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J. Bell Price

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The United States

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https://joanjbell.com

Twitter

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Genre

Poetry, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Influences

Emily Dickinson, Erin Hanson, Kay Ryan

Member Since

November 2018

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J. Bell Price is a poet, writer, and artist working with memory, domestic space, spiritual attention, and experimenting with the forms that shape language. Her work vacillates between observation, fragmentation, repetition, and devotion, and traces through time the small extraordinary moments that make an ordinary life.

Price greatly enjoys writing, traveling with her family, hiking, reading, meditating, and stoking the ever-burning fire inside her (with diet coke).

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Average rating: 4.05 · 19 ratings · 15 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Wild Hearts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scars 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Pains 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lessons from the Angel & the Sword 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I was blind. Shouts came from all around me. Kelsey’s father had lost his grasp on me in his surprise, and I had no hope of finding him again in the mayhem even if I wanted to. I flailed until I felt the bark of a nearby tree and slid to the ground, my back against the trunk. I took in a deep breath, tears spilling from my eyes even worse than they had after the Nantinaq was killed. I could feel t

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Characters were poorly written with little growth and imagination. The main character especially was frustrating, mostly because he was somehow pretentious (he must be a really incredible physicist because he remembers one of the kinematic equations ...more
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Nothing these characters did made sense for the people they were supposed to be 😭 unfortunately made them extremely flat. The ending did make me cry though so I'll give it a star for that (even though it felt like a soap opera). ...more
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“Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?”
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“I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.”
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“A mess of beautiful contradictions make her whole, she wears fire for skin but a storm lives in her soul.”
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“There are human beings in this world who are soft enough to feel every terrible thing that happens so deeply. And are still brave enough to remain constant and suffer for those who need them the most. Even the stars blink in awe of the gleam of their souls.”
― Nikita Gill

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“Some things are beautiful, but they are beautiful in the way of the sun. If you fly too close, they will melt your wings and send you plummeting into the sea.”
― Nikita Gill, Your Soul is a River

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