Davidson Garrett

Davidson Garrett is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. He trained for the theater at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated from The City College of New York with an M.S. in Education. A member of Screen Actor’s Guild/AFTRA and Actors’ Equity, he worked in theater, film and television for many years. His poetry, fiction and articles have been published in The New York Times, The Episcopal New Yorker, Xavier Review (New Orleans), Sensations Magazine, The Stillwater Review, First Literary Review East, Impossible Archetype, Third Wednesday, Marco Polo Arts Mag, Big City Lit, The Ekphrastic Review, the website of The Beat Museum in San Francisco and in Podium, the online literary journal of the 92nd Street Y. Davidson is the author of the poetry collection: "King Lear of the Taxi" published by Advent Purple Press. Poetry from that collection was featured in the short film “Taxi Driver” by Flashgun Films of Great Britain, which was screened at London’s Portabello Film Festival in 2008. In 2011, Davidson was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and in May 2013, he was invited to read at Joe’s Pub in New York City as part of the Taxi Drivers’ Workshop for the PEN Worldl Voices Festival. In 2013, his chapbook, "To Tell The Truth I Wanted To Be Kitty Carlisle and Other Poems" was published by Finishing Line Press. In 2015, Advent Purple Press published a long narrative poem in chapbook form titled: "Southern Low Protestant Departure: A Funeral Poem." His latest chapbook was released in April 2017 by Advent Purple Press. This book is titled: "What Happened to The Man Who Taught Me "Beowulf? and Other Poems." Davidson's spoken word play, "Conspiracy Theory: The Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen" was published in the performance art journal, "Nerve Lantern," and was performed for the 2016 Boog City Poet Theater in New York's East Village. In 2014, he was awarded 1st Place in the Juanita Torrence-Thompson International Poetry Competition sponsored by Amulet Poetry Magazine in San Francisco. In 2019, Garrett was the subject of a short film, "Davidson Garrett: The Taxi Cab Poet," by filmmaker Zardon Richardson. The film was screened at the PEN World Voices Festival at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space of WNYC Radio. In 2020, his newest poetry collection, “Arias of a Rhapsodic Spirit “ was published by Kelsay Books.