Daniel Benjamin is a wordsmith originally from Dallas, TX, now residing in Austin. His influences range from beatniks to the Bible. This range of influences surfaces in his writing as dry honest inflection with rhythm and rhymes that mirror the poets of the late ‘50s to early ‘60s. Listen as Daniel and I discuss the ever-changing times and its influence on state of mind, writing, and collective sentiment. We cover the dark and light-hearted sides of living, from states of hopeless existence to silly paper-bag poetry.

Daniel also does music booking and promotion under the moniker DumbProphet and works as a Carpenter. You can see him perform (usually) at Hearsay Poetry, which is held the second Fridays of every month at Infinite Monkey Theorem, 8pm.