Printable view of Kendall A. Bell

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Riverside, NJ

New Jersey US

Email:

kabpoetry@gmail.com

Bio:

Kendall A. Bell's poetry has been most recently published in Ovunque Siamo and Nobody Thoughts. He was nominated for Sundress Publications' Best of the Net collection seven times. He is the author of four full length collections, "The Roads Don't Love You" (2018), "the forced hush of quiet" (2019), "the shallows" (2022), "all of this bruising" (2024), and 36 chapbooks, the latest being "Blooms Of Oblivion". He is the publisher/editor of Maverick Duck Press and editor and founder of Chantarelle's Notebook. His chapbooks are available through Maverick Duck Press. He lives in Southern New Jersey.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Sierra DeMulder, Olivia Gatwood, Nicole Blackman, Amber Decker, Caitlyn Siehl, Ada Limon, Emma Ruth Rundle.

Born in:

Englewood, NJ

New Jersey

Raised in:

Bergenfield, NJ

New Jersey

Website:

https://linktr.ee/kabpoetry [2]

Prizes won:

Nominated: Best of the Net, 2018: Most days, I am a museum of things I want to forget (by Work to a calm), Best of the Net, 2015: For the girl with the Golden State in her eyes, The monster of Riverside (by Thick With Conviction) Juried Poetry Contest for the Medford Cultural Arts Commission, 2014: Honorable Mention: Tourniquet Nominated: Best of the Net, 2013: That poem I trashed (by Work to a calm) Juried Poetry Contest for the Medford Cultural Arts Commission, 2012: First Place: Winterlong and Third Place: Tuesday night she was in my dreams. Honorable Mention: A wreck cannot take everything Nominated: Best of the Net, 2012: Something Of Your Own (by Thick With Conviction) Nominated: Best of the Net, 2011: The infinite definitions for darkness (by Drown In My Own Fears) Nominated: Best of the Net, 2009: Molten (by Drown In My Own Fears) Nominated: Best of the Net, 2007: Awkward Moment #1 (by Thick With Conviction)

Prefers to work with:

Adults