Set against the arresting beauty of the American Southwest, Spinrecounts the story of young Edward Slavin, orphaned at age seven when his parents die tragically in the crash of a small plane his father is piloting. Edward's obsessive quest for a father ultimately leads to self-discovery and the realization that, no matter who we are or how we live our lives, we are all orphans in many ways.
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Donald Everett Axinn is the author of ten volumes of poetry as well as several articles, and his essays have been published in The New York Times and Newsday. He has written two novels, Spin and The Ego Makers. He is currently completing work on a third novel, Allan, Burning and an illustrated coffee table book, Courage: The Early Aviators 1910-1940. Mr. Axinn s first novel, Spin, was produced as a full-length feature film. James Redford wrote the screenplay and directed, and Axinn served as producer. Redford is completing a screenplay based on Allan, Burning. Mr. Axinn has enjoyed the honor of reading his poetry before the U.S. Library of Congress, the United Nations and in Russia. Mr. Axinn was a Tennessee Williams Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. He has been listed in Who s Who in America since 1974 and has been awarded several humanitarian citations. Mr. Axinn is a former Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Director of the Institute of the Arts at Hofstra University, where he is currently Trustee Emeritus. He holds five honorary doctorates from Middlebury College, Hofstra, Adelphi, Southern Vermont College and SUNY at Farmingdale. He has been a Writer-in-Residence at Middlebury and the University of Maine. Mr. Axinn is one of the founders of the Interfaith Nutrition Network, which houses and feeds the hungry and homeless. He has served as a director and/or trustee for numerous public organizations, among them The Nature Conservancy, Poets & Writers, The Academy of American Poets, and Friends for Long Island s Heritage. He is a Trustee at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and also sits on its President s Council.
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