Jim Reese will be conducting an online poetry workshop, and then giving an online reading on Saturday, January 13 as part of The Poetry Center at PCCC's Distinguished Poets Series.
The workshop via Zoom will run from 1 PM – 2:30 PM (EST) and be followed by the poet’s reading from 2:30 PM – 3 PM (EST).
These readings, whether virtual or in person, are always free and open to the public.
"Jim Reese … He's our Mark Twain of this century.
Jim writes about the everyday experience, and he is, in my view, therefore America's poet."
— Grace Cavalieri, from The Poet and the Poem at the Library of Congress
Jim writes about the everyday experience, and he is, in my view, therefore America's poet."
— Grace Cavalieri, from The Poet and the Poem at the Library of Congress
Jim Reese is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Great Plains Writers’ Tour at Mount Marty University in Yankton, South Dakota. Reese’s poetry and prose have been widely published, and he has presented at venues throughout the country, including the Library of Congress and San Quentin Prison. Reese’s awards include a 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award from Mount Marty University, a First Place Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award, a Distinguished Achievement Award from Mount Marty University, and a Distinguished Public Service Award in recognition of his exemplary dedication and contributions to the Education Department at Federal Prison Camp Yankton.
His books include These Trespasses, ghost on 3rd, and Really Happy! His first book of nonfiction, Bone Chalk, was published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press in 2019.
His newest collection, Dancing Room Only: New and Selected Poems, is forthcoming this month from New York Quarterly Books.
His website is https://jimreese.org
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