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Danny
Solis started writing poetry at the age of
five.
He has
been called the Poet Laureate of Albuquerque,
is a two time 'Burque Poetry Slam Champion,
two time Asheville, and Southeastern Regional
Inidividual Champion, a four time Boston
individual Slam champion, a champion of the
Taos Poetry Circus Open Slam, and a member of
the winning duo in 2000 Taos Heavy Weight Tag
Team poetry bout.
He has
been a part of two National Championship
Poetry Slam teams.
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Solis's
work has appeared in, Revival, Spoken Word
from Lollapalooza and SLAM, the Art of
Competetive Poetry. He is also featured
prominently the movie SlamNation. He
is the author of two books of poetry, the
other thing and Confusion Song and
one cd, Demo Peligroso.
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He
has performed for audiences of all ages all
over America giving shows and workshops in
schools, universities, coffee shops and bars
in almost every state of the lower 48.
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He
is especially successful in bringing poetry
to children and younger audiences.
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Solis
believes that political poetry and love
poetry are the hardest to write because "The
emotions tend to overwhelm any concern for
craft."
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The
Austin Chronicle describes him as "a
fearless presence, with a dedication that
treats poetry as something surpassing mere
entertainment."
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Solis
has performed poetry in ensemble form with
multiple poets and musicians including
Albuquerque Slam Team (on
photos) and the Albuquerque Poetry
Experiment.
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