Paul Marion
Paul Marion (b. 1954) is the author of Union River: Poems and Sketches and Lockdown Letters & Other Poems and editor of the early writings of Jack Kerouac, Atop an Underwood. His Mill Power chronicles the modern revival of the historic textile city in which he was born, Lowell, Massachusetts. His recent book is Portraits Along the Way: 1976-2024, fifty profiles of people he has met in person or encountered in books, on stages, in history or otherwise, some of them public figures and others who are not household names. His work has appeared in anthologies and literary magazines in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Ireland, and England. He lives in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Photo credit: UMass Lowell
Books
Portraits Along the Way: 1976-2024 (Available for advance orders)
Strong Place: Poems '74-'84 (1984)
Apples and Oranges (1986)
The Loom Reader (1986), editor
Middle Distance (1989)
Merrimack Poetry Anthology (1992), co-editor
Vital Records (editor)
What Is the City? (2006)
History As It Happens: Citizen Bloggers in Lowell, Mass. (2017), co-editor
Haiku Sky (2019)