Marvin Bell, Author . Copper Canyon $20 (67p) ISBN 978-1-55659-206-5
A resurgent lyric voice marks Bell's first all-new collection since the "Dead Man" persona poems of the 1990s, pitched toward action and reaction: a twisted rope, when released, will "spring back / toward its most direct shape,"...
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In his 19th collection, Bell warns, “I am up late in wartime,” seeing “war's imprint with all of us who now/ die of the earth.” As grimly demotic as ever—but perhaps increasingly attuned to current events—Bell
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Marvin Bell, Author Copper Canyon Press $22 (80p) ISBN 978-1-55659-062-7
In this prosaic book-length sequence, Bell ( Iris of Creation ), a respected poet, adopts one of the most simplistic formulas: the list poem. Each poem is divided into two sections (``about'' then ``more about'' such things as dreams, pain,...
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Marvin Bell, Author Copper Canyon Press $14 (92p) ISBN 978-1-55659-081-8
With the rhythms of a modern-day prophet, Bell creates a universe of one, recasting Whitman's Song of Myself to mirror the present age. Dense and image-rich, this follow-up to 1994's The Book of the Dead (Vol I) appears 30 years after the...
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Marvin Bell, Author Copper Canyon Press $28 (279p) ISBN 978-1-55659-147-1
Beginning with new, still Berryman-like ""dead man"" poems (""Yesterday, a people./ Tomorrow, an obit, a footnote, an explanation""), then proceeding chronologically from 1966's Things We Dreamt We Died For, this new & selected shows a poet obsessed
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Marvin Bell, Author Copper Canyon Press $17 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55659-031-3
Although Bell's ( New and Selected Poems ) style has evolved significantly since the publication of his first collection more than 20 years ago, his perverse manipulation of language to suit his g private vision has remained frustratingly constant....
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Marvin Bell. Copper Canyon (Consortium, dist.), $16 trade paper (152p) ISBN 978-1-55659-376-5
In his 18th book of poems, the beloved Bell continues to develop his signature form, the "Dead Man" poem, each of which is actually a pair of linked poems (such as "About the Dead Man's Health" and "More About the Dead Man's Health"). The titular...
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Marvin Bell, illus. by Chris Raschka, Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4991-3
Based on the title, American readers might think that Bell and Raschka have in mind the U.S. flag. Not so. This enigmatic picture book concerns all flags: "flags on the moon, flags in cemeteries, costume flags." Poet Bell, in his first book for...
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