Hannah Sturgis,16, started reading William Shakespeare's poetry in the third grade and Emily Dickinson's in the fifth grade. "I didn't understand it," she said with a laugh after winning the state-wide Poetry Out Loud competition Tuesday night. It's the second year in a row that she's won the recitation contest, which trots high school students … Continue reading Delaware teens compete for poetry prize (via Delaware Online)
Additional Info Poem starts at 50 second mark. Actress and spoken word artiest, Ernestine Johnson, performs her piece "Dear Black man". A poem that was inspired by her little brother. Information courtesy, YouTube
It’s rare that a local opening act can command an audience’s attention as well as Lido Pimienta did warming up for Saul Williams. The recent NOW cover star carries herself with the casual confidence of someone who knows how powerful her voice is, and her percussion-heavy electronic pop easily won over the crowd. She can leap from … Continue reading Saul Williams Put His Acting and Spoken Word Talents to Use at Tattoo (via NOW Toronto)
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On Saturday night, the Black Student Union (BSU) held their annual Poetry Jam. Featuring two performers, Jasmine Mans and Alysia Harris, it was an exciting event that brought poetry lovers from all ends of campus together. “It’s a tradition that has been going on for every Black History Month,” said Victoria Lewis, the president of … Continue reading Binghamton’s Black Student Union hosts annual poetry slam (via Pipe Dream)
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The Dominican Student Association of Penn State held a week series of exploring the global idea of blackness and its relation to life in the United States. Yesterday evening, the students from Writers Organized to Represent Diverse Stories shared a series of poetry to dissect blackness and sought the perspective of how people from the … Continue reading Poetry sparks the conversation on blackness (via Daily Collegian)
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Harper Lee, whose 1961 novel To Kill a Mockingbird became a national institution and the defining text on the racial troubles of the American deep south, has died at the age of 89. Lee, or Nelle as she was known to those close to her, had lived for several years in a nursing home less than … Continue reading Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, dies aged 89
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