Daniel Roop is the only performance poet in the country to place
in the top 10 at the National Poetry Slam every year from 1997 to 1999.
He is the only Tennessee poet to place in the top 10 at NPS. Roop is
the only poet to finish in the top 2 in three consecutive years at the
Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, and was mentioned in the Encyclopedia Brittanica, after winning the largest cash-prize slam ever, judged by Gary Snyder. He was the first Knoxville Grand Slam Champion in 1998, and defended his title in 1999 before retiring from slam. Roop has been published in Poetry Nation, Burnt, Omnivore, Acorn, and Will Work for Peace. He was nominated for a 1999 Pushcart Prize. He founded the Memphis Poetry Slam (now in its 9th year) and has released four CD’s: The Memphis Poetry 40oz, The Ghost of Daniel Roop, Sunsphere Shots, and Vegan Taoist Thug. Roop’s one-man show, Sunsphere Shots, opened at the Black Box Theater in February 2003. He was born and raised in the north-Knoxville suburb of Powell, and plans to be a Knoxvillian the rest of his life. Roop also publishes the biweekly Knoxville Poetry Newsletter , which includes featured poems from local and regional poets, as well as listings of local events. He can be contacted at roopd@msn.com |
Tennessee Book Award - Peter
Taylor Prize for the Novel