Email:
axelrodthepoet@yahoo.com
Address:
1104 Jacaranda Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL
32118
Phone: 386-337-4567
Profession: Advisor, Author/Poet
LINKS
Listed in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B._Axelrod
Websites:
http://www.poetrydoctor.org and
http://www.writersunlimited.org
Poetry featured at:
EatWriteCafe
Interview soon to be featured at:
Word Riot
Poetry Sampler may be found at
www.thebestpoetry.com
Audio/interview:
http://lmlonline.org/audpoet.htm
Musical presentation:
http://www.writersunlimited.org/laureate/november.htm
Click here for a reading on:
You Tube and
at:
Poetryvlog
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RECENT
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Authorial/Professional:
Summer, 2009 Awarded Hopkins' Society O'Connor Award for work
with young writers.
2007-2009 Director, Young Poets' Workshops, Gerard Manley Hopkins
Festival, Ireland
2009 Publication of HOW TO APOLOGIZE (Paradise Islands Press,
Okinawa and Anderson, Indiana). Selected Small Press Review pick of
the month!
2008 Publication of DECIDUOUS POEMS (AhadadaBooks, Tokyo
and Toronto, Canada). Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
2007-2009 Appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for two-year
term:
www.writersunlimited.org/laureate
2008 Co-editor, Long Island Light. Poetry Anthology for Long
Island and international poets.
2007 Publication of THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DREAMS
(AhadadaBooks,
Tokyo and Toronto, Canada). A summer, 2007 Small Press Review best
pick!
2008-2009 Nearly 100 performances and workshops
internationally:
www.writersunlimited.org/recentevents.htm
2006 Honored by Long Island Poetry Collective for 30 years of
Poetry and Arts work.
2006 Collected papers and publications of David B. Axelrod,
curated by William Heyen for University of Rochester Contemporary
Literature collection.
2006-2009 Published in 25 print and on-line E-zines and
anthologies. Oberon Foundation honors for poetry.
2006 Honored by Wu Dang Taoist Association for his book,
Another Way: Poems based on the Tao Te Ching, and work with
Chinese-American cultural
exchange. Authorized to serve as Taoist Priest.
2006 30th Anniversary of Writers Unlimited Agency, Inc.
FULBRIGHT AWARDS AND U. S. SERVICE DISTINCTIONS
1995 THE CHI OF POETRY, NEW & SELECTED POEMS. Published
as an American/Chinese joint venture with a special grant from
Fulbright and
United States Information Agency.
1993- 1st Fulbright Poet-in-Residence in China.
1994 Over twenty performances in Liao Ling, Shenzehn, Beijing,
GuangZhou,
ChenSha, JiangLai, ChengDu, MianYang, and Hong Kong among others.
1993- Fulbright Lecturer, GuangZhou Foreign Language
1994 University. Invited to help establish an American Studies
Program;
lecturer in American Literature, American Film and Culture.
1993- Served as Warden for American citizens in Guangzhou, assisting
with
1994 foreign expert safety and living conditions.
1993 THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. Poems. Birnham Woods Press,
Northport, N.Y., published with funding from U.S.I.A. and Fulbright.
1989- Only American to ever hold two consecutive Fulbright Scholar
Awards
1990 in separate areas: Poet-at-Large, the Professor of
American Literature.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Serbia and
Macedonia.
1989 RESURRECTIONS. Poems. Published bi-bilingual in
Macedonian and
English by Government of Macedonia, with the funding and assistance
of
Fulbright and the United States Information Agency.
1988 Selected by U.S.I.A. as sole representative of United
States at Struga
Writers Festival. Winner of Struga Poetry Award.
EDUCATION
1977 Ph.D., Writing Arts, Literature Program Design &
Administration,
Creative Writing. Union Institute.
1968 M.F.A., Poetry, Journalism. The Writers Workshops,
University of
Iowa.
1966 M.A., Literature, Theater and Creative Writing, Poetry;
The Writing
Seminars, The Johns Hopkins University.
1965 B.A., English. Journalism. University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
1961 Honors Diploma. Beverly High School, Beverly,
Massachusetts.
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EMPLOYMENT
2009-cont. Founder and Director, Creative Happiness Institute,
Inc., offering a multitude of services to educate and enhance
peoples' daily lives.
2004-2009 On-line professor, teaching 5 courses in 5 platforms
including SUNY Learning network; Blackboard; D2L system.
