Roy Bentley

Poet

Pataskala, OH
Ohio US

Author's Bio

Education: 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Beautiful Plenty (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2021)
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Hillbilly Guilt (Hidden River Arts, 2021)
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My Mother's Red Ford: New & Selected Poems (1986 - 2020) (Lost Horse Press, 2020)
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American Loneliness (Lost Horse Press, 2018)
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Walking with Eve in the Loved City (University of Arkansas Press, 2018)
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Starlight Taxi (Lynx House Press, 2013)
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The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana (White Pine Press, 2006)
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Any One Man (Bottom Dog Press, 1992)
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Boy in a Boat (University of Alabama Press, 1986)
Chapbooks:
The Idiot's Guide to the Afterlife (Pudding House Publications, 2009)
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Funerals in the South (Pudding House Publications, 2008)
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Woman & Alligator: The Florida Poems (Pudding House Publications, 2007)
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Bentley Hotel (Pudding House Publications, 2005)
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Greatest Hits: 1980-2001 (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
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Reparation (Pudding House Publications, 2001)
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The Edge of Heaven (Bottom Dog Press, 1988)
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The Way into Town (Signpost Press, 1984)
Journals:
American Literary Review
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Drunken Boat
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Margie
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Muddy River Poetry Review
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New Virginia Review
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Ohio Review
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Shenandoah
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Sou'wester
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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Saul Bellow, Lee Martin
What I'm reading now: 
The Art of Drowning by Billy Collins, The Hustler by Walter S. Tevis

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Dayton, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Dayton and Heath, OH
Ohio
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Last update: Jun 22, 2024