A nocturnal dive into the spaces dedicated to poetry in New York between the early 1990s and the early 2000s: the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, St. Mark's Church, Fez Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club and many others. The Nuyorican, founded to give a stage to artists underrepresented in mainstream culture, became the cradle of the city's weekly Poetry Slams, audience-judged spoken-word battles that were part performance, part competition. The book brings together an extensive selection of Pallotta's photographs, seven contributions from defining voices of the era and an essay. The project is supported by Strategia Fotografia 2024, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.