Roger Reeves

American poet (born 1980)

Not to be confused with Roger Reaves.

Roger Reeves

Reeves at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.

Born| Roger William Reeves
January 1980 (age 45)
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.

## Life

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### Early life and education

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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

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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

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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  | Title  | Award  | Result  | Ref.

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2013  | "The Field Museum"  | Pushcart Prize | —  | Winner | [7]
2015  | —  | Whiting Award | Poetry  | Winner | [16][17]
King Me | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award | Poetry  | Finalist  | [18]
2022  | Best Barbarian | National Book Award | Poetry | Finalist  | [5][19][20]
2023  | Griffin Poetry Prize | —  | Winner | [15][21]
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award | Poetry  | Nominee  | [18][22]
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | —  | Winner | [14]

## Books

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* 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 9781644452417.[25]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
2. ^ "Roger Reeves Poetry". Paris American. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
3. ^ "Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves | the Critical Flame". Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
4. ^ a b "Reviews". Library Journal. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
5. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
6. ^ a b "Roger W. Reeves". www.arts.gov. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
7. ^ a b "UIC poet awarded Pushcart Prize". UIC Today. July 18, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
8. ^ a b Foundation, Poetry (May 16, 2023). "Roger Reeves". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
9. ^ a b "Brooklyn Poets | Roger Reeves". March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
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 December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
12. ^ a b ""Standing in the Atlantic"". The New Yorker. October 9, 2021. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
13. ^ a b "Roger Reeves". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved May 17, 2023.
14. ^ 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.
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. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
17. ^ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council". Shelf Awareness. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
18. ^ a b "The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award". African American Literature Book Club. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
19. ^ "National Book Award Finalists Announced". Shelf Awareness. October 5, 2022. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
20. ^ 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.
21. ^ "Awards: Griffin Poetry, Canadian First Book Winners". Shelf Awareness. June 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
22. ^ 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.
23. ^ 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."
24. ^ "Best Barbarian". wwnorton.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
25. ^ "Dark Days | Graywolf Press". www.graywolfpress.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roger Reeves.

* Profile at The Whiting Foundation
* "Talking With Roger Reeves: A Pawn, a Poet, a King". Huffington Post. February 24, 2014.

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