I was in high school when the HBO premiered the series Brave New Voices (2009). I remember being in awe of the force behind the voices of teenagers collectively sharing their stories through spoken ...

Denver’s proved, again, that it’s a straight-up poetry town, and also that it takes a village to make it that way. The city’s stellar Minor Disturbance youth slam poetry team crowned its weekend by ...

Young poets from Denver’s slam poetry scene have taken their words and images far beyond the confines of the city. The HBO special Brave New Voices premiered this week and featured performances from ...

A competition of words leading to one victorious duo. Youth Speaks Poets Isabella Royer and Zoe Jung chatted with host Jessica Wills about their road to victory and performed the spoken word piece ...

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