Mic Check Poetry Fest in Iowa City offers workshops for writers of all types and ages, in addition to spoken word poetry performances. (Mic Check Poetry Fest) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio ...

"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

This Friday marks the one year anniversary of Word Open Mic Night hosted by Emdash in the independent bookstore’s Jersey City location. It’s the last Friday of each month, in fact, that has marked the ...

From a tragic look at the hidden costs of funerals to retelling a near-death travel experience involving a parasite, community members shared stories at the Word Buffet open mic event on Wednesday.

Living in a UNESCO city of literature undoubtedly immerses its residents in the act of reading, but there’s a certain performative element that is sometimes overlooked. Spoken word poetry combines ...

Caleb Rainey, a spoken word poet known as "The Negro Artist," performs at the newly-formed House of Words event for poets and other performing artists on Nov. 21 in Iowa City. (Elijah Decious/The ...