Roger Reeves reads poems from his second book, Best Barbarian (2022), together with a prose excerpt from Dark Days: Fugitive Essays (2023) and new poems. Reeves' work in this reading highlights the violence inherent in the United States—both as an idea and as a reality. His poems and prose frequently include allusions to canonical and contemporary literature, American history and politics, and hip hop.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
Differs slightly from published version.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
Differs slightly from published version.
Reeves, Roger. Dark Days: Fugitive Essays. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2023, pp. 68-73.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.
