Additional Info Performing during prelims at the 2014 National Poetry Slam. Follow Button on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/SG5Xm0 Information courtesy, YouTube
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Yale senior wins the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship (via Yale News)
Congrats, Emi! The stage was set for Emtithal “Emi” Mahmoud ’16 at the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship (iWPS). Entering the final round of the competition, she had drawn the last slot for the last bout. Despite the high-pressure situation, she performed a piece she had finished only hours before. And she won. “I was … Continue reading Yale senior wins the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship (via Yale News)
(Video) Natalie Patterson | Wake Up Call
Additional Info A poetic collaboration between Natalie Patterson and Sephora University. Please Like and Share To learn more about: Natalie Patterson: http://www.natalieispoetry.com @natalieispoetry Sephora University: https://www.facebook.com/SephoraUniversity Sephora: http://sephora.com Director/DP: Tyler Wilson: http://www.vimeo.com/mindritefilms Editor/Sound Design: Luciano Sprovieri: http://www.vimeo.com/113127417 Special thanks to Sephora University, Melanie McGuire, Keena Cardak and our fantastic team! Music provided by Music Bed … Continue reading (Video) Natalie Patterson | Wake Up Call
The Writing Life of a Young, Prolific Poet (via The New Yorker)
It’s a rare poet who can write movingly about African migration to Europe and also tweet humorously about the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta.” Every generation of writers and readers has mourned the shrinking place of poetry in our lives, and they may not be wrong. They also may not be looking in … Continue reading The Writing Life of a Young, Prolific Poet (via The New Yorker)
(Video) Warsan Shire | For Women Who are Difficult to Love
Additional Info Warsan Shire - For Women Who Are Difficult to Love Director, Producer : Andrea Cortes-Juarbe & Christine Mehr Editor: Christine Mehr Co-Editor: Andrea Cortes-Juarbe Special thanks - Lauren Stanton, Sara'o Bery, Ada Pinkston, Isa Nakazawa Audio mashed by Christine Mehr Instrumental track - Zoe Keating's "Sun Will Set." Information courtesy, YouTube
Red Sofa Salon nurtures poets in a home setting (via Philly)
Once a week in the name of poetry, Hila Ratzabi opens her living room to strangers. They lounge, snug on the red wraparound sofa in her West Philadelphia home, and discuss, over wine and homemade vegetarian food, how to become better poets Ratzabi, 34, is their teacher. A poet and freelance editor, Ratzabi has held … Continue reading Red Sofa Salon nurtures poets in a home setting (via Philly)
I was racially abused on a train and no-one helped me, says poet (via BBC)
The 24-year-old has had many supportive messages on social media since telling the story of how she was racially abused and hit on a train on Friday. But while the internet has rushed to defend her, Siana says the people who actually witnessed it did nothing. "I'm sure most people on that train were good … Continue reading I was racially abused on a train and no-one helped me, says poet (via BBC)
(Video) Kevin Kantor | People You May Know
Additional Info Performing on finals stage at the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Follow Button on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SG5Xm0 Information courtesy, YouTube
TS Eliot poetry prize shortlist stretches to Jamaica and beyond (via The Guardian)
A week after Marlon James became the first Jamaican to win the Booker, the Jamaican-born poet Claudia Rankine has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize for poetry. Rankine, whose collection of prose poems examining everyday racism, Citizen, has already won the Forward prize in the UK along with the NBCC award in the US, … Continue reading TS Eliot poetry prize shortlist stretches to Jamaica and beyond (via The Guardian)
(Video) Safia Elhillo | Self Portait with a Yellow Dress
Additional Info Safia Elhillo performs "Self Portrait With a Yellow Dress" live at AfroPunk AfterDark Presents: The Strivers Row "Black Joy" http://www.thestriversrow.com Information courtesy, YouTube