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'''David B. Axelrod''' (born July 29, 1943) is a [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]-based [[poet]] and author. Axelrod won several awards and honors, including the Florida Book Award gold medal.<ref name="FHC2015p24">''FHC Forum'' Summer 2015, [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e504bfaf#/e504bfaf/27 p. 24]</ref><ref name="FDS2015">Florida Department of State, 2015</ref> He was appointed [[Volusia County]] Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.<ref name="PEN">PEN America</ref>

==Early life and education==
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 Union Graduate School [[Union Institute]] in 1977.

==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, DaoUSA.<!-- Not Wudang Temple, which is Tibetan Buddhist, right? --> 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 Skopje]], (North) Macedonia, in 1989–1990. He 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.

Axelrod was appointed Volusia County Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.<ref name="PEN" />

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''.<ref name="FHC2015p24" /><ref name="FDS2015" />

==Bibliography==
* 2014{{Snd}} ''Merlin Stone Remembered'', Llewellyn Worldwide: Woodbury, MN.
* 2014{{Snd}} ''Rusting: Ways to Keep Living'', Taylor and Seale: Daytona Beach Shores, FL.
* 2014{{Snd}} ''How to Publish Your Poetry Book'', Writers Ink Press: Daytona Beach, FL.
* 2014{{Snd}} ''Another Way: Poems Derived From the Tao Te Ching'', New Edition. Mighty Rogue Press: Boulder, CO.
* 2013{{Snd}} ''The Speed Way: Poems About Nascar and Growing Up Around Cars and Racing'', Total Recall Press: Friendswood, TX.
* 2009{{Snd}} ''How to Apologize'', Paradise Islands Press: Okinawa and Anderson,  IN.
* 2008{{Snd}} ''Deciduous Poems'', Ahadada Books: Tokyo and Ontario, Canada.
* 2007{{Snd}} ''The Impossibility of Dreams: New Poems'', Ahadada Books: Ontario,  Canada.
* 2001{{Snd}} ''Random Beauty, New Poems'', Edited by Louis Simpson. Amereon  Press: Cutchogue, New York.
* 2001{{Snd}} ''Love in the Keys'', Second Edition. Ai Press: Selden, NY.
* 1994{{Snd}} ''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{{Snd}} ''The Universal Language: Poems'', Birnham Woods Graphics:  Northport, Long Island, NY.
* 1989{{Snd}} ''Resurrections: New Poems'', Bilingual, Macedonian-English. New World Press: Skopia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
* 1989{{Snd}} ''A Perpetual Calendar of Poems'', Illustrations by Nicolo  D’Alessandro. Bilingual, Italian-English. Antigruppo Siciliano:  Palermo & Trapani, Sicily.
* 1987{{Snd}} ''White Lies: New Poems'', La Jolla Poets Press: La Jolla, CA.
* 1986{{Snd}} ''The End of the Universe: Surrealistic Poems'', CRI Productions:  Port Jefferson, NY.
* 1982{{Snd}} ''Home Remedies: New & Selected Poems, with Introduction by X. J. Kennedy'', Cross-Cultural Communications: Merrick, NY.
* 1981{{Snd}} ''The Man Who Fell in Love With a Chicken'', Talking Books Series (audio cassette). Cross-Cultural Communications.
* 1979{{Snd}} ''A Meeting with David B. Axelrod and Ignazino Russo: Bio-Bibliography & Poems'', bilingual Italian-English with artist’s work. Antigruppo Siciliano.
* 1976{{Snd}} ''A Dream of Feet: New Poems'', Cross-Cultural Communications.
* 1974{{Snd}} ''Myths, Dreams & Dances: New Poems'', with introduction by Michael Atkinson. Despa Press: Northampton, MA.
* 1972{{Snd}} ''Starting From Paumanok: Five Long Island Poets'', edited and with poems by D. B. Axelrod. Despa Press.
* 1971{{Snd}} ''Stills From a Cinema'', Despa Press.

==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/winners/all.html "Congratulations to our 2014 Florida Book Awards Winners!"] at [http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu Florida Book Awards website]
*[[Florida Department of State]]. [http://dos.myflorida.com/communications/press-releases/2015/secretary-detzner-honors-florida-heritage-award-winners/ "Secretary Detzner Honors Florida Heritage Award Winners" (press release #850.245.6471)] March 11, 2015.
*[[Florida Humanities Council]]. [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e504bfaf#/e504bfaf/1 ''Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council'' (''FHC Forum'')] Vol. XXXIX No. 2, Summer 2015
*[http://www.pw.org/content/david_b_axelrod_2 Directory of American Poets and Writers]
*[https://www.pen.org/david-axelrod?member= "David B. Axelrod"] at [[PEN America]] website

==Further reading==
* "David B. Axelrod" in [https://books.google.be/books?id=IrguAAAAIAAJ ''St. Andrews Review'', Vol. 3.] University of California, 1974, pp. 64 ff.
* "David B. Axelrod" in [https://books.google.be/books?id=frhlAAAAMAAJ ''The Greenfield Review'', Vol. 13.] University of Michigan, 1985, pp. 118 ff.

==External links==
*[http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=2348 Annotated Works]
*[http://www.thebestpoetry.com David B. Axelrod, collected poems]
*[http://www.poetrydoctor.org Poetry Doctor]

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