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In honor of the Why I Rise poetry competition, CherryPicks asked the founder of Get Lit - Words Ignite, Diane Luby Lane, to put together a list of some of her favorite films inspired by poems or that bring poetry to the forefront!
Read MoreKelly Clarkson interviewed Get Lit founder Diane Luby Lane and Get Lit poets Jason Alvarez and Sierra Leone Anderson on her show and was even brought to tears by their original poetry.
Read MoreGet Lit's founder and Executive Director, Diane Luby Lane, was interviewed by Splash Magazine and discusses Get Lit's origin story, the Classic Slam, and the transformational effects of poetry.
Read MoreThe Classic Slam press release on PR Newswire was picked up by 387 sites, including some top sites such as KTLA, Yahoo! Finance, AP, Markets Insider, and nationwide local news channels. In addition, it was tweeted by Poetry LA and covered by Broadway World.
Read MoreGet Lit received a grant from the NBA Foundation among 40 other organizations that are being honored for creating employment opportunities, furthering career advancement, and driving greater economic empowerment for Black youth.
Read MoreOur very own founder, Diane Luby Lane, has a featured interview in Business Mogul Magazine's Spring "Power" Issue where she talks about Get Lit's origins and her relationship with poetry.
Read MoreOur Words Collide, the new documentary featuring Get Lit poets, won the ADL Stand Up award this weekend at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival! Edhat Santa Barbara also wrote a glowing review of the movie and writeup on the award.
Read MoreFive Get Lit poets are getting highlighted in "Our Words Collide," a documentary film executive produced by actress Rosario Dawson. Featured in Deadline Magazine, Our Words Collide premieres at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday, March 5.
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet, Elizabeth Bishop.
Read MoreGet Lit poets Dharma and Zoe performed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery premiere event for the final season of Pamala Adlon's "Better Things" on FX.
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet, Sara Borjas.
Read MoreThis year, the Hollywood Foreign Press honored Get Lit at the 2021 Golden Globes, including a reading from former Get Lit Player Cyrus Roberts and speech from Get Lit Director of Creative Media Samuel Curtis.
Read MoreGet Lit’s new partnership with the Writer’s Guild Foundation for our Poetic Screenwriters Lab program was recently featured in the Hollywood Reporter. Read about it here!
Read MoreIn this episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet Ada Limón.
Read MoreFor this year’s Black History Month, we are spotlighting our podcast Get Lit Minute with a selection of our favorite episodes that feature Black poets.
Read MoreWe have a cast of amazing Classic Poets featured in this month's Get Lit Minute. Learn more about poets such as Tyree Daye, Traci Brimhall, and more!
Read MoreCheck out PR Newswire's article covering the launch of Get Lit's Uni(verse) platform and our upcoming Gala feat. Jane Fonda on December 11th, 2021.
Read MoreJoin our campaign to reach 1,000 Verses. Each submission will contribute to a Cento that will be read by the legendary Jane Fonda at our Virtual Launch Party on December 11th. #ContributeAVerse now!
Read MoreOur feature film, SUMMERTIME, made an appearance on this month's Academy of American Poet's Education Newsletter!
Read MoreRaul Herrera of Get Lit — Words Ignite: Five Things You Need To Write Powerful And Evocative Poetry
Read MoreHere is insidewink’s Brad Koepenick in conversation with Get Lit’s Diane Luby Lane on how GET LIT moves students to share their “truths” to create change in the world using the power of the spoken word.
Read MoreFive Get Lit Poets collaborate with PBS SoCal | KCET to create common Core-aligned mini-lessons for learning both inside and outside the classroom!
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight Paul Laurence Dunbar!
Read MoreIn this week’s episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, Langston Hughes.
Read MoreGet Lit Poet, Mila Cuda, recognized for their talent both on screen and behind the scenes!
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight Jamaican American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist, June Jordan. Included in this episode is a reading of her poem, “A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades.”
Read MoreIt's official, our Get Lit Poets and the movie Summertime are putting spoken word back into the spotlight. Read the full review and impact of this incredible project. Bring spoken word to a school near you!
Read MoreActress and Summertime Movie producer Kelly Marie Tran has added “Poet” to her list of occupations. Inspired by her experience with our Get Lit Poets and the Summertime Movie, Tran embarked an a personal journey to master the art of poetry.
Read MoreOur Get Lit Poets were recently featured in an article by KCRW. Learn how 27 of our poets inspired the production of this epic film about life and art in Los Angeles.
Read MoreGet Lit – Words Ignite, the LA based nonprofit that fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy on the page and in visual media, has partnered with Good Deed Entertainment and Tiger Tales Media to host a private screening of the film SUMMERTIME, as a thank you to teachers across the Los Angeles area.
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet Krysten Hill. She received her MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she currently teaches and is the recipient of the 2016 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award and 2020 Mass Cultural Council Poetry Fellowship.
Read MoreWhat's more Get Lit than Summertime!? What's more Summertime than a block party!? What's more block party than You + hundreds of your closest poet pals!?
Read Moren the New Yorker’s recent American Chronicle’s article, they discuss communal living, togetherness, and what it means to come home.
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight American poet and educator, Terrance Hayes. His 2010 collection, Lighthead, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010. Listen now via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Buzzsprout.
Read MoreIn this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight American poet and essayist Rita Dove. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position
Read MoreDid you know that you can support Get Lit anytime you shop with Amazon or go grocery shopping at Ralph’s?
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times covers the Classic Slam and how Get Lit has helped LA youth develop their poetry and their voices. Featuring quotes from Nia Lewis, Khamal Iwuanyanwu, and Mila Cuda.
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 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 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 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 MoreBoth Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan surprised a group of youth poets as part of the educational group Get Lit – Words Ignite, a Los Angeles–based poetry curriculum taught in more than 100 L.A. schools. For the appearance, the duke and duchess kept things cool and casual while chatting with students about the importance of poetry in culture.
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 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.”)
Read MoreMeghan Markle and Prince Harry are talking poetry! The couple made a surprise appearance in honor of Black History Month on Saturday, joining a virtual poetry class with Get Lit, an organization that promotes literacy and empowers young people through poetry.
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 MoreThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their first appearance this year – when they completely surprised a poetry class over the weekend.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took the time out to honor Black History Month and show their support for Get Lit, which is a literary group that describes its work as empowering youth and emboldening communities.
Read MorePrince 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.
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