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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....

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.

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.

"Eines Tages, Baby, werden wir alt sein, oh Baby, werden wir alt sein und an all die Geschichten denken, die wir hätten erzählen können." Julia Engelmanns Slam "One Day" hat über Nacht eine Welle der Begeisterung ausgelöst und Millionen Fans im Netz gefunden. Ihre Message, Träume endlich in die Tat umzusetzen, trifft den Nerv der Zeit. Denn in jedem von uns steckt so viel mehr!