Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. Jack's work has appeared in Southern Review, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Birmingham Poetry Review, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, The Hopper, Terrain, and other journals. His latest collection is Color All Maps New (Mercer University Press, 2021). He served as Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-2019.

Books by Jack B. Bedell:

Other poems on the web by Jack B. Bedell:
Two poems
Three poems
Four poems
Two poems
"The Gacy Murder House"
Two poems
"Porch Song"
"Stink"
"Memory: Bats"
"There Is No Train but the Tracks Will Lead You There"
"Augury"
Eigth poems

Jack B. Bedell's Website.

Jack B. Bedell on Twitter.

About Color All Maps New:

"These are exquisite poems about fatherhood and family life and the memory that is required to bridge all that love. Jack Bedell has fed the muses plenty of great Louisiana food and they have bestowed upon him great duende and heart. These poems are perfect gems on the page, and they resonate with the maturity of a man coming to terms with his rightful place in this life. Landscape and home are central to this collection allowing the poet to sing and be a conduit to family lore and memory. COLOR ALL MAPS NEW makes masterwork out of language, and delicious roux out of the human touch."
—Virgil Suárez