Word: spoken-word
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...trains and in other public place." Reacting to what appears to be the growing irrelevance of poetry in American culture, the big-hitters of American poetry will be coming out in droves to support the genre, a veritable LiveAid for the literary world. Aside from a brief spate of spoken-word spots on MTV, pop culture seems to have forsaken poetry altogether. Which makes us wonder, can a nationwide publicity blitz sway today's younger readers? What America really needs now is Courtney Love, wearing a diaphanous nightie, reading Czeslaw Milosz from the roof of the Viper Club. Now that...
...EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN became the first to record an album while serving in the Senate. Dirksen beat out Rod McKuen for the best spoken-word Grammy award...
...recent years, the distinct art forms of "poetry slamming" and "spoken-word" have moved out of coffee houses and into the mainstream, heralding a convergence of poetry with performance. Unfortunately, those who explore poetry through visual media always run the risk of yielding a result at odds with the poem's intended message; or, even worse, one that reflects badly on the poem itself. A casual viewing of the films exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts October 16 program, "Poetry on Film and in Performance," indicated that a fine line still exists in the video arts world between visualizing...
...have only featured these three short films for one evening (in most cases with live presentations by the artists themselves), but the indication was clear: spoken-word, poetry slamming and video-art are fast making their way into the art-world's equivalent of mainstream culture. Unfortunately, though, the performance also offered a warning about the complexities of adapting literature into a visual medium...
...nominee who won't be at the Grammys is Hillary Clinton, who has to attend a state dinner. She was tickled at her nod for the spoken-word Grammy, especially since recording did not come easy. At one point proceedings had to be halted because sound engineers could hear the First Lady's stomach rumbling...