In Volume Five: Chapter Fifteen, we welcome Poet, Writer, and Spoke Word Artist Asia Samson.

(From theasiaproject.com):

Since 2009, The Asia Project has toured over 2000 colleges with an acoustic music poetry act that has amazed audiences all over the country. On the microphone is Asia Samson: writer, poet and part-time ninja. He has been seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam and has shared the stage with such artists as Janelle Monae, Jill Scott, DMX, Mos Def, Dead Prez and KRS-One. Accompanying him on the guitar is his brother-in-law Jollan who uses music to create an atmosphere that brings poetry to emotional levels you would never expect. They have been featured on HBO Def Poetry, Button Poetry, TEDx, NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, SoFar Sounds, Story Conference, and Entrepreneur’s Organization. They have worked with companies such as the US Military, Nokia, Disney, To Write Love On Her Arms and AEvolve. They have broken college-booking records for the most booked poetry act in the college market garnering them the awards of APCA College Performer of the Year and thrice APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year.

Contact Asia:
Instagram: @theasiaproject
Website: theasiaproject.com

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Sunni Patterson – Black Back
Instagram: @sunnipatterson
Website: sunnipatterson.com

Ashley Lumpkin – Inheritance
Instagram: @lumplestiltzken Website: ashleylumpkin.com

Ephriam Nehamiah – Teaching My Son How To Say No
Instagram: @ephraimnehemiah
Website: ephraimnehemiah.com

Asia Samson – As I Am
Instagram: @theasiaproject

Asia Samson – Enough
Website: theasiaproject.com

In Volume Five, Chapter Fourteen, we sit down with Baltimore-based artist Dream—an educator, poet, writer, photographer, and meditation guide. In our conversation, Dream discusses her creative journey, releasing her spoken word pieces on streaming platforms, and talks about the influence that her family’s creativity has had on her. We dive into poetry, writing, the benefits of meditation, and the beauty of helping others. A conversation about art, presence, intentionality, and more.

Contact Dream:
Instagram: @dreamreallovec Threads: @dreamreallovec

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Reagan Myers – Depression Is Funny Like That
Instagram: @reagancmyers

Imani Cezanne – Flowers
Instagram: @imanicezanne

Marshall Davis Jones – Touchscreen
Instagram: @marshalldavisjones
Website: tonalinfluence.com

Elizabeth Acevedo – A Love Letter To My Beloved
Instagram: @acevedowrites Website: acevedowrites.com

King Yaw – Ancestral Ghosts
Instagram: @kingyaw_

In Volume Five: Chapter Thirteen, we welcome Poet, Writer, and Author of the poetry collection, “Elegy For Opportunity”, Natalie Lim.

Natalie Lim (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian poet living on the unceded, traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples (Vancouver, BC). She is the author of a full-length book of poetry, Elegy for Opportunity (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025) and a chapbook, arrhythmia (Rahila's Ghost Press, 2022). Winner of the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize and Room Magazine’s 2020 Emerging Writer Award, her work has been published in Arc Poetry Magazine, Best Canadian Poetry 2020 and elsewhere.

Contact Natalie:
Instagram: @natalielimwrites Threads: @natalielimwrites
Website: natalielim.ca Order Elegy For Opportunity

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Timothy DuWhite – The Story of How He Happened
Instagram: @call.me.ugba
Threads: @saber.my.champagne

Denice Frohman – Accents
Instagram: @denicefrohman Website: denicefrohman.com

Kenneth Something – Rape Poem
Instagram: @kennethpoetry
Instagram: @kennethsomething

Mike Rosen – When God Happens
Instagram: @heymikerosen

Javon Johnson – Black and Happy
Instagram: @javonism