Poetry On The Web

There are a lot of stories on the web about poetry and spoken word from all over the world. Here are a couple of articles that caught my eye today. Natasha Trethewey Begins her Domestic Work as Poet Laureate Writer, teacher, and scholar Nicole Brittingham Furlonge has an article up on the Huffington Post about

As we remember the terrorist attacks on the United States 11 years ago today, there is a great article on the Good website about how teachers are using poetry to help students understand and commemorate 9/11. The teachers had students do research on 9/11 using online resources, including those from the Times. Students’ responses to discussion questions were put

Every April we host the Albany Word Fest. Since April is National Poetry Month we are not the only organization to hold a festival dedicated to our favorite art form. We are far away from April and the next Word Fest so today we are taking a look at some upcoming poetry events and festivals

We talk a lot about the strong poetry community that we have here in upstate New York, but we are not the only ones who keep the art going. Here are some of the things that caught my eye this morning. Poetry Slam giving back… Buffalo Poetry Slam Gives Back to Vive, Inc., – The Buffalo /

Here are some interesting stories that we have found on the web about poetry and spoken word. The New York Times has an article about Ed Sanders and his new book, “Fug You” Testifying at the Chicago Seven trial in 1970, Ed Sanders identified himself to Judge Julius Hoffman as a “poet, songwriter, leader of

Author makes a case for hip-hop and poetry (from Kansan.com) Jay-Z and Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare and Big Daddy Kane, Ralph Ellison and Kanye West. On Thursday night, the names mixed together indiscriminately. Adam Bradley, an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado-Boulder, delivered the message that rap is pounding on the door of

Jimmy Carter to welcome visitors to Dylan Thomas house (from BBC) Former US President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Dylan Thomas fan, is to lend his voice to welcome visitors to the poet’s Swansea birthplace. He will introduce a new audio-visual tour at No 5, Cwmdonkin Drive which has been restored by a couple who say

Spoken word group hopes to motivate William Blount students at International Week (from KnoxNews.com) “We wanted to bring that diversity and present it to the students to kind of open their eyes to see another side,” said Rhea Carmon, who performed poetry with Jonathan Clark at the school on Friday morning. “Now it’s become an

Poetry Slam (from The Signal) On Oct. 27, the Warrior Activity Center (WAC), Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) and the University Student Union put on “Slam Stereotypes: Poetry Show” as part of the university’s human campaign. The show took place at 7 p.m. in the Warrior Grill and featured two professional poets, Ner City and The

‘Godfather of grunge’: Documentary examines Seattle poet Steven Bernstein’s life (from Kalamazoo Gazette) A poet and performer in the days before every self-respecting coffeehouse hosted its own “slam night,” Steven Jesse Bernstein had a wicked way with words that connected with the segment of youth culture that embraced punk rock in the late 1970s and