Tag: spoken word
A Few Poets in the State You Need to Know
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Get to know these Birmingham-area poets.
Kwoya Fagin Maples
Maples, 39, teaches in the creative writing master’s degree program at her alma...
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
TODAY
**Thursday Night with VOCALIST DOMINIQUE POSEY at Perfect Note.
**WEIRD-ASS COMEDY TOUR w/ Special Guests THE YELLOW DANDIES at The Nick.
**COMEDIAN RON FEINGOLD...
How Bards and Brews unifies the Birmingham arts community
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Eddie Melton took part in the national discourse last week during a spoken-word event in front of a packed room...
Poet John Paul Taylor: ‘Changing minds one rhyme at a time’
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
John Paul Taylor spent much of his childhood in foster care, as a self-described “angry child.”
“I started writing when I...