Slam poetry was heavily influenced by the 1930s literary Negritude Movement of black writers and thinkers in France, as well as beat poetry from the East and West Coasts during the 1940s and 50s.

The creator of slam poetry has started a podcast, “Thru the Mill with Marc Kelly Smith,” about his life and career as well as the roots of the spoken-word competition.

Meet 9 London poets using spoken word to resist white supremacy and mental class stigma.

Shea, host of GBH’s “Outspoken Saturdays” at the Boston Public Library, is part of the spoken word community steadily rising in popularity all over the country, thanks to poetry slams, scholastic ...

Part memoir, part homage, part performance history, “Spoken Word” is divided into three parts that show the evolution of the performance poetry scene from the 1960s to the 2010s.

Despite one of his teachers offering to pay for the book, he told her that the keynote speaker was inspirational to him and that he truly believed in his teachings. The teacher later told Watson that ...

Whether you're an amateur or an avid poetry writer (or reader), there's plenty of shows, slams, and open mics to attend in NYC.

A champion slam poet, teacher and motivational speaker, Joaquin Zihuatanejo grew up in East Dallas, reading poems to his grandfather.

Besides the slams, the nonprofit hosts writing and performance workshops, a weekly young writers’ group and a five-years-and-running open-microphone series.

Slam Connection, founded by Williamsburg poet laureate LaCroy Nixon, saw success at both the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship and the national Southern Fried Poetry Slam.