ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF

 "David B. Axelrod is a treat.''  The New York Times              

"One of the finest and most original American poets now writing.''  X. J. Kennedy

"Whether Axelrod is reliving a moment of pleasure, or a time of bitterness and pain, the truth of his poetry is like life itself—compelling.'' Louis Simpson 

AhadadaBooks (Ontario, Canada. 48 pages. Perfect bound. ISBN #978-0-9781414-3-1)

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Dr. David B. Axelrod, Suffolk County, Long Island Poet Laureate, has  published hundreds of articles and poems as well as eighteen books of poetry. Among his many grants and awards, he is recipient of three Fulbright Awards including his being the first official Fulbright Poet-in-Residence in the People's Republic of China . He was featured in Newsday as a "Star in his academic galaxy,'' and characterized by the New York Times as "A Treat.'' He has shared the stage with such notables as Louis Simpson, X. J. Kennedy, William Stafford, Robert Bly, Allen Ginsburg, David Ignatow and Galway Kinnell, in performance for the U.N., the American Library Association, the Struga Festival, and hundreds more schools and public events. His poetry has been translated into fourteen languages and he is a frequent and celebrated master teacher.