The Grammy nominations are officially here, and while music fans are abuzz with the news of the major categories, this year’s Spoken Word nominees include some pretty impressive names as well. The ...

President Barack Obama, LeVar Burton and Dave Chappelle are among the nominees for Best Spoken Word Album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which were announced this morning. Also up for the prize are ...

For Native American Heritage Month, Lyla June Johnston contributed spoken word poems to "Our America: Indigenous and Urban," an episodic visual journal of Native men and women sharing their modern-day ...

This week, we’re taking a look at NPR/Edison Research’s new report on spoken word audio. While the latest NPR/Edison Spoken Word Audio Report defines spoken word as anything other than music, ...