The spoken-word poetry movement, which surged in the 1960s, took on new life in the 1990s -- thriving in cafes and bars where bohemians poured out their souls. Atlanta has plenty of underground ...

Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space at the Getty Research Institute, reveals the wealth of the GRI’s holdings. Curated by Nancy Perloff, assisted by Christina Aube, this small but ...

In 1974, Marvin and Ruth Sackner began gathering works of “concrete poetry," poems whose words and typography are arranged to convey meaning graphically. But they didn’t know the genre was ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Jillian Melchior and Dan Henninger. Image: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images About 18 months ago, at age 79, I ...

Poetry found me at a young age. When I think about the role that poetry now plays in my life, I think of poetry intertwined with performance and design and the movement of my daily life.

The northwest-side writer, whose main genre of writing is poetry, came into art as a means of healing at the age of 14 when her 17-year-old step-brother died after being shot more than 20 times.

In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate. By Tas Tobey When you purchase an independently reviewed ...

September 18, Poetry and Music presentation by Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Melinda Palacio at Santa Barbara City College’s Calden Overlook. The program is part of Palabras Vitales: Latiné Poetry ...