Digital tools and platforms are driving young, hip readers and writers of poetry in ever increasing numbers to practice and appreciate the ancient art. Here's a round up of four to watch. The ...

This month, Dessa, aka Dessa Darling, aka Margret Wander, will set off on a spring tour with her band, Doomtree. With Doomtree and as a solo artist, Dessa has expanded the boundaries of what people ...

Rappers have interesting lyrics and every line they create should be appreciated. Rap Poems is a tumblr that recognizes this, pairing each line from your favorite MCs with serene, Instagram-like ...

AKRON, Ohio – Loretta Brown, like many grandmothers, has a lot of good advice. And she has an unusual way of sharing it: dropping rhymes to the beat of music. “Check this out! Check this out! Yeah!

Move over, Snoop Dogg. There’s a rapping rep who’s bustin’ some rhymes. With little fanfare, Rep. Major Owens (D-Brooklyn) has been writing rap poems and entering them into the staid Congressional ...

Interviewing Billings Senior graduate Linds Sanders a few weeks ago made me wish I could rap poems the way she can. The UM student is part of a new generation of performance poets taking on where the ...

How have women from Wuhan, China, the former epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, been faring over the past few months? In some ways, they were the first guinea pigs of the pandemic. As the world ...