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Roger Reeves

Not to be confused with Roger Reaves.

Roger William Reeves (born January 1980) is an American poet and essayist.

Roger Reeves
Reeves at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Reeves at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
BornRoger William Reeves
January 1980 (age 44)
New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationPoet, Professor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMorehouse College (BA)
Texas A & M University (MA)
University of Texas at Austin (MFA, PhD)
GenrePoetry

Life edit

Early life and education edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

Awards for Reeves's writing
Year Titlw Award Result Ref.
2013 "The Field Museum" Pushcart Prize Winner [7]
2015 Self Whiting Award for Poetry Winner [16][17]
King Me Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry Finalist [18]
2022 Best Barbarian National Book Award for Poetry Finalist [5][19][20]
2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner [15][21]
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry Nominee [18][22]
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner [14]

Books edit

  • King Me. Copper Canyon Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-55659-448-9.[23]
  • Best Barbarian. W.W. Norton. 2022. ISBN 978-0-393-60933-2.[24]
  • Dark Days: Fugitive Essays. Graywolf Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-64445-241-7.[25]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  2. ^ "Roger Reeves Poetry". Paris American. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  3. ^ "Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves | the Critical Flame". Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  5. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  6. ^ a b "Roger W. Reeves". www.arts.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  7. ^ a b "UIC poet awarded Pushcart Prize". UIC Today. 2013-07-18. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  8. ^ a b Foundation, Poetry (2023-05-16). "Roger Reeves". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  9. ^ a b "Brooklyn Poets | Roger Reeves". 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  10. ^ a b Undergraduate Announcement, 2014–15," Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Princeton University (2014)
  11. ^ "Roger Reeves". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  12. ^ a b ""Standing in the Atlantic"". The New Yorker. 2021-10-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  13. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  14. ^ a b Morales, Brittney (2023-03-01). "Roger Reeves' 'Best Barbarian' named 2023 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner ·Claremont Graduate University". Claremont Graduate University. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council". Shelf Awareness. 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  17. ^ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council". Shelf Awareness. 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  18. ^ a b "The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award". African American Literature Book Club. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  19. ^ "National Book Award Finalists Announced". Shelf Awareness. 2022-10-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  20. ^ Stewart, Sophia (2022-10-04). "2022 National Book Award Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  21. ^ "Awards: Griffin Poetry, Canadian First Book Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2023-06-12. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  22. ^ Ali-Coleman, Khadijah Z. (2023-06-28). "2023 Legacy Awards Nominees". Hurston/Wright Foundation. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  23. ^ Rothman, Wesley (12 March 2014). "Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves". The Critical Flame. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014. Roger Reeves challenges readers to become better versions of themselves, better for themselves and for others.
  24. ^ "Best Barbarian". wwnorton.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  25. ^ "Dark Days | Graywolf Press". www.graywolfpress.org. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.

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