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Timothy Russell’s new book In Plena – The Full Life: The Collected Poems contains photos, a biographic timeline, a “Remembrance” essay by his wife Jodi (Dolan) Russell and hundreds of his poems from 1971 to 2021. The poet’s son Ivan and daughter Violet (Russell) Wender assisted the book’s editors, poets Marc Harshman and Larry Smith. The 280 page book is available from the publisher’s website ) and other online markets. Poet Maggie Anderson writes, “Characterized by precise observation, careful attention, and both humor and tenderness, Russell’s poems are absolutely original .. . . . new readers will discover a world here in a voice that is reliably intimate, spacious, and true.” “There is discipline, spirit, no easy optimism, sensibility, heart in these poems.” Gary Snyder The cumulative effect of reading Tim Russell’s Collected Poems is simply staggering. No other poet sounds like Tim…. Whether writing about the natural world or the human, he was always paying attention, seeing beneath the surfaces. This phenomenal collection brings renewed attention to his body of work and his contribution to American poetry.” Jim Daniels, author of Gun/Shy: Poems
