The frontwoman for the New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas had spent most of the sweltering July day in the asphalt limbo that is the drive from New Jersey to Massachusetts. She and her bandmates ...

The short answer is “no,” of course. To state the obvious, things can share certain attributes and not be the same sort of thing, and asking whether rap is poetry has always struck me as a useless ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I suspect most TV viewers enjoyed rooting for Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Plano, Texas, as he stood on a stage last Thursday inside a National Harbor, Maryland, theater and ...

On Tuesday, 26-year-old Adam Gottlieb performed spoken word in Fiske Planetarium followed by a Poetic Justice Workshop on Wednesday for the Communication and Society RAP students and faculty. His ...

This is Notes From the Edge, a series reporting from the sharp edge of the UK’s creative industries. This week, we discover what’s stirring in the world of Slam Poetry, why it matters and how it ...

Illustration by Adriana Georgopulos. (Saul Willams photo by Walter McBride / Getty Images / Ntozake Shange photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage) the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are ...

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 ...

At least four hundred poets have descended on Denver, heads full of memorized verses, for the National Poetry Slam.For those who can't distinguish a slam poem from a verbal fistfight or the recitation ...

So, you don't think that the Movement to End Fake Rap is important? First they came for the Free Credit Report Advertisements and you said nothing. (Don't worry, grandmama, that is definitely an ...