Donna Reis

Poet

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Author's Bio

Books: No Passing Zone (Deerbrook Editions, 2012), Certain (Finishing Line Press, 2012), Dog Shows and Church (Eurydice Press, 2000), & Incantations (Eurydice Press, 1995).

Journals: J Journal, Mudfish, The Same, & Zone 3.

Anthologies: Killer Verse:Poems of Murder and Mayhem (Everybody's Library Pocket Poets, 2011), Blues for Bill:A Tribute to William Matthews (Akron Series in Poetry, 2005).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Beyond Lament (Northwestern University Press, 1998)

Women & Death (Ground Torpedo Press, 1994)

Books:

Dog Shows & Church (Eurydice Press, 2000)

Incantations (Eurydice Press, 1995)

Journals:

Cumberland Poetry Review

A Gathering of the Tribes

Lullwater Review

Promethean

Zone 3

Prizes won:

Violet Reed Haas Prize, Second Place for 4 consecutive years (Snake Nation Press, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012), The City College of New York's Meyer Cohn Essay Award in Literature (2001), & The James Ruoff Memorial Essay Award (2002).

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Dream Songs by John Berryman, The Heart Is Strange, New Selected Poems by John Berryman, What Have You Lost (Anthology) by Poems selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, 19 Varieties of Gazelle, Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye, I've Come This Far To Say Hello by Kurt Brown

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Greenwich

Raised in:

Greenwood Lake, NY

New York

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Last update: Mar 11, 2015