Danny Solis
Chairman of the 2005 National Poetry Slam He has been called the Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, is a two time 'Burque Poetry Slam Champion, two-time Asheville, and Southeastern Regional Individual 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.
Solis's work has appeared in Revival, Spoken Word from Lollapalooza and Slam: the Art of Competitive 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.
Solis 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. Solis is especially successful in bringing poetry to children and younger audiences.