1969-2009 Senior Professor, English, Suffolk College, division of
cont. State University of New York. Literature, Media
and Communications,
Creative Writing.
2004- Selected to design on-line course for The Art of Poetry as
part of
cont. the SUNY Learning Network. Now maintaining seven
on-line
courses from Developmental to Creative and Technical Writing.
2003- Completed training for asynchronous/on-line courses.
Designing
2002 courses in Creative Writing and Poetry now offered
through SUNY.
2002 Grant for development of on-line course in Creative Writing.
2001 Selected in competition for sabbatical grant as poet, SUNY
Suffolk
College.
2001 National performance and workshop series.
1999- Grant for Excellence in Teaching, SUNY Suffolk College.
2000 Sponsor of visiting writers: Li Young Lee; Peter
Matthiessen.
2000 Founder, Creative Health Institute (CHI), a center for
creativity and
healing.
2000 Recipient of Abraham Schenck Foundation grant for poetry.
1999 Established poetrydoctor.org to provide credit and
non-credit on-line
courses and service for writers.
1997 Co-founder, Vice President, Association for Chinese
American Enrichment.
Not-for-profit educational society promoting cultural exchange and
goodwill
between U.S. and China.
1996- Co-Editor, Chi for Longevity. Newsletter for students of Chi
Gong and Tai
cont. Chi.
1995 Sponsor of First Annual Long Island Poetry Marathon.
1994 Included in new anthology of Long Island Poetry (William
Heyen, Editor).
1995 Selected by Suffolk College as Distinguished Professor
for features in
Perspectives. Selected by Newsday for feature as "Star in his
teaching
galaxy." Cited by President John Cooper as exemplary faculty member
before
Suffolk County Legislature and at various educational events through
academic year.
1994- Served as faculty coordinator for Loyalist College,
Canadian sister-school
1997 program. Served as faculty coordinator of
International Projects
Committee.
1995- Three separate lecture series in Hong Kong, as poet and
freelance journalist
1996 and with authorization to pursue sister-school
agreement with Shue Yan
College of Hong Kong for exchange of students and faculty.
1996 Designated by President Cooper to attend "Global
Issues in Community
College Education" conference at SUNY Binghamton.
1995 Young Poets programs for Smithtown Library System.
1993 Award for Outstanding Arts Programs. Westhampton Writers
Guild.
Presented at 8th Annual International Writers Festival.
1990 Distinguished Lecturer, Nassau-Suffolk Library Assoc.
Great Books Series.
1990- Founder, Director, 3WS, World Wide Writers' Service, cont.
providing
cont. network for international authors as well as
workshops such as
Annual "Travel Literature" Seminar, Key West, Florida.
1881- Contributing Writer, Anton Publications. Articles
serialized in seventeen
1997 Long Island weekly newspapers.
1989- Sponsor of Westhampton Writers Festival, events and
evenings,
1993 spanning the writing arts.
1975- Director, numerous writers; conferences, e.g.. "Breaking
In: How to Sell
1976- Your Writing, " "The Business of the Arts, " funded by
U.S. Small
Business Administration.
1975- Director, Suffolk, Long Island International Writers
1990. Conferences featuring over fifteen countries and forty
languages.
1985- Poetry Editor, BROADSIDE, international folksong
magazine, featuring
1986 such personalities as Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and
Allen Ginsburg.
1975- Editorial Board, Cross-Cultural Communications.
1990 Coordinated literary tours and performances.
1982- Publisher, Writers Ink Press. Alternative press
publishing
cont. contemporary literature and arts news.
1976- President, Alliance of New York Writers &
1990 Publishers, Inc. Literary Agency.
1975- Director, Writers Unlimited Agency, Inc.
cont. Not-for-Profit Writers Service.
1980- Freelance, feature writer. NEW YORK TIMES, Long
cont. Island Section. Feature & Editorial,
NEWSDAY.
1979- Co-Director, New York Institute of Technology
1981 Certificate Program in Writing.
1979- Fellow, International Institute for Creative
1984 Communications, Florida International University.
1975- Editor-in-chief, THE WORD, Newsletter of Faculty
Association of Suffolk 1979 College. Founder, Director, Evening
College Teachers Union.
