Roger Reeves
American poet (born 1980)
Roger William Reeves (born January 1980) is an American poet and essayist .
Life
Early life and education
Reeves was born and raised in southern New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Morehouse College , a Master of Arts in English from Texas A&M University , a Master of Fine Arts from the Michener Center for Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin , and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin.[ 1]
Career
Reeves' work has appeared in Poetry , Ploughshares , The American Poetry Review , Boston Review , Gulf Coast , Tin House , and The Paris American .[ 2] His debut collection of poetry, King Me ,[ 3] was published in 2013 by Copper Canyon Press and was honored as a Library Journal “Best Poetry Book of 2013.”[ 4] His second collection of poetry, Best Barbarian, was published in 2022 by W.W. Norton and became a finalist for the National Book Award .[ 5]
Reeves has been awarded a 2015 Whiting Award , a 2013 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship,[ 6] a 2013 Pushcart Prize ,[ 7] a 2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation ,[ 8] two Bread Loaf Scholarships, an Alberta H. Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and two Cave Canem Fellowships.[ 9] For the 2014–2015 school year, Reeves was a Hodder Fellow of Princeton University .[ 10]
Reeves was an assistant professor of poetry at the University of Illinois Chicago ,[ 1] and is now an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin .[ 11] In 2021, he was awarded the Suzanne Young Murray Fellowship at Harvard Radcliffe Institute .[ 12] In 2023, Reeves received a Guggenheim Fellowship [ 13] and a Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award .[ 14]
His book Best Barbarian was the winner of the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize .[ 15]
Awards and honors
Reeves has received multiple notable fellowships and scholarships, including two Bread Loaf scholarships, two Cave Canem fellowships,[ 9] the Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation (2008),[ 8] the Hodder fellowship from Princeton University (2014-15),[ 10] the Suzanne Young Murray Fellowship at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (2021),[ 12] and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023),[ 13] as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts (2013).[ 6]
In 2013, Library Journal named King Me one of the year's best books of poetry.[ 4]
Books
References
^ a b "Roger Reeves" . Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014 .
^ "Roger Reeves Poetry" . Paris American . Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014 .
^ "Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves | the Critical Flame" . Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014 .
^ a b "Reviews" . Library Journal. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014 .
^ a b "Roger Reeves" . National Book Foundation . Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b "Roger W. Reeves" . www.arts.gov . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b "UIC poet awarded Pushcart Prize" . UIC Today . July 18, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b Foundation, Poetry (May 16, 2023). "Roger Reeves" . Poetry Foundation . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b "Brooklyn Poets | Roger Reeves" . March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014 .
^ a b "Undergraduate Announcement, 2014–15," Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Princeton University (2014)
^ "Roger Reeves" . Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University . Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021 .
^ a b " "Standing in the Atlantic" " . The New Yorker . October 9, 2021. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021 .
^ a b "Roger Reeves" . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.. . Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b Morales, Brittney (March 1, 2023). "Roger Reeves' 'Best Barbarian' named 2023 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner ·Claremont Graduate University" . Claremont Graduate University . Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ a b Drudi, Cassandra (June 8, 2023). "Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize" . Quill & Quire . Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023 .
^ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council" . Shelf Awareness . March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022 .
^ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council" . Shelf Awareness . March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ a b "The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award" . African American Literature Book Club . Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ "National Book Award Finalists Announced" . Shelf Awareness . October 5, 2022. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ Stewart, Sophia (October 4, 2022). "2022 National Book Award Finalists Announced" . Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ "Awards: Griffin Poetry, Canadian First Book Winners" . Shelf Awareness . June 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ Ali-Coleman, Khadijah Z. (June 28, 2023). "2023 Legacy Awards Nominees" . Hurston/Wright Foundation . Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ Rothman, Wesley (March 12, 2014). "Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves" . The Critical Flame . Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014 . Roger Reeves challenges readers to become better versions of themselves, better for themselves and for others.
^ "Best Barbarian" . wwnorton.com . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
^ "Dark Days | Graywolf Press" . www.graywolfpress.org . Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023 .
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