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Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Peter Kahn
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Columbus, OH, USA
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Authors, Creative Writing, Education, Education Reform, Educational Motivational, Family & Parenting, Government, Literary, Motivational, Poetry, Professors, Workshop, Youth
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Peter Kahn Biography

A former Chicago social worker, Peter Kahn has been an English teacher since 1994 and a Spoken Word Educator since 2003 at Oak Park/River Forest High School. Kahn created the Spoken Word Poetry Educator position to help promote student engagement and voice, to close the opportunity gap, and to combat high ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) scores. In September 2022, Kahn extended his influence in education by becoming actively involved with 12 local schools in Central Ohio, focusing on poetry education.

Kahn is the founder and sponsor of Oak Park's Spoken Word Club — the largest school-based club of its kind in the world. Alumni include NBA champion, Iman Shumpert; former Scholastic Arts National Youth Poet Laureate, Natalie Richardson; National Youth Poet Laureate, Kara Jackson; and comedian, Langston Kerman (HBO, MTV, IFC, NBC, Comedy Central). Their success is celebrated annually during the "Schooled on Poetry" event each May, organized by Kahn. Several of Kahn's students have gone on to earn full-tuition scholarships to university as a result of poetry and to earn MFA’s in Creative Writing. Several have been published in Poetry magazine, two with work written while in high school. His students can be seen in the documentary, Louder Than a Bomb and Steve James’ Starz docu-series, America to Me.

A founding member of the London poetry collective Malika’s Kitchen, he co-founded the London Teenage Poetry Slam. He facilitated the visit of three Black-British writers to the US for events in Columbus and Columbia, South Carolina, thereby bridging the gap between the UK and US literary communities. As a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths-University of London, Kahn created the Spoken Word Education Training Programme.

Kahn earned his MA in English Education from The Ohio State University, student taught at Columbus East High School and taught for the Young Scholars Program. His impactful teaching methodology led to him receiving the Inspiring Teacher Award from the American Writers Museum. He was a featured speaker at the National Council of Teachers of English’s annual convention and runner-up in the NCTE and Penguin Random House Maya Angelou Teacher Award for Poetry.

Along with Patricia Smith and Ravi Shankar, Kahn edited "The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks" reviewed in The New York Times by Claudia Rankine. Along with Hanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, and former student Dan “Sully” Sullivan, he edited "Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School," deemed “Electric and Expansive” by Kirkus Reviews. Kahn’s 2020 poetry collection, "Little Kings" has poems featured in The London Guardian and The Forward Book of Poetry. One of his poems was also featured on the literary podcast, "The Slowdown."

In addition to his teaching and writing commitments, Kahn also hosts a podcast with Rich Robins and Langston Kerman, Arts Educators Save the World, where they have conversed with prominent figures such as Bradley Whitford, Cecily Strong, Josh Radnor, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/12/2024.

Peter Kahn Speaking Topics

  • Peter Kahn Workshops

    An acclaimed workshop leader, for an additional fee, Peter is available to do training sessions and to lead workshops. In addition to teaming with universities, he has led workshops with adults through the Poetry Foundation and the English and Media Centre (UK) and he has led a variety of workshops with young people between 10-18 years old at over fifty schools around the world. Peter enjoys being paired with alumni which include accomplished rappers, writers and educators.

  • Other Topics from Peter Kahn:

    Activating Student Voice through Spoken Word Poetry

    A Journey From Poetry-Hater To Poet-Educator

    Changing Lives Through Poetry

Peter Kahn Videos

  • A teacher’s take on how spoken word poetry amplifies student voice
    A teacher’s take on how spoken word poetry amplifies student voice
    Peter Kahn has taught English and spoken word poetry to thousands of students at Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School since 1994. Now, in...
  • After 20 Years A Chicago Teacher Retires, But Not Without A Grand Finale
    After 20 Years A Chicago Teacher Retires, But Not Without A Grand Finale
    CBS 2 Morning Insider Marissa Parra shows us the big finale and a parallel to a big Hollywood movie.
  • Spoken Word Club Spring 2021 Showcase
    Spoken Word Club Spring 2021 Showcase
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Peter Kahn Books

  • Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School
    Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School
  • Little Kings
    Little Kings
  • The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
    The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
  • a storm between fingers: Selected Poems
    a storm between fingers: Selected Poems

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