1973- Board of Directors, East End Council for the Arts
1978 & Humanities. Helped raise $100, 000 for the arts
1978- Founder, Editor, MAIN STREET PRESS. Publishers
1979 of arts editions: Stafford, Simpson, Ferlinghetti.
1975- President, Director of Community Center for Arts,
1978 North Shore Beach Association, Rocky Point, N.Y.
1972- Consultant and Reviewer. Bobbs Merrill;
1974 Little, Brown & Co.; Houghton Mifflin.
1974- Director, C. W. Post Young Poets Workshops.
1977
1970- Poet-in-Residence, New York State Poets in the
1974 Schools, Visiting poet, funded NYSCA.
1969- Co-founder, Editor, STREET MAGAZINE, Street Press.
1973 Publishers of Long Island literature and arts.
1969- Board of Directors, Editor, NORTH SHORE BEACH
1975 NEWS. North Shore Beach Association, Inc.
1966- Teaching Assistant; Certified in master teaching
1969 programs: Pennsylvania Sate and University Iowa.
1962- Public Relations Office, Editor of COLLAGE, University
of
1965 Massachusetts. Creative Writing Specialist, New
York City's literary
program center, 92nd St. YM&WHA. Director, Federal Cultural
Enrichment Programs, Pennsylvania and Skidmore College.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
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.
2005 ANOTHER WAY: Poems derived from the Tao Te Ching. Karma
Dog
Editions, Boulder, CO.
2001 RANDOM BEAUTY, New Poems. Edited by Louis Simpson.
Amereon Press:
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.
1991 LOVE IN THE KEYS: New Poems. Ai Press: Selden, NY.
1989 RESURRECTIONS: New Poems. Bilingual, Macedonian-
English. New World Pres: 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: Audio Cassette.
Talking Books Series. Cross-Cultural Communication.
1980 THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A CHICKEN:
Surrealistic poems. 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: second edition. Despa Press.
1968 STILLS FROM A CINEMA: Poems. Despa Press.
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ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
2010 PRISM: BYSTANDERS. A Human Rights Anthology. (Charles
Fishman, editor. Prism International: scheduled publication,
4/2010.)
2009 LONG ISLAND LIGHT: Northsea Poetry Scene Anthology,
ed. Tammy
-2006 Nuzzo-Morgan. Also included in issues starting 2006.
2006 LONG ISLAND: LIGHT OF CITY AND SEA. Long Island
Anthology, ed. Dan Moran.
2005 MARSHLAND: Wetlands Preservation Anthology, ed. Maxwell
Wheat.
2005 KISS YOUR BUTTS GOODBYE: A Stop-Smoking Anthology.
2005 DREAM LONG ISLAND. ed. Barbara Reiher-Myers.
2003 CONNELLAN CELEBRATION: In honor Leo Connellan. (Univ. of
Connecticut Press).
2000 URBAN NATURE: Anthology of nature in the city. (Milkwood
Press).
1994 BEST OF LONG ISLAND: Anthology of first five years of the
L.I. Quarterly. William Heyen, editor. Birnham Woods Graphics,
Northport, NY.
1994 IN AUTUMN: Anthology of L. I. Poetry. George Wallace, Ed.
Birnham Woods Graphics, Northport, NY.
1991 PREPOSTEROUS: Poems of Youth, Ed. Paul B. Janeczko.
Orchard Books: New York, NY.
1989 101 PORTRAITS OF POETS, Rose Graubart, Ed. & Illustrator.
Cross-
Cultural Communications: Merrick, NY.
1989 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE. INTRODUCTION TO POETRY.
Included in all eight (9) editions. Dana Gioia & X.J. Kennedy,
editors.
Little, Brown & Co.: Boston.
1986 SUTURED WORDS: Contemporary Poetry about Medicine. Jon
Mukland, editor. Aviva Press: Brookline, MA.
1984 MONEY ENCYCLOPEDIA. Harvey Rachlin, editor. Harper & Row,
Co.:
New York, NY. (Financial reference work includes 40 pages of my
writing.)
1984 STRINGS: A Gathering of Family Poems. Paul B. Janeczko,
editor. Bradbury Press: Scarsdale, NJ.
1983 ISLAND LIGHT: Long Island Poetry. Adie Meyer Sanders,
editor. Suffolk
County Tercentennial Committee: Hauppauge, NY.
1982 POETS AND ARTISTS: Poets & Artists of the Region
Collaborating,
Anthology and Showing. Guild Hall Museum: Easthampton, NY.
