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New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl. WIN THE GAME. LOSE YOUR HEART. 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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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....

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.

Hiermit erscheint das zweite Live-Hörbuch der Poetry-Slam-Boygroup SMAAT...

Von modernen Balladen bis atemberaubenden Wortperformances: Mit Wehwalt Koslovsky veröffentlicht ein profilierter Slammer sein erstes Hörbuch im Verlag Der gesunde Menschenversand.

Von Slam-Bühnen bis in die Harald Schmidt ShowTimo Brunke beobachtet präzise und seziert "all diese Dinge" um sich herum bis in die kleinsten Einzelteile. Aus einem Einkauf im Supermarkt wird eine furiose "Tetra-Ode".

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.

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.

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

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.

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