Roger Reeves
{{Short description|American poet (born 1980)}}
{{distinguish|Roger Reaves}}{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}{{Infobox writer
| name = Roger Reeves
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Roger Reeves 2022 Texas Book Festival.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Reeves at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Roger William Reeves
| birth_date = {{birth month and age|1980|1}}
| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation = Poet, Professor
| language =
| nationality = American
| ethnicity =
| citizenship =
| education =
| alma_mater = Morehouse College (BA)
Texas A & M University (MA)
University of Texas at Austin (MFA, PhD)
| period =
| genre = Poetry
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| relatives =
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| years_active =
| module =
| website =
| portaldisp =
}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/roger-reeves |title=Roger Reeves |publisher=Poetry Foundation |access-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904071319/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/roger-reeves |archive-date=2014-09-04 |url-status=live }}
= Career =
Reeves' work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, Tin House, and The Paris American.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theparisamerican.com/roger-reeves-poetry.html |title=Roger Reeves Poetry |access-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904111812/http://www.theparisamerican.com/roger-reeves-poetry.html |work = Paris American |archive-date=2014-09-04 |url-status=live }} His debut collection of poetry, King Me,{{Cite web |url=http://criticalflame.org/someday-youll-love-roger-reeves/ |title=Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves | the Critical Flame |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918004114/http://criticalflame.org/someday-youll-love-roger-reeves/ |archive-date=2014-09-18 |url-status=live }} was published in 2013 by Copper Canyon Press and was honored as a Library Journal “Best Poetry Book of 2013.”{{Cite web |url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/12/prepub/best-poetry-2013-the-extended-version-weve-got-12-top-titles-for-you/ |title=Reviews|publisher=Library Journal |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127165613/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/12/prepub/best-poetry-2013-the-extended-version-weve-got-12-top-titles-for-you/ |archive-date=2014-11-27 |url-status=live }} His second collection of poetry, Best Barbarian, was published in 2022 by W.W. Norton and became a finalist for the National Book Award.{{Cite web |title=Roger Reeves |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/people/roger-reeves/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516222444/https://www.nationalbook.org/people/roger-reeves/ |url-status=live }}
Reeves has been awarded a 2015 Whiting Award, a 2013 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship,{{Cite web |title=Roger W. Reeves |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/roger-w-reeves |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.arts.gov |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014801/https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/roger-w-reeves |url-status=live }} a 2013 Pushcart Prize,{{Cite web |date=2013-07-18 |title=UIC poet awarded Pushcart Prize |url=https://today.uic.edu/uic-poet-collects-esteemed-literary-award/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=UIC Today |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014802/https://today.uic.edu/uic-poet-collects-esteemed-literary-award/ |url-status=live }} a 2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation,{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Poetry |date=2023-05-16 |title=Roger Reeves |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/roger-reeves |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014803/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/roger-reeves |url-status=live }} two Bread Loaf Scholarships, an Alberta H. Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and two Cave Canem Fellowships.{{Cite web |url=http://brooklynpoets.org/poet/roger-reeves/ |title=Brooklyn Poets | Roger Reeves |date=31 March 2014 |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728113801/http://brooklynpoets.org/poet/roger-reeves/ |archive-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=live }} For the 2014–2015 school year, Reeves was a Hodder Fellow of Princeton University.[http://www.princeton.edu/ua/Undergraduate_Announcement_2014-15.pdf "Undergraduate Announcement, 2014–15,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070936/http://www.princeton.edu/ua/Undergraduate_Announcement_2014-15.pdf |date=2015-05-18 }} Princeton University (2014)
Reeves was an assistant professor of poetry at the University of Illinois Chicago, and is now an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.{{Cite web |title=Roger Reeves |url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/roger-reeves |access-date=2021-12-02 |website=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202154736/https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/roger-reeves |url-status=live }} In 2021, he was awarded the Suzanne Young Murray Fellowship at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.{{Cite magazine |date=2021-10-09 |title="Standing in the Atlantic" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/standing-in-the-atlantic |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |access-date=2021-12-02 |archive-date=2021-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102220138/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/standing-in-the-atlantic |url-status=live }} In 2023, Reeves received a Guggenheim Fellowship{{Cite web |title=Roger Reeves |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/roger-reeves/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... |language=en-US}} and a Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Brittney |date=2023-03-01 |title=Roger Reeves' 'Best Barbarian' named 2023 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Winner ·Claremont Graduate University |url=https://www.cgu.edu/news/2023/03/roger-reeves-best-barbarian-named-2023-kingsley-tufts-poetry-award-winner |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Claremont Graduate University |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529113644/https://www.cgu.edu/news/2023/03/roger-reeves-best-barbarian-named-2023-kingsley-tufts-poetry-award-winner/ |url-status=live }}
His book Best Barbarian was the winner of the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize.{{cite web|url= https://quillandquire.com/omni/roger-reeves-wins-130k-griffin-poetry-prize/ |title= Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize |first= Cassandra |last= Drudi |work= Quill & Quire |date= June 8, 2023|access-date= December 21, 2023 |archive-date= December 21, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231221171229/https://quillandquire.com/omni/roger-reeves-wins-130k-griffin-poetry-prize/ |url-status=live}}
Awards and honors
Reeves has received multiple notable fellowships and scholarships, including two Bread Loaf scholarships, two Cave Canem fellowships, the Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation (2008), the Hodder fellowship from Princeton University (2014-15), the Suzanne Young Murray Fellowship at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (2021), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts (2013).
In 2013, Library Journal named King Me one of the year's best books of poetry.
Books
- {{cite book |title=King Me |url= |date=2013 |publisher=Copper Canyon Press |isbn=978-1-55659-448-9}}{{cite news|last1=Rothman|first1=Wesley|title=Someday You'll Love Roger Reeves|url=http://criticalflame.org/someday-youll-love-roger-reeves/|access-date=13 September 2014|work=The Critical Flame|date=12 March 2014|quote=Roger Reeves challenges readers to become better versions of themselves, better for themselves and for others.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918004114/http://criticalflame.org/someday-youll-love-roger-reeves/|archive-date=18 September 2014|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite book |title=Best Barbarian |publisher=W.W. Norton |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-393-60933-2}}{{Cite web |title=Best Barbarian |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393609332 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=wwnorton.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014803/https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393609332 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite book |title=Dark Days: Fugitive Essays |publisher=Graywolf Press |year=2023 |isbn=9781644452417}}{{Cite web |title=Dark Days {{!}} Graywolf Press |url=https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dark-days |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.graywolfpress.org |archive-date=2023-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517014802/https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dark-days |url-status=live }}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{commonscat|Roger Reeves}}
- [http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/roger-reeves#/ Profile at The Whiting Foundation]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ru-freeman/talking-with-roger-reeves_b_4844226.html|title=Talking With Roger Reeves: A Pawn, a Poet, a King|date=24 February 2014 |publisher=Huffington Post}}
{{American Book Awards (2020–2039)}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Roger}}
Category:21st-century American poets
Category:Michener Center for Writers alumni
Category:Morehouse College alumni