Reviews of from the belly
" Reading Virginia Bell’s From the Belly, I felt a sort of indulgent, almost guilty thrill, akin to eavesdropping on purpose to the various conversations that wrap around me in a public place, like in a crowded line somewhere or an auditorium before a concert. Bell’s poems rise to the eye and ear with intensity and distinction . . ."
- The Voices Rise, a Review of Virginia Bell’s From the Belly, FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS: A Review of Virginia Bell’s From the Belly by Ramona McCallum - Link
". . . Bell grounds her work firmly in the tangible, the livable, and the everyday, producing . . . a series of pieces that serve to lift the mundane to higher planes of thought and sensuality."
- Arielle Yarwood Lambda Literary, ‘From the Belly’ by Virginia Bell, 17. Oct, 2012- Link
- The Voices Rise, a Review of Virginia Bell’s From the Belly, FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS: A Review of Virginia Bell’s From the Belly by Ramona McCallum - Link
". . . Bell grounds her work firmly in the tangible, the livable, and the everyday, producing . . . a series of pieces that serve to lift the mundane to higher planes of thought and sensuality."
- Arielle Yarwood Lambda Literary, ‘From the Belly’ by Virginia Bell, 17. Oct, 2012- Link