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Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

This month, America celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Most of the country first encountered this musical revolution with the release of the national hit “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. But it ...

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Alice Kilduff, a 17-year-old student at Denver School of the Arts, will represent Colorado in Washington, D.C. at the end of the month at the Poetry Out Loud finals. Launched in the spring of 2006, ...