Marvin Bell's American reputation rests on fourteen distinguished books of poetry and essays, noted by reviewers for their originality, lucidity, variety, and eloquence. His writing has been called 'ambitious without pretension,' and he himself has been referred to as 'an insider who thinks like an outsider'. Wednesday is the first book by Marvin Bell to be published outside the United States.
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Marvin Bell's American reputation rests on fourteen distinguished books of poetry and essays, noted by reviewers for their originality, lucidity, variety, and eloquence. His writing has been called 'ambitious without pretension,' and he himself has been referred to as 'an insider who thinks like an outsider'. Wednesday is the first book by Marvin Bell to be published outside the United States.
'Marvin Bell may have the most refined ear of his free verse contemporaries. He is that rare poet who can hear speech as it was meant to be written.'
Stanley Plumly
'...one of the very few to claim our enduring respect and attention.'
