David B. Axelrod
David B. Axelrod (born July 29, 1943) is a Daytona Beach, Florida-based poet and author.[1] Axelrod won several awards and honors, including the Florida Book Award gold medal.[2] He was appointed Volusia County Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.
Early life and education[edit]
Axelrod was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he lived until his college years. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1965, a Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars in 1966, an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1967, and his Ph. D. in not-for-profit program design and administration from the Union Graduate School Union Institute in 1977.[3]
Awards and honors[edit]
In honor of his book Another Way: Poems Derived from the Tao Te Ching, Axelrod was made a representative of the Wu Dang Temple’s American branch, DaoUSA. From April 2007 through May 2009, he was selected to serve as Suffolk County, New York's Poet Laureate.[4]
In the summer of 2009, he received the Hopkins' Society Award for his work with young authors from the Gerard Manley Hopkins Society at Newbridge College.
He has received three Fulbright Awards and he is the first Fulbright Award recipient to win back-to-back awards in two separate areas, serving first as Poet-in-Residence in Yugoslavia in 1989, and then Professor of American Literature at the University of Skopje, (North) Macedonia, in 1989–1990. He served as America's representative at the Struga Poetry Evenings. He received a third Fulbright Award, as the first official Poet-in-Residence appointed in the People’s Republic of China in 1993.
In 2015 Axelrod won, together with co-authors Lenny Schneir and Carol Thomas, the 2014 Florida Book Award gold medal in the General Nonfiction category, for Merlin Stone Remembered.[5] Axelrod was appointed Volusia County Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.[6]
Selected publications[edit]
- 2014 – Merlin Stone Remembered, Llewellyn Worldwide: Woodbury, MN.[7][8]
- 2014 – Rusting: Ways to Keep Living, Taylor and Seale: Daytona Beach Shores, FL.
- 2014 – How to Publish Your Poetry Book, Writers Ink Press: Daytona Beach, FL.
- 2014 – Another Way: Poems Derived From the Tao Te Ching, New Edition. Mighty Rogue Press: Boulder, CO.
- 2013 – The Speed Way: Poems About Nascar and Growing Up Around Cars and Racing, Total Recall Press: Friendswood, TX.
- 2009 – How to Apologize, Paradise Islands Press: Okinawa and Anderson, IN.
- 2008 – Deciduous Poems, Ahadada Books: Tokyo and Ontario, Canada.
- 2007 – The Impossibility of Dreams: New Poems, Ahadada Books: Ontario, Canada.
- 2001 – Random Beauty, New Poems, Edited by Louis Simpson. Amereon Press: Cutchogue, New York.
- 2001 – Love in the Keys, Second Edition. Ai Press: Selden, NY.
- 1994 – 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, Long Island, NY.
- 1989 – Resurrections: New Poems, Bilingual, Macedonian-English. New World Press: 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, Talking Books Series (audio cassette). 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.
- 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, Despa Press.
References[edit]
- ↑ Haugjim, Jim. "Poet talks about the healing power of poetry". The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
- ↑ "Congratulations to our 2014 Florida Book Awards Winners!". The Florida Book Awards. 1 February 2011.
- ↑ Watkins, Sean (13 April 2018). "National Library Week - Union Leaders Spotlight on Dr. David Axelrod". Union Institute & University.
- ↑ "Blank Verse". The New York Times. 5 August 2007.
- ↑ "Local authors win Florida Book Awards". Tampa Bay Times.
- ↑ "Mentoring available for young poets". Ormond Beach Observer. 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "MERLIN STONE REMEMBERED". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "Merlin Stone Remembered". PublishersWeekly.com.
External links[edit]
This article "David B. Axelrod" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:David B. Axelrod. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
