On Wednesday, Amanda Gorman became the sixth poet to perform at a presidential inauguration. At 22, she also made history as the youngest. Following in the footsteps of greats like Maya Angelou and ...

Fiona Shepherd on this year’s must-see Poetry and Performance events ...

The notion of poetry as words written on a page and read silently is a relatively recent historical development. Older, and perhaps more exciting, is the tradition of poetry as performance. Ancient ...

Amanda Gorman, who this month became the first poet to ever appear on the cover of Vogue, says she’s turned down millions of dollars in deals since her immediately viral performance at the 2021 ...

The last time I saw the performance poet John Giorno, who died on October 11 at the age of 82, he reminded me more than ever of a Roman emperor. It was surely his “Greco-Roman” good looks, as the ...

Albert Vetere Lannon, 65, is a retired union official and former professor of labor studies. The self-described “elder” of a loose-knit group of performance poets runs Uncapped Press, which recently ...

Pretty Face is unsentimental as he takes the stage at Busboys and Poets open mic poetry night on Tuesday, his last poetry performance for the foreseeable future. “This shit is 10 percent show, 90 ...

Interest in poetry has been rising over the past year, creating an opportunity for renewed community engagement as a new local poet laureate takes the helm. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily ...