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One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Everyone knows who I am and that I could have any female fan I want. That's supposed to be the "perk" of playing left field for the Boston Renegades. But I don't want just any woman; I want her. She should be just another face in the crowd, but I can't stop thinking about the one night we spent together - and her look of regret the morning after. Because Saylor Blackwell is the kind of woman who haunts a man. Smart, sexy as hell, and one of the best managers in the business. She's every ballplayer's dream woman. And I'd do anything to make things right with her.

Jack Flashhardt is back! Still a Captain in the Marine Corps, he has been classified as a deserter and wants to sneak across the Mexican border into America to fight his criminal status. But after Jack makes it to America, he is arrested and told by a General of a secret government entity that they want him to fake a climb of Mt Elbrus of the Caucasus Mountains, where he and his team will eliminate a Chinese hacking gang that is stealing American technology. Jack is offered freedom from his deserter status if he completes the mission. Jack forms a combat team and the adventure begins.

Jack Flashhardt is back! Still a Captain in the Marine Corps, he has been classified as a deserter and wants to sneak across the Mexican border into America to fight his criminal status. But after Jack makes it to America, he is arrested and told by a General of a secret government entity that they want him to fake a climb of Mt Elbrus of the Caucasus Mountains, where he and his team will eliminate a Chinese hacking gang that is stealing American technology.

In Grand Slams, Timothy Gager shares the touching stories of characters who so often set are aside as window dressing in other novels. Here, Gager gives them the full spotlight: waitress, line order cook, knock around guy, each patron comes alive as fully rounded, damaged, loving people. Like Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, Gager's book offers us both myth and realism, hand in hand.

Meet. Love. Break. Recover. That’s been the routine of Staceyann Chin’s romantic life. But at 35, after yet another devasting breakup and overcome by an urgent and all-consuming desire to have a child, Chin realizes she’s running out of time. So she sets her sights on a single target: motherhood.

The evolution of Taylor Mali the poet could be measured in the number of people his poetry has directly inspired to be teachers. Or the increasing cast of high school and college-age students who perform his words in forensic competitions. This is Taylor in his element: performing in front of live and writhing audiences demanding and receiving all the rough, raw, and authentic passion of Taylor Mali's poetry.

Taylor's first live spoken-word collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems.

Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai finds himself embroiled in a murder. A Japanese tabloid writer drops dead on the field, and Mas gave the victim his last drink. It turns out there's more at stake than a baseball championship - international diplomacy depends upon uncovering secrets buried decades ago.

Travel across oceans and discover the vengeful wrath of a river god in Kayo Chingonyi's West African tale. Soar too close to the sun with Inua Ellam's timely story of a young refugee girl. Fly to a mysterious castle inhabited by a cursed prince with Helen Mort's retelling of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon'. Uncover the truth of #Bluebeard with Joelle Taylor's modernised fairy tale. Look to the constellations with Will Harris' futuristic Greek tragedy, and never, ever answer to your name in Malika Booker's Trinidadian re-creation of the douen.

With 25 years of poetry slam governance at Chicago's famous Green Mill Jazz Lounge, poetry slam founder and emcee Marc Kelly Smith welcomes poets to perform in the open mic, feature and daring poetry slam competition. Listen to the live, raucous words of today's best performance poets with great music and audience participation.

Taylor's first live spoken-word collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems.

Satirisch bissig oder poetisch melancholisch performt René Sydow seine kabarettistischen Slam-Texte und entführt uns in seine Welt der intelligenten Wortakrobatik. Seine Texte sind eine Einladung zum Mit- und Gegendenken. Was biographisch klingt, ist in der Regel geflunkert, nur das Unwahrscheinlichste ist tatsächlich passiert. Was lustig anmutet, hat einen ernsten Hintergrund und was zornig scheint, ist Satire.

Poetry slam i Absalon Radio

Poetry Slam TV by Kampf der Künste – das ist euer Zugang zu allem, was mit Slam Kultur zu tun hat. Clips, Podcasts, Audio, Video, Bild & Ton! Wir bündeln das alles, zünden ein Feuerwerk an Spoken Word, Stories, Lyrik, Satire und Comedy und knallen die Rakete aus unserer Homebase in Hamburg in die weiten Himmel des Internets. Ob Live-Mitschnitte oder Behind the Scenes-Material – wir sind immer dort vor Ort, wo es hoch hergeht und halten drauf! Ganze Slam-Videos stehen gleichberechtigt neben Reels und Snippets, hier findet ihr genauso Auftritte von alten Legenden wie von den neuen und ...

Next to Normal Story Slam is a monthly storytelling event held at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington, Ill. People tell personal stories that revolve around a chosen theme. It is an opportunity to listen, connect and share. Stories are periodically shared on WGLT's Sound Ideas.

Ganz nach dem Motto "Jetzt wird wieder in die Hände gespuckt, jetzt werden wieder Lyrik-Bände gedruckt", mischt auch der Grandseigneur des Schweizer...

Lars Ruppels Slam-Poetry kommt daher wie Ringelnatz in Baggy Pants, wie Heinz Erhardt in Nietenjacke, wie ein Feuilletonist auf Speed auf einem Scooter-Konzert. Lars Ruppel macht sich einen Reim auf Redensarten. Wer weiß schon, wer der liebe Herr Gesangsverein ist, was Herr Specht nicht schlecht macht oder gar Schmidts Katze im Schilde führt? Poetisch-anarchisch, höchst unterhaltsam und famos gereimt.

Something Else in My Veins is a poetic deep dive into the world of paranoia and delusion which hard drug users oftentimes find themselves in. Bagwell captures the experiences of meth addicts and exposes his raw and expressionistic emotions. As a former user and dealer himself, he is unashamed to bring not only his knowledge and perspective on such things to light, but also the emotional devastation that comes from losing one's sense of self-identity along with access to the drug itself.

take a while. take a moment. Prose-poetry reflecting captured moments by writer and spoken word host Stephen Fitzsimons. A wide range of topics covered. From the everyday. To glimpses into the past. To city life.