Poetry & Spoken Word

Ron DeSantis’s Censors Go After Inspirational Poem About Unity

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig May 26, 2023 DeSantis is losing the battle to be "likable" and "relatable." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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The Battle Over Ethnic Studies in California

Michael Datcher / Truthdig Mar 22, 2023 Truthdig columnist Michael Datcher describes how poets like Matt Sedillo and Elias Serna are using the arts in the battle over Ethnic Studies in California. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Poetry & Spoken Word

Red Flags

Ravina Wadhwani / Truthdig Dec 1, 2022 Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Poetry & Spoken Word

On The Run

Louis King / Truthdig Nov 30, 2022 Truthdig presents Louis King's original rap about Julian Assange, "On The Run." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Poetry & Spoken Word

Julian Assange 4 justice

BALi-kiD / Truthdig Nov 30, 2022 Truthdig presents BALi-kiD's original rap on Julian Assange, "Julian Assange 4 justice." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Native American Named U.S. Poet Laureate for First Time

HILLEL ITALIE / The Associated Press Jun 19, 2019 Joy Harjo has been ready for her new role for a long time. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Hypocrisy of ‘Living Happily’ Through All Our Wars

Will Brewbaker / Los Angeles Review of Books Mar 27, 2019 While reading "Deaf Republic," we would be wise to join poet Ilya Kaminsky in owning our failures—political, personal or otherwise. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Robert Scheer on the Importance of Not Selling Out (Video)

Stephen French Mar 25, 2019 The Truthdig Editor in Chief talks with his lifelong friend, the legendary poet who just turned a 100 years old. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Is Still Revolutionary at Age 100

Natasha Hakimi Zapata and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 24, 2019 The legendary poet, who is now 100 years old, can be described by nearly enough epithets for every year he's been alive. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

In Hawaii, an End of Innocence

Gregory Glover / Truthdig Jul 18, 2018 In her poem "Sweet Leilani," Sara Simone Wagner speaks for many residents of Hawaii's Big Island who are adjusting to the reality of an ongoing volcanic disaster. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Land Between Two Rivers

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Mar 2, 2018 Tom Sleigh travels to war zones and refugee camps, yet views intervention on his part as transgression. When does passivity become complicity? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges, Gerald Stern: The Poet in Technocratic Society (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 6, 2017 "We've lost a voice that is unafraid to speak truth to power, and that longs to do that," the award-winning poet tells Hedges. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )