An obscure bit of Motown Records’ history is coming back to life this month. The label, now based in Los Angeles, is partnering with the Motown Museum to resurrect the Black Forum spoken word label, ...

With each step down the runway, every word spoken within a poem and each thread sewn onto a piece of clothing at the Queer AF: Art + Fashion Show, Josh Croke hopes the influence from third annual ...

Declaring we live in times that urgently call for “information alongside inspiration,” Motown Records is relaunching one of its signature labels. Black Forum, a spoken-word and poetry subsidiary that ...

In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...

Jim King, former executive at music rights group BMI, and comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman have launched Spoken Giants, a royalty administration ...

Peter Kahn ’94, long-time spoken word educator, discusses how integrating spoken word poetry into classrooms can transform not just schools, but also the lives of students. Public speaking is ...

The Last Poets are more than a band, although, you could call them that as well. A collective? An idea? A movement? Sure! Let's back up, though. The year is 1968. In Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, a ...

You can now add “recording artist” to William Shatner’s long list of achievements. The 90-year-old “Star Trek” alum has released a spoken word album based on his long life and work on the silver ...