Danny Strack

Danny Strack is a performance poet and juggler, residing in Austin, TX.[1] He currently runs the Austin Poetry Slam,[2] a weekly show at the Spider House Ballroom[3] on Tuesday nights.[4] He has been a regular performer at the Austin Poetry Slam, as well as other Central Texas venues including The Hideout Theatre, Kickbutt Coffee, Expressions, Ruta Maya and Neo Soul since 2003.[5] He is a four-time member of the Austin Poetry Slam Team: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and a multiple time coach.[6] In 2008,[7] the team advanced to Finals and placed 3rd overall at the National Poetry Slam in Madison, WI. He was next on the Austin Neo Soul Nationals team,[8] which placed first in the Group Poem Finals at the 2012 National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, NC.[9]

Danny Strack
Born (1979-01-03) January 3, 1979
Austin, Texas
OccupationSlam Poet, Writer
NationalityUSA
Literary movementSlam Poetry
Website
www.dannystrack.com

Danny has also been a feature poet on EXSE,[10] a showcase of Austin's best poets for Channel Austin and the Austin International Poetry Festival.[11] In 2013, Danny collaborated with Texas State Musician, Craig Hella Johnson, of Austin's Conspirare to produce "Fusion",[12] a workshop show that attempted to fuse spoken word poetry with choral song.[13]

Publications
  • Growth ISBN 978-1-4499-2518-5

Career highlights
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References
  1. https://berkeleypoetryslam.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/get-to-know-our-spotlight-feature-danny-strack/
  2. http://kut.org/post/austin-poetry-slammers-compete-make-national-team
  3. http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/central-austin/austin-poetry-slam/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://texasgrandslam2014.tumblr.com/post/63079506730/competitor-profile-danny-strack
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/arts/07-30-12-10-29-witness-austins-two-best-slam-poetry-teams-before-they-head-off-to-slam-nationals/
  9. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/arts/08-14-12-11-07-central-texas-slam-poets-bring-home-multiple-national-poetry-slam-championships/
  10. http://www.myspace.com/exsespokenword
  11. http://www.aipf.org/
  12. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/arts/04-25-13-choir-meet-slam-poetry-slam-poetry-meet-choir/
  13. http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/different-spaces-erewhon-and-fusion/
  14. http://alibi.com/blog/s/arts/xy_1966/Get-your-rhyme-on.html
  15. http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2008/04/11/fat_and_sassy_t.html
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2010-04-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. http://www.fronterafest.org/site/index.html
  18. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A935781
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