{"product_id":"i-would-be-the-purple","title":"I Would Be the Purple","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally from New York City, \u003cstrong\u003ePhil Wexler\u003c\/strong\u003e spent his formative years in Brooklyn before moving, as a young man, to Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. He has been writing poetry his entire adult life and has had over 180 poems published in literary magazines. His previous book-length poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Parade\u003c\/em\u003e (prose poems) and \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Moustache,\u003c\/em\u003e both from Adelaide Books, \u003cem\u003eThe Lesser Light\u003c\/em\u003e (Finishing Line Press), and \u003cem\u003eWith Something Like Hope\u003c\/em\u003e (Silver Bow Publishing). He has organized and emceed a number of spoken-word reading series over the years in the Washington, DC area. Most recently, \u003cem\u003eWords out Loud\u003c\/em\u003e has taken place over Zoom. Generally passionate about all the arts, Phil also works non-commercially in mosaics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a long career of government service as a Technical Information Specialist, Phil retired from the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of the National Library of Medicine, an arm of the National Institutes of Health, in 2018. He has edited and authored numerous books and journal papers in the field of toxicology. He is Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Toxicology\u003c\/em\u003e (4th edition, forthcoming in 2023) and \u003cem\u003eInformation Resources in Toxicology\u003c\/em\u003e (5th edition, 2020), as well as series editor for a monographic series,\u003cem\u003e History of Toxicology and Environmental Health,\u003c\/em\u003e all published by Elsevier. He is also editor of \u003cem\u003eChemicals, Environment Health: A Global Management Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e (2011. CRC Press) and co-editor-in-chief of the journal \u003cem\u003eGlobal Security: Health, Science and Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (Taylor and Francis). A member of the US Society of Toxicology (SOT), he is a recipient of its Public Communications Award (2010) and a Trustee of the Toxicology Education Foundation (TEF).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 116 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (November 9, 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495337754685,"sku":"ilc1787286809629","price":18.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/i-would-be-the-purple_1.jpg?v=1787286814","url":"https:\/\/ownstyleboutique.shop\/products\/i-would-be-the-purple","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}