Spoken Word by Dr. Joshua Bennett non-fiction For the second half of

For the second half of his long life

By the time of publication he had also been living in Germany for over fifteen years

Like a surgeon intent on the truer cause

that such an equilibrium between history and art is not only possible

Kama Sywor Kamanda

Spoken Word by Dr. Joshua Bennett non-fiction For the second half ofSpoken word is the Western world's oldest form of literary expression. Spoken word is where poetry begins. Spoken word has changed the world. In 2009, at only twenty years old, Joshua Bennett was invited by President Barack Obama to recite a poem at the White House. With Spike Lee and Saul Williams among the audience, this event turned out to be the very same one where Lin Manuel Miranda first performed the opening lines of a work in progress that