Roger Reeves | |
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 Reeves at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Roger William Reeves January 1980 (age 44) New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College (BA) Texas A & M University (MA) University of Texas at Austin (MFA, PhD) |
| Genre | Poetry |
Roger William Reeves (born January 1980) is an American poet and essayist.
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]
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]
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]
| Year | Titlw | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 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] |
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Roger Reeves challenges readers to become better versions of themselves, better for themselves and for others.
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