DR. DAVID B. AXELROD 

AUTHOR/POET

(Suffolk County Poet Laureate: June 26, 2007 to May, 31, 2009)   

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ACTIVITIES IN 2007

November 9th, Appeared in  literature class with Professor Morrison. For more information, email axelrodthepoet@yahoo.com

November 9th, Appeared together with many poets in celebration of new Walt Whitman anthology, Primal Sanities, edited by Mankh. 7:30 p.m., Runaway Bay Bookstore, 10 Main Street, Sayville. (631-589-9212) Click here for more information or email: mankh@allbook-books.com 

November 7th, Poetry Reading and discussion of "The Healing Power of Poetry": sponsored by Performance Poets Association (PPA), Smithtown Library. Hosted by Mankh.

FRIDAY, A SPECIAL TREAT! November 2nd, Poetry and Music: St. Paul's Methodist Church, For additonal information, contact Isabella Eredita-Johnson, vivaldi222@aol.com or 631-261-2367. Click here to watch a video of: Opera Night

 

October 22nd, David Axelrod with Darrel Blaine Ford, who characterizes himself as a Walt Whitman "personator."  Dr. Axelrod with Mankh, Walter E. Harris III, editor of a new Walt Whitman anthology, Primal Sanities. Smithtown Library.  Click here for more information about the anthology or email: mankh@allbook-books.com 

October 21st, Dr. Axelrod with David Bouchier, author and Public Radio musical host and commentator who hosed the North Shore Pro Musica fund raiser, Sunday October 21,  at the Stony Brook Cultural Center.

Dr. Axelrod with Billy Collins (U.S. Poet Laureate, 2001-2003) at Mr. Collins' October 17, 2007, presentation at SUNY Stony Brook.

October 13th at the Clayton Liberatory Gallery in Bridgehampton: Dr. Axelrod, George Wallace (Suffolk County's first Poet Laureate) together with Ellen de' Pazzi, in celebration of her publication of David Burliuk: His Long Island and His World (Writers Ink Press, 2007).

October 6 & 7th, Performance: Ed Stever and David Axelrod together in performance at The Clare Rose Playhouse, St. Joseph's College, Long Island Campus. Click here for a video of the performance!

 

CLICK THIS LINK WLIU FM, 88.3 for "Poetic Justice," the first of a regular feature with Join Bonni Grice "In the Morning" for her Arts and Cultural program and an hour interview with David Axelrod. Dr. Axelrod's segment begins about 20 minutes into the show.

October 1st,  Appearing together with many poets in celebration of new Walt Whitman anthology, Primal Sanities, edited by Mankh. at Graphic Eye Gallery, 402 Main Street, Port Washington. Click here for more information or email: mankh@allbook-books.com  

September 15th, 2007. Poetry Reading: Tragedy & Transformation Exhibit celebrating with painting and poetry. Lana Santorelli Gallery, 77Job's Lane. Saturday, 6 p.m.. Click here for more information. 

 

    

Statues of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Monasterevin and  of James Joyce in Dublin. If only there were a literary resemblance!

 

Poet and Program Director, Desmond Egan, introduces Dr. Axelrod for a paper on "Hopkins Misdirected Faith."

Dr. Axelrod with young poets at the International Summer School.