A poetry slam is a competition where slam poets present their own written poems or stories. An audience jury evaluates the texts and performances using voting cards. Poetry slams take place on the stages of small clubs and large theaters and are widespread and popular worldwide. The texts, known as slam poetry, belong to contemporary literature and youth culture. Petra Anders explores the modern and versatile literary format of poetry slam for schools and universities in this book: she explains the central concepts and rules, introduces the reader to the American and German history of poetry slam, and clarifies essential features of slam poetry and filmed poetry clips. To familiarize teachers and students with the cultural practice of poetry slam, the author outlines teaching methods in each chapter.