Thomas Joseph Reiter

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Thomas J. Reiter
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Born(1940-03-07)March 7, 1940
Dubuque, Iowa
DiedApril 24, 2022(2022-04-24) (aged 82)
Neptune, New Jersey
NationalityGerman/French
EducationLoras College, BA

University of Virginia, MA

University of Massachusetts, Ph.D.
OccupationPoet/Author/Scholar
Notable workPearly Everlasting
Spouse(s)JoNell Reed, m 1965
Children2

Thomas Joseph Reiter (March 7, 1940 – April 24, 2022) was an American poet, author, scholar, critic and lecturer. At the time of his death, he was emeritus professor of humanities at Monmouth University, where he had been a professor of English and the Wayne D. McMurray Endowed Chair of the Humanities. Reiter was the author of ten collections of poetry.

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Early life and education

Reiter was born on March 7, 1940, in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the third and final child of Gilbert Reiter and Alice (Miller) Reiter. Gilbert was of German ancestry and Alice was of German and French ancestry, her grandparents having emigrated from Alsace Lorraine.[ citation needed ]

Reiter attended Loras Academy (Dubuque, IA) from which he graduated in 1958. He went on to receive a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature (Magna Cum Laude) from Loras College (Dubuque, IA) in 1962, a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Virginia in 1962 on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1970, where he wrote his dissertation on poet Glenway Wescott.[ citation needed ]

Adult life and career

Reiter was an instructor of English at Siena College (NY) from 1963-1966.[ citation needed ]

In 1968, he joined the faculty of the English department of Monmouth University, and was eventually promoted to associate and then full professor. He also served as Monmouth's poet in residence. [1]

In 1985, Reiter was appointed the Wayne D. McMurray Chair of the Humanities, [2] making him the first recipient of an endowed chair in Monmouth University history. He served in that position until his retirement in 2005. [3]

Reiter is the author of ten collections of narrative and lyric poems, [2] whose settings were a wide variety of locales such as the Midwest, the prairie, the Mississippi River, the Pine Barrens, and the Caribbean. [4] Reiter's poetic signature and trademark is his vast knowledge of botany,[ citation needed ] and poet Brendan Galvin referred to him as "probably the finest poet-botanizer since Robert Frost." [5]

Reiter served as the editor of the Cimarron Review. [1]

Reiter retired in 2005 and died on April 24, 2022, at his home in Neptune, New Jersey.

Published works

Reiter is the author of a number of books, and he also frequently contributed to anthologies and magazines. [6] [7] [8] In 2000, his eighth collection of poetry, Pearly Everlasting, was submitted by Louisiana State University Press for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Original Verse. [9]

Contributions to anthologies

Fellowships and awards

Reiter received a number of fellowships, which enabled travel to places that served as the source of some of his writing. [10]

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