http://www.counterbalancepoetry.org/
Marvin Bell's Counterbalance reading showed convincingly why his writing has continually
been praised for its lucidity. The Georgia Review praises him for "redefining
poetry." Bell read at the Seattle Public Library on October 18, 2000. He
has written 15 books of poetry, has won the Lamont Award, an American Academy
of Arts and Letters Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and
the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the first and current Poet Laureate
of Iowa, the Flannery O'Connor Professor of Letters at the University of Iowa,
and a long-time member of the faculty of the Iowa Writers Workshop. Bell's latest
publication is Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000 (Copper Canyon Press), a selection
of poems from several previous books along with two dozen new poems.
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Seattle artist Paul Hunter created an 8 1/2" by 11" broadside of
the Bell poem, "Dew at the Edge of a Leaf," to commemorate the Seattle
reading. Hunter carved a woodblock print and hand set and hand printed this
beautiful multi-shade broadside. Click on picture on the left to see a larger
image. This is a signed limited edition, available for $15 from Wood
Works, 4131 Greenwood North, Seattle, WA 98103.