Roger Bell

Roger Bell was born January 28, 1949, and grew up in the small resort town of Port Elgin on the shores of Lake Huron. He received his B.A. in 1973 and B.Ed. in 1975 from the University of Western Ontario. He has taught secondary school English in Simcoe County for 27 years. He lives in Tay Township within dreaming distance of Georgian Bay. Bell cannot be far from large bodies of water or he spiritually dehydrates. His poetry focuses on the extraordinary within the ordinary. He has published four collections of poetry and co-edited Henry's Creature - poems and stories on the automobile, with his friend John B. Lee.

 

Awards

Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, winner, 1997

Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award, finalist, 1998.

CBC Literary Awards, finalist three times, 1990's.

Windsor Review Poetry Competition, honourable mention, 2000.

 

Selected Publications
Mythtakes (Whizzyfig Press,1984) ISBN 0-919607-04-7

Luke and the Wolf (BS Poetry Society, 1997) ISBN 0-9694127-3-8

Real Lives (Black Moss Press, 1997) ISBN 0-88753-336-1

When the Devil Calls (Black Moss Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88753-348-5

 

Selected Anthologies

That Sign of Perfection (Black Moss Press, 1995) ISBN 0-88753-269-1

No Choice But To Trust (UnMon America, 2000) ISBN 1-884206-08-5

Smaller Than God (Black Moss Press, 2001)

 

Books in Print
Bell, Roger
Mythtakes (Poetry), Whizzyfig Press,1984, ISBN 0-919607-04-7 $3.95

Luke and the Wolf (Poetry), BS Poetry Society, 1997, ISBN 0-9694127-3-8, $4.95

Real Lives (Poetry), Black Moss Press, 1997, ISBN 0-88753-336-1, $15.95

When the Devil Calls (Poetry), Black Moss Press, 2000, ISBN 0-88753-348-5, $17.95

 

 

Roger Bell Box 92, Site 7, RR#1, Port Mc Nicoll, Ontario L0K 1R0
phone: 705-534-4214

rvbcbell@csolve.net

 

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