 However, later, starting with the poetry of "Black and Secret Man" (1964), Mandel simplifies the syntax and uses more colloquial language.While the thoughtful view remained as it was in his earlier work, a wittier tone replaced the previously somber one.Mandel, also being an active critic and editor, published a monograph on his fellow-poet Irving Layton and in his first anthology, "Poetry62/Poésie62"(1962) which he co-edited with Jean-Guy Pilon.