David B. Axelrod
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David B. Axelrod (born July 29, 1943) is an award-winning poet and educator. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he lived until his college years. His education included a B. A. from University of Massachusetts, 1965; M. A. from The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars, 1966; M. F. A. from the University of Iowa Writing Workshops, 1967; and his Ph. D. from Union Institute, 1977. He moved to Long Island in 1969, where he is an author and sponsor of international writers’ programs covering dozens of countries and nearly forty languages. He has performed and taught as an author and educator lecturing in England, France, Sicily, Italy, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Hong Kong and throughout the People's Republic of China. He is, himself a student of ten languages, author of sixteen books and many articles. Axelrod's work has been translated and published in numerous languages including Albanian and Bulgarian, Chinese and Japanese, Hebrew and Yiddish, Italian and Sicilian, Greek and Macedonian, Russian and Romanian, French and Creole, Spanish and Portuguese, German and Dutch among others! In honor of his book ANOTHER WAY: Poems Derived from the Tao Te Ching, Dr. Axelrod was made a representative of the Wu Dang Temple’s American branch. For the period of April, 2007 to March of 2009, he was selected to serve as Suffolk County (Long Island, New York) Poet Laureate.
He is recipient of three Fulbright Awards:
First Fulbright Award recipient to win back-to-back awards in two separate areas—serving first as Poet-in-Residence in Yugoslavia, in 1989. Professor of American Literature at the University of Skopia in Macedonia in 1989-90. He also served as America's representative at the Struga Poetry Evenings where he was awarded their 1989 poetry prize.
A third Fulbright Award, as the first official Poet-in-Residence appointed in the People’s Republic of China, 1993-1994.
Founder and Director, Writers Unlimited Agency, Inc., a 501-c-3 not-for-profit educational service which promotes the writing arts.
Publisher of Writers Ink Press.
President of 3WS, World-Wide Writers Services.
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CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
WHO’S WHO IN THE EAST
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN POETS AND WRITERS
Papers and Collected Works archived at UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
He is included in five editions of X. J. Kennedy’s INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
[edit] Exemplary Poem (Winner, ROGUE SCHOLARS award)
THE LAST TIME MY FATHER BEAT ME
The last time my father beat me,
he was eighty-eight. He’d hit it
straight, one hundred twenty yards
to the green of his short course.
I’d spray one left or blow one well beyond.
His one sure putt, accomplished
without squatting to align. Once
it was a chase into my bedroom where
he’d swing his leather belt. Now he
smiled, squinting into the sunset.
Stiff as he was, I’d never been so
glad to see him swing that arm.
[edit] BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2007. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DREAMS. Ahadadabooks: Ontario, Canada. 2004. ANOTHER WAY:POEMS DERIVED FROM THE TAO TE CHING. Karma Dog Editions: Boulder, Colorado 2001. RANDOM BEAUTY. Amereon House: Mattituck, New York. 2001. LOVE IN THE KEYS, second edition. Ai Press, Long Island Publishers Services: Selden, New York. 1995. THE CHI OF POETRY: NEW AND SELECTED POETRY, 1960-1995. Introduction by X. J. Kennedy. American/People's Press, Birnham Woods Graphics: Northport, Long Island, NY. 1993. THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE: Poems. Birnham Woods Graphics: Northport, New York. 1991. LOVE IN THE KEYS: New Poems. Ai Press: Selden, NY. 1989. RESURRECTIONS: New Poems. Bilingual, Macedonian- English. New World Pres: Skopia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. 1989. A PERPETUAL CALENDAR OF POEMS. Illustrations by Nicolo D'Alessandro. Bilingual, Italian-English. Antigruppo Siciliano: Palermo & Trapani, Sicily. 1987. WHITE LIES: New Poems. La Jolla Poets Press: La Jolla, CA. 1986. THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: Surrealistic Poems. CRI Productions: Port Jefferson, NY. 1982. HOME REMEDIES: New & Selected Poems, with introduction by X. J. Kennedy. Cross-Cultural Communications: Merrick, NY. 1981. THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A CHICKEN: Audio Cassette. Talking Books Series. Cross-Cultural Communication. 1980. THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A CHICKEN: Surrealistic poems. Cross-Cultural Communications. 1979. A MEETING WITH DAVID B. AXELROD AND IGNAZINO RUSSO: Bio-bibliography & Poems, bilingual Italian-English with artist's work. Antigruppo Siciliano: Trapani, Sicily. 1976. A DREAM OF FEET: New Poems. Cross-Cultural Communications. 1974. MYTHS, DREAMS & DANCES: New Poems, with introduction by Michael Atkinson. Despa Press: Northampton, MA. 1972. STARTING FROM PAUMANOK: Five Long Island Poets. Edited and with poems by D. B. Axelrod. Despa Press. 1971. STILLS FROM A CINEMA: second edition. Despa Press. 1968. STILLS FROM A CINEMA: Poems. Despa Press.
[edit] External links
A video performance of Dr. Axelrod can be viewed at: [1]
Suffolk County, Long Island, Poet Laureate [www.writersunlimited.org/laureate]
Commentary by X. J. Kennedy at: [http://www.thebestpoetry.com/xjkennedyforeword.htm ] CV at: [2]
Annotated Works: [3]
David B. Axelrod, collected poems: [4]
Biography, photograph at: [5]
Aaron Kramer and David B. Axelrod: [6]
Patrick Bizzaro and David B. Axelrod: [7]
David B. Axelrod, Ascent Aspirations Magazine: [8]
David B. Axelrod, Big City Magazine: [9]
David B. Axelrod, Departmental homepage: [10]
Jesse Glass and David B. Axelrod: [11]