1981 PAUMANOK RISING: An Anthology of Eastern Long Island
Aesthetics.
V. Clemente, G. Everett editors. Street Press: Port Jefferson, NY.
1978 VAGABOND ANTHOLOGY: 1966-1977. John Bennett, Editor.
Vagabond Press: Ellensburg, WA.
1976 RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SEA. Robert Olmsted, editor.
Northwoods Press: Bigfork, MN.
1975 BICENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY, James Scrimgeour, Ed.,
Northern Illinois University Press: IL.
1965 ET AL: Anthology of College Poetry. Henry Paper, editor.
Poetry Congress Press: Lewisburg, PA.
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PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS
OVER FIVE HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS in more than 400 different
periodicals, journals, newspapers and on-line magazines, including:
NEW YORK TIMES, NEWSDAY, BOSTON GLOBE, NY DAILY NEWS. KARAMU; KANSAS
QUARTERLY, NEW LETTERS, WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW, ROGUE SCHOLARS,
POETRY BAY, BIG CITY, PEDESTAL, CONFRONTATION, LONG ISLAND
QUARTERLY, LIPS, FOOTWORK. For more complete bibliography, see four
pages of "Acknowledgments" from CHI OF POETRY: New & Selected Poems.
PUBLICATIONS IN TRANSLATION
A special bilingual collection consisting of my poems in English,
Chinese prepared for publication for my travel to China, GuangZhou,
Hong Kong and Beijing.
OVER THREE HUNDRED POEMS translated and published internationally in
fourteen languages including: Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian,
German, French, Spanish, Yiddish, Hebrew, Sicilian, Italian,
Russian, Romanian, Swahili, Chinese; Turkish; Gaelic.
PERFORMANCES IN VIENNA and three summers in IRELAND.
TWENTY PERFORMANCES AND LECTURES in capacity of Fulbright's first
official poet-in-residence in PRC, throughout China.
OVER FORTY PUBLICATIONS and performances for Fulbrights in
Yugoslavia.
"An Interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer, " TEL AVIV REVIEW, Tel
Aviv, Israel, (August, 1988).
WINNER, STRUGA FESTIVAL AWARD POETRY CONTEST for "In My Friend's
Village; "Struga Poetry Festival, " Article and poem published in
OKO, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, September, 1988.
"Poesia Inediti di David B. Axelrod, " Full page featuring my work,
TRAPANI NUOVO, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, August, 1988. Full page
features in TRAPANI NUOVO. (1979, 1988).
HONORS & AWARDS
2009 Selected Creative Writing Director, Gerard Manley
Hopkins Festival, International Youth Institute. Grant from Suffolk
College, SUNY.
2009 Honored by Suffolk County for his work with Young
Poets Mentoring Program.
2007 Official Suffolk County Poet Laureate (two-year term).
2007 Sabbatical Award to write new book of poems.
2006 Honored for 30 years of contributions to Arts and Poetry
by Long Island
Poetry Collective on the occasion of their 30th Anniversary.
2006 Oberon Foundation, honors for poetry.
2006 Abraham Schenck Foundation grant for new book of poems.
2005 Selected to design on-line course, The Art of Poetry, as
part of SUNY
Learning Network.
2004 Ronkonkoma Poetry Prize.
2004 Rogue Scholars Poetry Award.
2003 Grant for development of on-line creative writing
courses, SUNY.
2000 Abraham Schenck Foundation grant for poetry publication.
2000 SUNY Suffolk College grant and award for preparation and
publication
of new book of poetry.
1996 Selected to speak at Conference on Asian Studies,
Madison, Wisconsin.
1996 Selected by Newsday for feature as "Star in his teaching
galaxy."
1995 Selected by Suffolk College as Distinguished Professor
for features in
Perspectives. Kubrisch Award nominee for promotion of International
understanding.
1995 Selected to speak at International Civic and Development
Program of
Community Colleges, Orlando, Florida.
1994 Featured for excellence in teaching and contribution to
international
studies in PERSPECTIVES college journal. Major features in VILLAGE
TIMES and CITIZEN JOURNAL.
1995 Honored for community service by Middle Country Library
System.
1993- Fulbright Award as first Poet-in-Residence in
1994 People's Republic of China.
1993 Special Award for Excellence in Arts Programs.
Westhampton International Writers Festival.
