Printable view of Donna Reis

Listed as:

Poet

Email:

freshpoetry@earthlink.net

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).

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Greenwich

Raised in:

Greenwood Lake, NY

New York

Website:

https://donnareis.com [2]

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).

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

Identifies as:

Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Any