The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for ...

April is National Poetry Month and this year’s Women of the World Poetry Slam took over Baltimore’s poetry scene for the first time. Thanks to the Black Arts District, the city had a chance to ...

“What an exciting and inspirational evening!” “I was moved to tears.” These are just some of the ecstatic comments we receive after our teen poetry slams. If you’ve been before, we know you’ll be back ...

The Mercury Cafe’s slam poetry team isn’t resting on its laurels. Many key members of the Merc’s competitive poetry team are still out of state, having earned a spot in the semifinals during the ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

LEFT: Reading from his slam poem “Labels” at the Ralston Arena is Ralston High School junior Lance Otto. Otto is in his first year of competition with the Avenue Scholars slam poetry team and competed ...

Since being featured in Seven Days in April, Balkisa Abdikadir, Lena Ginawi, Hawa Adam and Kiran Waqar, 15- and 16-year-olds slam poets who call themselves Muslim Girls Making Change, have performed ...

It’s time to free up your schedule, Phoenix: Individual World Poetry Slam season is finally here. This fall, the Valley will host this internationally-recognized event for the first time in the city’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...