American poet, novelist, and essayist
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 in St. Louis.[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]
