Born: 1931   Grand Rapids
Died: 1998
Parents: C. (Clarence) Dewey and Caroline Allen
Spouse: Rosemary Allen (a nurse)
Children: Caroline, Kathleen, Sean and James
Address(es):
Last known address:
San Diego , CA

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	VanGogh's Ear: The Uncollected Poems of James B. Allen	Poetry	Adult	National University Press	2002
	Selected Poems & New - Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize	Poetry	Adult	Salt Creek Press	1993
	Beggars Could Ride	Poetry	Adult	Seaview Chapbooks	1981
	Love Letters From a Lost Son	Poetry	Adult	Grand Rapids, Mich. : P. Quince	1976
	See the Lighthouse Burning - Autobiographical/Confessional	Poetry	Adult	Grand Rapids, Mich. : P. Quince	1976
	Rilke's Duino Elegies - Translator			Ann Arbor Publishers	1974

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, " I own a bookstore in downtown Grand Rapids, a general bookstore. I write poetry. I read my poetry for the Michigan Council for Arts, and around at colleges. The luminous image is what I'm after to resolve conflict and transform outer ugliness to inner calm and beauty. My poems are utterances to God, saying, 'Change me'."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aAllen%2C+James+B./aallen+james+b/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aallen+james+b&7%2C%2C9

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