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Marvin Bell

Author of Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000

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Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000 25 copies
The Book of the Dead Man 24 copies, 1 review
Stars which see, stars which do not see: Poems 17 copies
New and Selected Poems 14 copies
A Marvin Bell Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (The Bread Loaf Series) 9 copies
Mars Being Red 9 copies
Iris of Creation 9 copies
Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2 (Book of the Dead Man) 9 copies
These Green-Going-To-Yellow: Poems 8 copies
Drawn by Stones, by Earth, by Things That Have Been in the Fire 8 copies
The Escape into You: A Sequence (Classic Contemporary) 7 copies
Residue of Song: Poems 7 copies
A Primer About the Flag 6 copies, 1 review
Rampant (Lannan Literary Selections) 5 copies

Old Snow Just Melting: Essays and Interviews (Poets on Poetry) 4 copies

A probable volume of dreams; poems 3 copies

Poetry for A Midsummer's Night 3 copies

7 poets, 4 days, 1 book 2 copies

Vertigo: The Living Dead Man Poems 2 copies

Wednesday: Selected Poems 1966-1997 2 copies

A Probable Volume of Dreams: Poems 1 copy, 1 review

Poems for Nathan and Saul 1 copy

Things we dreamt we died for 1 copy

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American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1994)

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