If there's such a thing as a spoken-word star, Shane Koyczan fits that description.

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Ivy became the first winner of a category created for spoken-word poetry albums with his fourth album, “The Poet Who Sat By the Door,” after he had lobbied for the creation of the category for more than half a decade.

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Last month, the Duchess of York launched a gallery of digital art, which features her own spoken-word poetry overlaid with a visual interpretation of the verses by other artists.

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So, the worst place for a meltdown has to be at any spoken-word function.

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Their spoken-word album shares the truth of prison.

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They are an interdisciplinary poet, writer, spoken-word artist, visual artist, researcher, ethicist, and educator who stirs things up with some unlikely integrations, influences, and imagination.

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