International Focus: Danez Smith of First Wave
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International Focus: Danez Smith of First Wave

In our series of International Focus blog posts, leading poetry practitioners from outside the UK tell us all about themselves, slam and spoken word. This post is from Danez Smith, a poet, performer, and playwright from St. Paul, Minnesota.
The importance of youth slam: An interview with Dr. Helen Gregory
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The importance of youth slam: An interview with Dr. Helen Gregory

We start 2012 with a special interview with Dr Helen Gregory, performance poet, lecturer and researcher in the benefits of youth poetry slam. Tell us a bit about yourself I teach psychology at the University of Gloucestershire and carry out research into the arts as part of my job there....
Champions of the Word
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Champions of the Word

Anyone who’s witnessed a group of young people up on stage, putting everything they’ve got into a slam poetry performance, will know that youth slam is alive and well in the UK. Across the country, diverse and different slam programmes bring poetry into schools, theatres, community centres and youth groups,...

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International Focus: Danez Smith of First Wave
Features / International Focus

International Focus: Danez Smith of First Wave

In our series of International Focus blog posts, leading poetry practitioners from outside the UK tell us all about themselves, slam and spoken word. This post is from Danez Smith, a poet, performer, and playwright from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Poetry Changed Me: Mab Jones
Poetry Changed Me

Poetry Changed Me: Mab Jones

These Poetry Changed Me posts are all about how poetry has had an impact on some of the spoken word artists around the country and the world. Today we have Mab Jones on how poetry as speech therapy… I was a weird kid – a thin squib, then a fat squaw, pale and distant, uncomfy...
In the Spotlight: ARC
In the Spotlight / North East

In the Spotlight: ARC

In the Spotlight features the people, venues and organisations that are making Shake the Dust happen. Jenni Owen is Community Programme Manager at ARC, Stockton on Tees, the venue partner leading the project in the North East. What do you love about ARC? ARC is exciting to be part of, the programme is diverse and...

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