Biographies of poets and spoken word artists, exploring their lives, major collections, and the voices that set them apart.
Poetry
George Watsky, commonly known as Watsky, is an American rapper, spoken-word poet, writer, and live performer from San Francisco. He first reached a wide online audience through energetic poetry and rap videos, then turned that visibility into independent hip-hop albums, books, and touring performances. A fast verse or
Folk music
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter who became one of popular music’s most influential writers by showing that songs could carry poetry, social criticism, old musical traditions, and unresolved ideas. He first became famous in the 1960s folk revival, then kept changing his sound and public role for
American writers
Annie Lanzillotto is a Bronx-based writer and multidisciplinary artist whose work moves among poetry, prose, performance, and theater. She writes about the Bronx, Italian American family history, working-class life, memory, loss, queer identity, and the ways people carry places with them. Her books stand on their own, but