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Iowa City Press-Citizen It could be argued the late Marvin Bell is more a part Iowa City than any other writer —not only did he make Iowa City his home for more than 40 years, but his poetry can be found etched into the city's cement and, monumentally, on display in the city's pedestrian mall in its downtown core. “For one thing, he’s a great poet and possibly the most open-minded and open-spirited collaborator one could imagine ever working with," said Christopher Merrill, a University of Iowa professor and Bell's friend and collaborator throughout those 40 years he spent in ea...

Iowa City Press-Citizen It could be argued the late Marvin Bell is more a part Iowa City than any other writer —not only did he make Iowa City his home for more than 40 years, but his poetry can be found etched into the city's cement and, monumentally, on display in the city's pedestrian mall in its downtown core. “For one thing, he’s a great poet and possibly the most open-minded and open-spirited collaborator one could imagine ever working with," said Christopher Merrill, a University of Iowa professor and Bell's friend and collaborator throughout those 40 years he spent in ea...

Posted : 2021-01-17 14:30 By Kwon Mee-yoo Poet Choi Jeong-ryePoet Choi Jeong-rye passed away Saturday at the age of 66. Known as one of Korea's most exacting and innovative poets, Choi wrote prose poems drawing strange qualities out of everyday experiences. The poet was diagnosed with a rare blood disease last summer and died from cerebral hemorrhage while fighting the disease. Born in 1955 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, Choi studied Korean poetry at Korea University and earned her doctoral degree there. She made her literary debut through "Hyeondae-sihak" (Contemporary Poetics) magazine...