Kendall A. Bell                 

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Publications

Journals/'Zines

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Rose Red Review, April 2013: Ghost technology

Work to a calm, March 2013: What is left behind, Harbor, The poem I trashed

X and Friends (Featured poet is Amber Decker), October 2012: Winterlong

Up The Staircase, July 2012: Tuesday night, she was in my dreams

Bacon Today, July 2012: The problem with bacon

Downer Magazine, July 2012: In Dan Wheldon's living room

Thick With Conviction, June 2012: Cross Country, Something of your own, Without touching

Scythe, January 2012: Freefall

Bare Hands Poetry, January 2012: She lost a hand to carpal tunnel, Observations and reflections on a father

Work to a calm, January 2012: Without touching, Firework

Drown In My Own Fears, June 2011: The infinite definitions for darkness

Decompression, Winter 2010: Birdcage, This Happy Ever After
Scythe, Summer 2010: Why I Wasn't There For Your Mother's Wake, Watching Alicia, Our Mutual Acquaintances
Edison Literary Review, Summer 2010: Granny On The Wi-fi
Up and Under: the QND Review, Spring 2010: Rebirth
Decompression, Fall 2009:
Rebirth, Little J
Up and Under: the QND Review, Spring 2009: Talking about life with Lindsay Lohan over raspberry mochas
Gold Wake Press, October 2008:
Turnpike North (mini-chapbook)
Drown In My Own Fears, December 2008:
Molten
Thick With Conviction, July 2008:
The Girl Who Almost Got Me Left Back, A Bright Kind of Gray
Zygote In My Coffee, April 2008: How To Skin A Spouse
Eight Octaves Review, February 2008: Down To The Last Crumb
Drown In My Own Fears, September 2007:
Slanted Walls
Silent Actor, September 2007: Sorry Cubed, A Plea
Up and Under: the QND Review, Spring 2007: Garden State
Flutter, March 2007: Isabel, Number One Fan
Thick With Conviction, September 2006:
Awkward Moment #1, Coming For You
Up and Under: the QND Review, Spring 2006: She Takes Me Through Rockland County Again
Sunken Lines, November 2005:
Breathing and Gesturing, Blood Boil, Coming For You
The Barefoot Muse, November 2005:
Sestina For An Ending
Inferno, October 2005: Molten
Baby Clam Press, September 2005: Politics In Marriage, A Last Embrace
Prose Toad, June 2005: The Perfect Stolen Girl, The Many Uses for Newspaper
Up and Under: the QND Review, Spring 2005: Isabel
Edison Literary Review, Fall 2004: Emily
Venue (Rowan College Publication)
Splat! Fanzine


Collections
 

The Sound of Cracking Bones, Maverick Duck Press, 2013

Paper cuts and iodine, Maverick Duck Press, 2012

Still Quick, Always Dirty, a QND Chapbook, 2012
The Forgotten, Maverick Duck Press, 2009
14 Ways to Die, Maverick Duck Press, 2007
The Mathematics of Frustration and Loss, Maverick Duck Press, 2006
3 Verse, a QND Chapbook, 2006
Preservation, Maverick Duck Press, 2005
Bleeding Out, Powerscore Press, 2004
Quick Meals and Dirty Dishes, a QND Chapbook, 2004
Fast and Filthy, a QND Chapbook, 2003
Destroyed, Powerscore Press, 2003
Descending, Powerscore Press, 2002
Blast, Powerscore Press, 2001
Before I Die, Powerscore Press, 2000
Flailing, Powerscore Press, 1998
Short Leash, Powerscore Press, 1997



Awards


Juried Poetry Contest for the Medford Cultural Arts Commission: 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, 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)

 

Readings/Performances

Maverick Duck Press Reading, Mount Holly, NJ, July 2013: book launch/featured reading w/Dan Maguire
Poetry In The Round, Marlton, NJ, June 2013: featured reading
Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ, December 2012: reception for poetry contest (winner)
The Coffee Machine, Ridgefield Park, NJ, September 2012: featured reading
Poetry In The Round, Marlton, NJ, September 2011: featured reading
Big Blue Marble Bookstore (for Mad Poets Society), Philadelphia, PA, April 2010
ABC No Rio, NYC, NY, April 2010
Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ, March 2010: featured reading
Live After Five Fall Arts Festival, Mt. Holly, NJ, September 2009
Burlington County Poets, Westampton, NJ, July 2009: featured reading w/Bruce Niedt
Espresso Joe's, Keyport, NJ, February 2009: featured reading w/the QND Poets
The Daily Grind, Mount Holly, NJ, October 2006: featured reading
AM1340 Skin Radio, 2007: Poetry Radio Spots
G.A.L.A. Festival, Paramus, NJ, October 2005: featured reading w/the QND Poets
Various Quick and Dirty Poets readings from 2004 to 2013, reader w/the QND Poets, host