GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Kent County students and their teachers are learning that spoken word poetry is an excellent way to engage a class, to bring the text of a subject to life, and to encourage student ...

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks recited epic poems aloud. Actors have breathed life into Shakespeare’s soliloquies since the 16th century. Now, a pair of poet-educators are working to bring ...

Peter Kahn has taught English and spoken word poetry to thousands of students at Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School since 1994. In collaboration with his current and former students, Kahn ...

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Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...