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Justin Phillip Reed
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University
GenrePoetry
Years active2016-present
Notable worksIndecency
Notable awardsNational Book Award for Poetry 2018
Website
justinphillipreed.com

Justin Phillip Reed is an American poet, novelist, and essayist, best known for his National Book Award-winning debut poetry collection Indecency.

Personal life

Reed lives in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] His work often deals with what it means to be a queer black man in America.[2] He went to Washington University.[3]

Books

He published a chapbook, A History of Flamboyance, with YesYes Books in 2016.[2]

Reed's first full-length book of poetry, Indecency, deals with black identity and sexuality. It was published by Coffee House in 2018.[4] Francine J. Harris, Nina Simone, Deftones, and Khadijah Queen were among the people who inspired Reed to write the book.[5] Indecency won the National Book Award in Poetry in 2018.[6]

Bibliography

Books

  • A History of Flamboyance (2016)
  • Indecency (2018)
  • The Malevolent Volume (2020)

Selected poetry

  • BOAAT: "Every Cell in This Country…"
  • Dreginald: "Quarantyne"
  • Foundry: "When I Was a Man"
  • Guernica: “The Hang-Up”
  • Lambda Literary: "Minotaur"
  • Nashville Review: "Beneficence"
  • Paperbag: “The Telemachy” & 3 more
  • PEN America: "The Bastard's Crown" & 1 more
  • Poetry Foundation: “In a Daydream of Being the Big House Missus”
  • Poets.org: "About the Bees"
  • The Adroit Journal: "Exit Hex"
  • The New York Times Magazine: "Theory for Expansion"
  • The Offing: "When I Am the Reaper"
  • The Shade Journal: "Head of Medusa"
  • The Shallow Ends: "When What They Called Us Was Our Name"
  • The Southeast Review: “Considering My Disallowance”
  • Tupelo Quarterly: "South Carolina is / shaped like a heart […]"
  • Vinyl: "|p|l|e|a|s|"
  • wildness: "When I Had the Haint"
  • Winter Tangerine Review: "Open Season"

Essays

  • Black Warrior Review: "Villainy"
  • Catapult: "Killing Like They Do in the Movies"
  • Catapult: "Melancholia, Death Motion, and the Makings of Marilyn Manson"
  • The Rumpus: "The Double Agency of Will Smith in Sci-Fi"

Awards

  • National Book Award for Poetry for Indecency (Coffee House Press, 2018)[6]
  • Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry for Indecency (Coffee House Press, 2018)[7]

References

  1. ^ "Wilder Forms: Our Fourteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets". Poets & Writers. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  2. ^ a b Goodwin, Jeremy D. "Cut & Paste: Justin Phillip Reed's poetry is haunted by St. Louis history". www.kbia.org. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  3. ^ "'This Ain't Your Momma's Poetry': Writers Showcase at Miami Book Fair". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  4. ^ www.publishersweekly.com https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56689-514-9. Retrieved 2019-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Hughes, Luther (2018-05-11). "Girl, I guess there's glamour in it". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  6. ^ a b "National Book Foundation - 2018 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  7. ^ "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards!". Book Marks, June 4, 2019.
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