1992 Award for Distinguished Service and Director of Suffolk
College, State
University of N.Y., Visiting Writers Program, The Writers Club.
1990- Featured presenter in WRIV-TV Cable Television,
cont. "Ideas and Images, " Literature series.
1991 Recipient, Island Publishing Award and Suffolk College,
SUNY
Certificate of Merit for contribution to arts as sponsor of 15 years
of
creative writing programs.
1990 Selected to perform before United Nations as part of
International Poetry
Series as translator of Yugoslav and Macedonian poetry.
1989- Fulbright Poet-at-large, Yugoslavia.
1990 Fulbright Lecture, University of Skopje, Macedonia.
1988- America's sole representative at Struga Poetry Evenings.
Poetry
1989 Festival award for best poem. Performed at opening &
closing
ceremonies (on bridge); featured numerous TV & radio shows.
1990- Grant for performance tour throughout Sicily from Antigruppo
Siciliano
1988 including nine performances, two television appearances and
Honorary
Medals for poetry, cities of Castellemarre del Gulfo (Circolo
Culturale I.
Pirandello) and Citte di Balestrate.
1987 Suffolk College Award: "Outstanding Advisor, The Writers
Club."
1986 State University of New York Research Grant.
1985 Official Proclamation: April 24 & 25th named "David B.
Axelrod Days, "
by Suffolk County Executive in honor of fifteen years of
"meritorious
service to arts and for his literary work."
1985 Citation for Contribution to Arts: Town of Brookhaven,
Long Island.
1985 Creative Arts Service Award, as Director, Long Island
International
Writers Conference.
1982 New York State Council on the Arts and Committee on Small
Magazine,
Editors and Publishers (COSMEP) Grant. Filmed, scripted, edited
documentary: "19th Annual Alternative Press Book Fair."
1981 C. W. Post College, Academy of American Poets Award for
the poem "The
Vandal." Award presented by Richard Wilbur.
1979- Virginia Council on the Arts Grant as poet-in-
1980 residence. Three programs as visiting writer.
1979 Cultural Exchange Grant, Cross-Cultural Communications,
Antigruppo
Siciliano, Trapani, Sicily. On tour for 30 days, 28 public
performances
and appearances on Radio, TV as visiting writer/poet.
1979 Medal for the Arts, for poetry and contributions to
Italo-American
friendship. Presented by Mayor for City of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
1975- America the Beautiful Foundation, grant as director of
community arts
1978 newsletter to serve North Shore Beach, Long Island,
NY.
1972- Annual recipient of Poets & Writers, Inc. funding for over 100
poetry
1990 performances and director for visiting writers' programs.
1979 Suffolk County Grant for Cultural Programs. The Troupe:
Poetry, Mime, 197
Music Performances.
1976- Suffolk County Cultural Affairs Committee Awards; Arts
Programs.
1978 Sponsor, director, 12 programs in creative writing,
poetry.
1975- Grant for Writing Programs. New York State Council for the
Arts,
1979 Literature Panel, including poetry and periodical
publications.
1974 United Teachers Press Award, in national competition:
Best News Story
and Best Editorial.
1967- Full Scholarship, Writing Workshops,
1969 University of Iowa.
1966- Full Scholarship, Writing Workshops,
1967 Pennsylvania State University.
1965- Gilman Fellowship, Theater. The Writers Seminars,
1966 The Johns Hopkins University.
1964- Honors Program, Amherst College/Four College
1965 undergraduate studies, University of Massachusetts.
1964 Annual Playwriting Award, University of Massachusetts.
1963- National Collegiate Journalism Award, Best College
1964 Newspaper, as Editor-in-Chief of tri-weekly news.
University of Massachusetts.
PERFORMANCES, MEDIA APPEARANCES
2009 Continuing poetry workshops, master classes, performance
nationally, including featured performance at Bird and Beckett Book
Store in San Francisco; Workshop and Performance at Gerard Manley
Hopkins Summer Festival, Monasterevin, Ireland; North Sea Poetry
Scene; Huntington Poetry Barn; Stevenson Academy; Ethnic Pen
Conference; numerous others.
Continue to work in Suffolk County and U.S. TOUR publicizing new
poetry books and the writing arts.
1990's included work international to promote CHINA JOURNALS. TV and
radio throughout U.S. speaking on politics, trade, human rights, the
arts and medicine in China. PERFORMANCES IN HONG KONG AND PRC.
