Beat Poet Laureates gather at a previous National and International Beat Poetry Festival. This year’s festival happens Sept. 1-3. Photo courtesy Shaw Israel Izikson.

The original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,”, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively ...

The original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,”, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively ...

Since Poetry from Daily Life began Nov. 5, you’ve met poets from Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. We began in one paper — the Springfield News-Leader ...

In 1949, the same year that he won Canada’s highest literary award for poetry, A.M. (Abraham Moses) Klein undertook a fact-finding mission to the newly established state of Israel, to which ...

The Greenwood Beat – WFPG is hosting a Juneteenth Poetry Showcase featuring spoken word artists from around the world to honor Black voices and stories through live and virtual performances.

The Beat Poet Laureate honors began in 2015 and include poets at the state, national and international levels. There are also several lifetime laureates, including musician David Amram (a peer and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. She was 93. Shiraishi, whom American poet ...

The Greenwood Beat will host a national poetry showcase on Wednesday, June 19 in honor of Juneteenth.