Social media and ChatGPT are changing the way we use text. Artists are pulling text in different directions in their practice, too. Some examples from recent shows across Goa and New Delhi.

Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when Dwayne Morgan was terrified of public speaking. As a kid growing up in Scarborough, Ont. the award winning veteran poet — nicknamed the “Godfather ...

I don’t remember subscribing to Things That Don’t Suck, the Substack that once belonged to poet Andrea Gibson, who died in July 2025, and is now carried on by their wife, Megan Falley. But it kept ...

When you imagine a lyric video maker, you’re likely to think of music—the boom of the bass in a pop song or the silky flow of rap music. However, what if we crossed that line? What if lyric-like ...

Forward-looking: Stanford University researchers have unveiled a brain-computer interface capable of translating imagined words directly from neural activity into speech – marking a first in ...

“Music & the Spoken Word” has been on the air since 1929. Much has changed, yet much has remained exactly the same. “Music & the Spoken Word” started as a local broadcast, and now airs on more than ...

The Tabernacle Choir, one of the oldest and largest choral organizations in the world, broadcast its 5,000th episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” on Sunday. One of the longest-running broadcast ...

Mack Wilberg, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square music director, Derrick Porter, “Music & the Spoken Word” executive producer and host, and Michael O. Leavitt, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square ...

BUEA, Cameroon — A woman cried out upon seeing a sheet-covered form on a stretcher. As volunteers wheeled it onto the stage, Boris Taleabong Alemnge recited a poem whose title spoke the unspoken: ...

Most linguistic datasets focus on written text, but what about the way we actually speak? TalkBank, the world’s largest open-access repository of spoken language, is helping researchers understand ...

Spoken Word Wednesday, an open stage for storytellers and poets of all ages, will be held for the first time from 6 to 8 p.m. April 30. Participants will put their names in the hat by 6:15 p.m. and ...