There’s a creative group of students at Pittsburg High School (PHS) who’ve been stirring up attention and winning slam poetry contests throughout the Bay Area over the past year. A part of the PHS ...

One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...

PREACH: While local slam series co-founder Caleb Calhoun describes slam as the pop radio of poetry, appealing to an audience that doesn’t necessarily seek out poetry readings, fellow poet Justin ...