This Friday marks the one year anniversary of Word Open Mic Night hosted by Emdash in the independent bookstore’s Jersey City location. It’s the last Friday of each month, in fact, that has marked the ...

Poetry nights may have started as a trend, but three stage shows have proved the art form has staying power. The poetry slam began in 1980s Chicago, getting a boost from Larenz Tate’s sultry open-mic ...

From a tragic look at the hidden costs of funerals to retelling a near-death travel experience involving a parasite, community members shared stories at the Word Buffet open mic event on Wednesday.

After almost a year in the works, the Word Dog community open mic is becoming an increasingly popular place in Missoula for people to bring spoken word to the stage. But participation is not limited ...

You’re in the mood for something intimate: murky lights, fresh roasted coffee, chapbooks. Maybe you’re a great poet searching for an underground outlet or someone interested in being part of a small, ...

With the latest version of Dragon Dictation for Mac, users of the speech recognition program no longer need to choose between talking and typing when creating documents in Microsoft Word. Dragon ...

Living in a UNESCO city of literature undoubtedly immerses its residents in the act of reading, but there’s a certain performative element that is sometimes overlooked. Spoken word poetry combines ...