Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said they would add a Joni Mitchell song to their ‘dinner playlist’ after a teenager recommended it to them during an online poetry class at the weekend.The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, were the guests of honor during a digital event organized by poetry group Get Lit in honor of Black History Month, during which Meghan ‘shared some of her favorite lines’ with the aspiring performers, while Harry expressed a keen ‘interest’ in poetry.
Read MoreCheck out our Classic Slam artwork! We are excited to announce this year’s 10th annual Classic Slam will be held on April 29th thru May 1st. The Classic Slam is the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world featuring acclaimed authors and poets as our students compete against each other for school spirit and college scholarships. It’s a wild and raucous celebration of youth wisdom and power! Visit https://www.getlit.org/event/classic-slam for more info.
Read MoreClassic Slam alumni Gabby Wilson and Amanda Gorman performed at the Super Bowl LV, with Amanda Gorman being the first U.S. Youth Poet Laureate to perform at a Super Bowl event.
Read MoreWe’re so honored that Marianne Williamson introduced Get Lit and the wonderful voices of Get Lit Players Cassady Lopez and Tyris Winters to perform a poem by Kathy Eldon for the “Hope Rising” book launch!
Read MoreGet Lit’s Pilot 1 Intro To Film Class: February 28th for 12 Weeks (Free) Sundays 10 am-1 pm PST Apply here. Through this free virtual 10-week Workshop Program, filmmakers ages 13-19 will learn to collaborate with other young filmmakers and meet professionals from the creative industry while learning the fundamentals of the art, craft, and business of independent filmmaking. Contact jamaal@getlit.org with any questions.
Read MoreThe official “Summertime” movie trailer is OUT! Thanks so much to Good Deed Entertainment for helping us bring our spoken word film to you all. “Summertime” is an American comedy-drama film directed by Carlos López Estrada, the director of Blindspotting, and features a day in the life of 25 young poets from Get Lit.
Read MoreThank you so much to NBC LA for featuring our team and poets last night! Interested in joining a program? We have a free youth writing class, our Emerging Writers Fellowship, and youth film class, Pilot 1: Intro to Film, starting soon!Support our programming here.
Read MoreMeghan Markle and Prince Harry have spent the past two months largely out of the spotlight, living their lives privately in their Montecito home, where they’ve been quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic with their one-year-old son Archie. But this afternoon, details about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first surprise event of 2021 emerged: The couple crashed one of Get Lit, a youth poetry organization’s, Zoom poetry classes.
Read MorePoetry is having a real moment in American pop culture. Last night, Amanda Gorman became the first poet in history to recite an original work at the Super Bowl, sharing a piece that highlighted the work of the game’s honorary captains. (Of course, her performance came just a few weeks after the National Youth Poet Laureate stole the show at Joe Biden’s inauguration with her poem: “The Hill We Climb.”)
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