January and July- August. Poetry, book and freelance author's
lectures. Twenty performances in six provinces of China and in Hong
Kong as well as on Voice of America/China, and United States
Information Agency American Centers in Guangzhou, Beijing and
Chengdu.
TV AND RADIO: Throughout China, Hong Kong; Europe emanating from
Struga and on TV Novi Sad; Radio Yugoslavia. From Tunisia to Rome
via TV Mazara Del Vallo and Trapani. On Radio Italy and widely on
radio in Sicily; As poet, arts host, &/or arts producer in Sweden,
Amsterdam, England, Australia, Ireland, France, Germany.
In the U.S. on National Public Radio, featured on "All Things
Considered" and on hundreds of radio broadcasts including WNYC,
WABC, WBLI, WBAB, WALK. Regularly as arts host and poet on U.S.
cable channels. On CBS, NBC, PBS, WOR, WPIX. Frequent appearances on
Cablevision Riverhead/Long Island channels.
WORKSHOPS AND POETRY PERFORMANCES
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES, lectures, guest workshops as
poet, professor, tax expert, comedian with an audience of millions.
American Library Association; New Jersey Library Association; United
Nations Poetry Series.
Grinnell, Amherst, Johns Hopkins, C.W. Post, Hofstra, Adelphi,
Dowling, Southampton, Brooklyn College, American University,
Harriman, Eckerd, Universities of Massachusetts, North Carolina, New
Mexico, Delaware, Maryland, Iowa, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Tampa, among others; NY Institute
of Technology; State University of New York at Farmingdale, at Stony
Brook, at Plattsburg, at Albany, at Utica, at Syracuse; Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, C. W. Post campus, Long Island University.
Catskills Mountains Literary Festival, North Sea Poetry Series,
Passaic, Suffolk, East End Huntington, Islip Arts Councils, Brooklyn
& Herkesher Museums. Too many others to innumerate.
Private academies including Worcester, Chatham, The Gunnery, South
Kent, Darlington School, Fay School, Stony Brook School and
Canterbury Academy; Berkley Preparatory and many others.
Annual Alternative Press Book fairs; four International Writing
Conferences; fifteen Suffolk, Long Island Writers Conferences;
Dozens of public libraries including NY Public Library and
Nassau-Suffolk Library Association.
PROMOTIONAL APPEARANCES
Bookstores internationally, 'including Canios, Borders Books, B.
Dalton NYC, Barnes and Noble and other; Barnes and Noble; Poetry
Society of America, NYC and L.I.. Four intentional tours throughout
Sicily, Italy, England, Ireland, Yugoslavia and San Wai bookstore,
Beijing, China.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & BIOGRAPHICAL
LISTINGS
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, COLLECTED PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS, curator,
William Heyen., for University of Rochester Contemporary Authors'
Collection. Papers and bibliography archived at Southampton College,
now part of SUNY Stony Brook Poetry Center collection. Books,
extensive periodical publications archived at Suffolk College,
Selden, NY and State University of New York, Brockport, NY.
2006-cont. Wikipedia
1976-cont. Elected to Membership, P.E.N. America.
1978-cont. Elected Member, Poetry Society of America.
1977-cont. Academy of American Poets.
Listed in every edition of DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN POETS AND WRITERS
since I helped support and publicize the start of Poets & Writers,
Inc. in early 1970's.
WHO'S WHO IN THE EAST (since 1974).
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS (three editions since 1974).
MARQUIS' COMMUNITY LEADERS IN AMERICA (since 1972).
INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POETRY (since 1973).
OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA & WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES (1970, 1965).
Foreign Language Studies and highest level of skills reached in
course of study. With one-month of review, I can resume same
or higher level of proficiency.
Language Speak
Read Write
Translate
French
2
1 3
2
German
3
2 3
3
Italian
4
3 4
3
Spanish
4
4 5
5
Yiddish
2
4 4
3
Hebrew
4
3 4
5
Macedonian 4
3 4
3
Serbian
4
3 4
3
Mandarin 3
4 2/4*
5
Cantonese 4
4 5
5
Other language studies: Spanish, Greek, Latin.
Skills: 1= excellent; 2= good; 3= fair; 4= with assistance; 5=
unable. *Pin yin, good; few simplified characters; no old style.