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'''David B. Axelrod''' (born July 29, 1943) is a [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]-based [[poet]] and author.

==Early life and education==
David B. 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<ref>http://www.creativehappiness.org/faq/</ref> from the online [[Union Institute]] in 1977.

==Career==
He is the founder and director of [http://www.creativehappiness.org Creative Happiness Institute, Inc.] Axelrod is also the founder and vice president of [http://www.writersunlimited.org Writers Unlimited Agency], an educational service which promotes the writing arts. {{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==Awards and honors==
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. From April 2007 through May 2009, he was selected to serve as [[Suffolk County, New York]]'s [[Poet Laureate]].

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 Award]]s 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 Skopia in Macedonia from 1989-1990. He also served as America's representative at the [[Struga Poetry Evenings]] where he was awarded their 1989 poetry prize. He received a third Fulbright Award, as the first official Poet-in-Residence appointed in the People’s Republic of China in 1993.

==Personal life==
He lived on [[Long Island]] from 1969 to 2009.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1877 Interview with Dr. David B. Axelrod conducted by David F. Hoenigman]
*{{YouTube|1yeJQBx3NlU|Performance in Vienna}}
*{{YouTube|dOEyRoJ8DZg|Library performance}}
*[http://lmlonline.org/Audio/axelrod.mp3 An interview with Dr. David B. Axelrod. ]
*[http://writersunlimited.org/laureate/November.mp3 Musical composition:"November" ]
*[http://www.poetryvlog.com/daxelrod.html video performance]
*[http://www.writersunlimited.org/laureate Suffolk County, Long Island, Poet Laureate ]
*[http://www.thebestpoetry.com/xjkennedyforeword.htm Commentary by X. J. Kennedy ]
*[http://www.writersunlimited.org/CV.htm Axelrod's CV]
*[http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=2348 Annotated Works]
*[http://www.thebestpoetry.com David B. Axelrod, collected poems]
*[http://roguescholars.com/axelrod/ Biography, photograph]
*[http://www.poetrybay.com/winter2005/br_axelrod.htm Aaron Kramer and David B. Axelrod]
*[http://www.poetrybay.com/Summer2005/Axelrod.htm Patrick Bizzaro and David B. Axelrod]
*[http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/contributors2.html David B. Axelrod, Ascent Aspirations Magazine]
*[http://www.nycbigcitylit.com/mar2003/contents/mar03contribnotes.html David B. Axelrod, Big City Magazine]
*[http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/axelrod David B. Axelrod, Departmental homepage, SUNY Suffolk]
*[[Jesse Glass]] and David B. Axelrod: [http://www.ahadadabooks.com/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,28/m,200610/]

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