into Vodun traditions. Through slam poetry, rap and gospel, they're turning social media into a powerful tool for cultural transmission. A movement that ...

At Piano Slam 2024, then junior Edwina Tony from Miami Norland Senior High passionately delivers her spoken word poem, “From Permed to Proud.” Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has ...