Education:
Tennessee State University BS 1962
Michigan State University MS 1966
Residencies:
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL 1995 and 1996
Cal State San Bernardino (Poet-in-Residence) February 2015; February 2020
Publications:
Undulations / A Poetic Memoir and Narratives, Ingram Spark 2024
CAPS (Calling All Poets Series) 25th Anniversary Anthology, Selected Poems 2024
Rearview Window/My Life 1939 – 1957; Memoir 2020
Ecphrasis 2020, CAPS, Selected Poems
20th Anniversary CAPS Poetry 2020 Anthology, Selected Poems
Recrudescence: Poems in the Key of Black, AuthorHouse, March 2019
Pride Magazine, “Nellie Ashford Lands Giant Display at Charlotte Airport”
Our Children’s Keepers, A Guide to Pre-College Mentoring Programs, July 2013
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo / Time to Lynch a Negro; Royal Fireworks Press 2009
Festival of Tears (Compact Disc), Eddie Bell, Artist & Producer 2008
Eddie Bell: En Francais, Selected and New Works, CRS Outloudbooks, 2003
Capt’s Dreaming Chair, CRS Outloudbooks 2000
Pressing Toward the Mark, A History of Riverview Missionary Baptist Church, Kingston, NY, 1998
Appearances:
Women’s Private Book Club, Charlotte, NC February 2025
Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC March 2025
Residency, Cal State San Bernardino, CA 2019 and 2020
Adelia M. Russell Library, February 5, 2020
Interview, The Front Porch, WAXC TV, Alexander City, AL February 4, 2020
Feature story, Nov/Dec 2019 issue of Pride Magazine: “Eddie Bell: Renaissance Man,” by Hope Yancey, Charlotte, NC
Highland Public Library, Highland, NY, July 13, 2019
Friendship Day School, “Poetry in Motion,” April 24, 2018
Tennessee State Southeast Region Alumni Conference, Keynote Address, June 10, 2017
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC, Poetry Performance
Cal State San Bernardino (poet-in-residence), 2017
“On-Campus at SUNY New Paltz” television, Abigail Robin, Host
“The Woodstock Roundtable,” WDST, Woodstock, NY
2009 Downtown Poetry Series (Springfed Arts: Metro Detroit Writers), Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
Unison Arts and Cultural Center, New Paltz, NY
Liberty Free Theater, Liberty, NY
Hudson Valley Poetry Festival, Rosendale, NY
First Coast Writers’ Festival, Jacksonville, FL
le Duc des Lombards (jazz club), Paris, France
Librairie Le temps des Cerises, Clermont-Ferrand, France
4th Annual Midwest Poets & Writers Conference, Detroit, MI
1st Annual Woodstock Poetry Festival, Woodstock, NY
“Tribute to Battered Women,” Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
City College of New York Poetry in Performance Festivals, Aaron Davis Hall, NYC
The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, NYC
CRS Outloud Festivals, Grahamsville, NY
Literary Affiliations:
Current
Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC
Voices of the Valley (Mid-Hudson Valley, NY)
Poets & Writers, New York, NY, “A Directory of American Poets
and Fiction Writers”
Former
Arts Advisory Committee, Friendship Day School, Charlotte, NC
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Charlotte Writers’ Club (Board member, 2013-2014)
The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, NYC
Catskill Reading Society, Claryville, NY (Received Award of Merit, 2004)
Grants
French Ministry of Culture
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Foundation for the Arts
Tours
Southern States Book Tour (NC; Fl; AL)
Paris and Central France ( 3 sponsored tours)
Editorial Experience:
Assistant Editor Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Queens, NY
AWP Writing Series Competition screener
Honors/Special Achievements:
Legacy Legend, Educational Opportunity Program, SUNY New Paltz
Trailblazer Award, First World First World Alumni, SUNY New Paltz
“Notable Names,” Pride Magazine, Charlotte, NC (Article)
Initiated the purchase of the first work of art by an African American artist added to the Permanent White House Art Collection. “Sand Dunes at Sunset Atlantic City” by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Memberships:
Charlotte Lit, Charlotte, NC
International African American Museum, Charleston, SC
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington
Harvey Gantt Center for African Art + Culture (Charlotte, NC)
Voices of the Valley
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc
