Some people evoke shock and grief when they die, and that's true for J. Otis Powell, the influential writer and mentor who was a cornerstone of the Twin Cities spoken word and performance poetry scene ...

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Pinky The Poet pulled up to Fresh Friday to perform “Societal Mechanisms.” She grew up in Chicago and she started taking poetry seriously after a serious injury when she was in college, playing soccer ...

In the last few years, spoken word poetry has taken the literary community by storm. This popular genre of performance-based poetry is written to be performed aloud, and is spoken at events and ...

The final literary event of Waterford's SpeakEasy initiative took place recently in Waterford City and Waterford News & Star ...

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - A treat for romantics and those who take their poetry seriously, New Zealand director Jane Campion's gorgeously filmed "Bright Star," a competition entry at the Cannes ...