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.

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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