spoken word
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After that, she became one of the youngest Grammy nominees ever in the best spoken word album for children category thanks to her voice work on “A Bug’s Life Read-Along.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
A poet and rapper who once handled complaints about potholes and dropped kerbs for Croydon Council is now using rap and spoken word poetry to explain council policy to young people.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
He decides out of the kindness of his heart with his boys to come and watch me do spoken word at Coventry Student Union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The spoken word is older than our species, and the instinct for language allows children to engage in articulate conversation years before they enter a schoolhouse.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
