slam poetry
Poetry for Peace is SFU Slam Poetry’s project for Palestine and beyond
January 15, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine, SFU Slam Poetry organized a powerful event titled Poetry for Peace on December 1. The event aimed to provide a platform for students to express their sentiments and solidarity through spoken-word poetry. The Peak sat down with Sumaiya Tufail, the club’s president, to delve deeper into the inspiration behind the event, its impact, and future plans. Tufail unveiled that the inspiration for Poetry for Peace originated from the reality of the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. Confronting the documented…
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Sumaiya Tufail to deliver TEDxSFU talk on poetry as resistance
July 24, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The Peak would like to note that Josh Ralla, one of our staff members, is an executive director of TEDxSFU, but had no involvement in writing this article. Sumaiya Tufail began the Slam…
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An interview with poet and musician Saul Williams
March 21, 2016Passion. Intensity. Purpose. These are some of the words that come to mind when listening to artist Saul Williams perform. Hailing from New York, Williams is a master of many trades. He is a rapper, slam poet, musician, and actor.…
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Four slam poets you have to check out
February 1, 2016I fell in love with spoken word poetry two years ago when I stumbled upon YouTube channel Button Poetry. They post videos of spoken word poets performing their original work at the National Poetry Slam (NPS), Individual World Poetry Slam…
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IF the Poet is a documentary tour de force
November 30, 2015IF the Poet follows Canadian slam poet IF (Ian French) on his journey to the 2014 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship and through to the World Cup of Slam Poetry in Paris. This documentary is a unique portrait of an…
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