Spoken Word takes root in MN By: Shannon Gibney Managing Editor Local ‘master plan’ helps new art form flourish Spoken Word: An artistic form that accentuates the rhythmic (musical, percussive, voca… more →
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richlee16 wrote 1 month ago: During the Trenton Book Fair last weekend, I had the opportunity to interview poet and playwright A … more →
Lynn Ligammari wrote 1 month ago: Jones, LeRoi Blues People: Negro Music in White America New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 196 … more →
lalinstjuste wrote 1 month ago: This man sends chills down my spine. He is an amazing poet, playwright, activist. Check this out ( … more →
mnspokenword wrote 1 month ago: The MN Spoken Word Association Presents The URBAN GRIOTS Spoken Word Awards Celebration An 8 Year R … more →
Shaik Zakeer Hussain wrote 1 month ago: Somebody Blew Up America from The Warrior Poet on Vimeo. The Video shows the poet Amiri Baraka, … more →
Steve Evans wrote 2 months ago: Ah, as the attention span (“Mine”) shortens progressively, the “ self-defense” mechanism some call “ … more →
nickvogt wrote 2 months ago: I got to sort of meet Amiri Baraka a little over a month ago, which was neat since he’s a pre … more →
Antievil wrote 2 months ago: SOMEBODY BLEW UP AMERICA (All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & … more →
bandwagonjumper wrote 3 months ago: Two very different extracts: one from an interview, the second from a poem. Both stem from a place o … more →
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ginavivinetto wrote 4 months ago: While I was in Florida I read five books, most of them graphic novels, so it wasn’t as impress … more →
lovewritersblock wrote 5 months ago: “The Dutchman” by Leroi Jones (he now goes by the name Amiri Baraka) is a short and s … more →
tyrajane wrote 5 months ago: Black History Month..Where do I start?? It has the potential to be an amazing, inspiring, education … more →
narmer wrote 5 months ago: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library www.schomburgcenter.o … more →
comradezero wrote 6 months ago: The following two articles by Mao Zedong deal with the African American national liberation struggl … more →
rikowski wrote 7 months ago: Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 By Jeffrey B. Perry Just Published by Col … more →
lettrist wrote 7 months ago: Students occupying the Polytechnic University in Athens may not be in classes but are writing manife … more →