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Gayle Danley performs "Tough"
NYC-Urbana in January 2014 |
Gayle Danley won
the 1994 National Individual Slam Poet in Ashville, NC just months
after being exposed to Slam poetry. In Heidelberg, Germany, she became
the 1996 International Slam Poet Champion. She launched a one-woman
show, "Brilliance," touching thousands with her Slam Poetry workshops,
lectures, performances and speeches. Danley has published three books:
Naked, Soulfull--A Slam Poetry Study Guide, and Passionate--Poems You Can Feel.
In addition to her motivational speaking and college performances,
she has maintained a constant tour of elementary and secondary
schools, helping students with traumatic experiences and teaching
workshops on Slam poetry to all age groups. She lives in Baltimore,
MD.
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