Growth 7

Danny Strack's 7th chapbook featuring poems written in 2008/2009.

Danny Strack is a regular performer and feature at venues throughout central Texas. Danny is a member of the 2008 Austin Poetry Slam Team which advanced to Finals and placed 3rd overall at the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wisconsin. Danny was also on the 2007 Austin team, which placed 6th overall at the 2007 NPS. In 2007 Danny was crowned Southwest Shootout Individual Champion in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Outside of the slam poetry world, Mr. Strack’s performance oriented poetry is frequently used by high school students in forensics competitions. Most notably in 2005, a student won second place in the Texas State 2A UIL competition using Danny’s work. Danny performed in the ’Haiku Death-Match’ which received the ’Best of Festival’ Award three years in the annual FronteraFest Theater Festival at the Hyde Park Theatre in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2006, Mr. Strack wrote, directed & starred in the short FronteraFest play Zowie Kapow, and starred in the short, satiric film, ＂Gravity: Fact or Fiction＂ released by Jollyville Pictures and currently circulating the independent film circuit.