Daniel Thomas Moran

Daniel Thomas Moran-Bio

Daniel Thomas Moran, born in New York City in 1957, is the author of fourteen collections of poetry. He has had close to 400 poems published in some 20 different countries. His most recent collection In the Kingdom of Autumn was published in Ireland by Salmon Poetry in 2020 as was Balance by Cyberwit/Taj Mahal Review in India. His previous collection, A Shed for Wood was also published by Salmon Poetry in 2014. His Looking for the Uncertain Past, was published in Austria by Poetry Salzburg in 2006. His upcoming collection, What Color is Blue? will be published in a bi-lingual Romanian edition by The University of Bucharest in 2021. He was poet laureate of Suffolk County, NY from 2005-2007. He has had four collections published in bilingual editions, one in Spanish and three in Romanian. He has served as Vice President of The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association where he instiuted the Long Island School of Poetry Reading Series. He has collaborated with artists on a number of projects including the renowned Password Project, based in Austria. He is retired Clinical Assistant Professor from Boston University’s School of Dental Medicine, where in 2011 he delivered the school’s Commencement Address. He was twice awarded the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award by the graduating class. His collected papers are being archived by The Dept. of Special Collections at his alma mater, Stony Brook University in New York where he serves as Chair of The Dean’s Advisory Board for The University Libraries. He is an ordained Humanist Minister and Arts Editor for The Humanist magazine in Washington, DC. He lives with his wife, Karen, in Webster, New Hampshire.