Spoken word poetry is a form of writing so vivid, so alive, that to confine it to the page saps it of half its life’s blood. The performers all brought something to their acts that transformed the ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Rita Dove reads her poem "American Smooth." The arts play an instrumental role in young people's lives. Pursuing creative endeavors helps young people in social, intellectual, ...

April 16 was B.Y.O.P. night at Coming to the Table-Historic Triangle’s monthly gathering. Everyone was invited to Bring Your Own Poem to observe National Poetry Month, which was established to ...

This past school year, WUNC partnered with the group Sacrificial Poets on a series of after-school writing workshops. The goal was to help young people tell their own stories using poetry, performance ...