{"product_id":"rampant-marvin-bell-9781556592065","title":"Rampant: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarvin Bell, one of America's most influential, visible, and inventive poets, likes \"ideas to have a little dirt on their shoes.\" His wildly original and often gritty curiosity finds inspiration in wide-ranging locales, and even wider topics. He will take on any subject in his poetry, and the conclusion of \u003ci\u003eRampant\u003c\/i\u003e is a ten-part suite, \"Journal of the Posthumous Present,\" which was commissioned by the Getty Research Insititute and published as a cover feature in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e. The poem is remarkable for its original methods and socio-philosophic investigation, and points to the signature of Bell's career: his ability to radically examine the world through poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"The Bones Repeat Themselves from the Bottom Upward\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater there will be a wedding in the leaves\u003cbr\u003eby the white church where the Boy Scouts box\u003cbr\u003ein the basement, trying to be brave.\u003cbr\u003eThe owner of the fishing station watches the sea\u003cbr\u003ethrough binoculars, fixing on the darker water\u003cbr\u003ewhere the boats clustered to thin a school.\u003cbr\u003eThe days have been growing raw, \u003cbr\u003eand he is willing to give the last ones five minutes\u003cbr\u003ebefore he rips the tide apart with an inboard\u003cbr\u003eand drags to the beach those who didn't\u003cbr\u003esee the end coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marvin Bell enlarges our understanding of what poetry can do.\"--\u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bell's passion  is] for exploring the traces of paradox in language, culture and nature.\"--\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvin Bell's writing has been part of the conversation for 40 years. One of the country's most visible poets, he is Iowa's first and current Poet Laureate, a long-time teacher at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has toured with the author-based band Rock Bottom Remainders. He also reads and lectures widely; collaborates with composers, musicians and dancers; and teaches in the Urban Teachers Workshop. He lives in Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155659206X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.18w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2004 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 87","brand":"Marvin Bell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078416658687,"sku":"9781556592065","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2264223a-2ebd-4248-9d23-c6d257bd69ba.jpg?v=1685475387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rampant-marvin-bell-9781556592065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}