The Radical Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, the First Black Author to Win a Pulitzer Prize
| Posted on June 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM |
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Politicians could 'learn a lot' from the power of poetry
| Posted on May 30, 2017 at 1:00 PM |
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Kano Congratulates Anthony Joshua With Spoken Word Tribute
| Posted on May 9, 2017 at 3:45 PM |
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GRIME MC Kano has offered his congratulations to Antho...
Read Full Post »Meet Jaspreet Kaur, the artist using spoken word poetry to discuss everything from periods to mental illness
| Posted on May 9, 2017 at 3:10 PM |
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Jaspreet Kaur is a total badass.
Not in the stereotypical way. She doesn’t ride a motorbike or open beers with h...
Read Full Post »Poetry gives us hope to scale and climb 'cloudy summits of our time' - UN cultural agency
| Posted on March 24, 2017 at 1:05 PM |
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21 March 2017 –
Poetry gives us hope, the United Nations cultural agency today said, lauding verse's ability to shake us from everyday life and remind us of the surrounding beauty and the resilience of the shared human spirit.
In her message for World Poetry Day, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiz...
Read Full Post »Letter from Africa: How poetry is taking on state censorship in Sudan
| Posted on March 24, 2017 at 11:55 AM |
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir looks at how Sudan's young poets are reviving the nation's tradition of lyrical resistance.
President Omar al-Bashir's government likes to keep a tight rein over Sudan's media and cultural institutions, with state-endorsed competitions and publications trying to replace a once...
Read Full Post »Roundhouse's The Last Word tackles post-truth world of 2017
| Posted on March 2, 2017 at 7:55 AM |
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The Camden Roundhouse’s popular The Last Word festival ret...
Read Full Post »This Vibrant Short Film Captures The Spirit Of Chicago In Poetry, Music, And Dance
| Posted on March 2, 2017 at 7:45 AM |
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Watch: Moving Spoken Word Performance About Police Brutality
| Posted on February 22, 2017 at 7:55 AM |
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‘Black Man with the Black Hands’ is a poem by Tiana Marie Ford, and has been doing the rounds across social media
21/02/2017 06:30 PM http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/watch-moving-spoken-word-performance-about-police-brutality
BLACK MAN with the Black Hands is a moving response to police brutality in America.
The four-minute video serves as a medium to celebrate and honour our black men from t...
Read Full Post »This powerful spoken word performance about assault beautifully expresses how men can help
| Posted on October 21, 2016 at 4:05 PM |
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The past few weeks the news has been focused on women and the issue of sexual assault. Presidential Nominee Donald Trump began a wave of outrage and speaking out with a video tape from several years ago. Donald was caught on tape bragging to Billy Bush about what amounts to sexually assaulting ...
Read Full Post »"Art's job is to question the status quo, not to ever accept it" - Spoken word and social change
| Posted on October 21, 2016 at 3:35 PM |
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ART CAN OCCUPY a space in society where it reaches out and engages people, inspiring those on the fringes to raise their voices for social justice and to become involved with prominent issues in the world around them.
That’s what the organisers of the Lingo spoken word festival believe, and they&...
Read Full Post »Poetic justice: the rise of brilliant women writing in dark times
| Posted on July 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM |
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“Hera Lindsay Bird has attracted the biggest hoo-ha with a poetry book I can recall,” wrote one reviewer ...
Read Full Post »The growing popularity of performance poetry is a boost for mental wellbeing
| Posted on June 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM |
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Lucy English
Thursday 2 June 2016 10.30 BST https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2016/jun/02/performance-poetry-boost-for-mental-wellbeing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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