Reginald Harris

Poet, Fiction Writer

Brooklyn, NY

New York US

Email:

rmharris2001@hotmail.com

Twitter/X:

@rmharris

Author's Bio

Consulting Project Manager for Learn with Lambda at Lambda Literary, Reginald Harris won the 2012 Cave Canem /Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography.Recipient of Individual Artist Awards for both poetry and fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, and Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the ForeWord Book of the Year for his first book, 10 Tongues: Poems (2002), his work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and other publications. Former Director of Library and Outreach Services for Poets House and member of the National Book Critics Circle, he lives in Brooklyn with his partner.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:

Black Fire: A Celebration of Gay African-American Erotica (Bold Strokes Books, 2011)

Hard Working Men: Gay Erotic Fiction (Cleis Press, 2010)

Making the Hook-Up: Edgy Sex with Soul (Cleis Press, 2010)

Spaces Between Us: Poetry, Prose and Art on HIV/AIDS (Third World Press, 2010)

Best Black Gay Erotica, (Cleis Press, 2005)

Brown Sugar 4: Secret Desires (Washington Square Press, 2005)

Best Black Gay Erotica (Cleis Press, 2004)

Brown Sugar IV: Secret Desires (Dutton, 2004)

Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology (Atria, 2004)

Intimacy: Erotic Stories of Love, Lust, and Marriage by Black Men, (Penguin/Putnam, 2004)

Just the Sex (Alyson Publications, 2003)

Black Silk: A Collection of African-American Erotica (Warner Books, 2002)

Brown Sugar II: Great One-Night Stands (Plume, 2002)

Brown Sugar: A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction (Plume, 2001)

His3: Brilliant Fiction by Gay Male Writers, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999)

Men on Men 7: Best New Gay Fiction (Plume, 1998)

Poetry

Anthologies:

Brooklyn Poets Anthology (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2017)

Of Poetry and Protest: Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (W. W. Norton & Company, 2016)

A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poems (University of Akron Press, 2012)

Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011)

Mighty Real: An Anthology of Same Gender Loving Writing (Lulu.com, 2011)

Poems Against War: Bending Toward Justice – An Anthology (Wasteland Press, 2010)

Best Gay Poetry 2008 (Lethe Press, 2008)

The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (University of Georgia Press, 2007)

Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing (RedBone Press, 2007)

Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade (University of Michigan Press, 2006)

Poetry for Peace: An Anthology of Maryland Poets on War, Peace & Social Justice (Icarus Press, 2002)

Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art (Third World Press, 2002)

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Three Rivers Press, 2001)

Will Work for Peace: New Political Poems (Zeropanik Press, 1999)

Books:

Autogeography (Northwestern University Press, 2013)

10 Tongues (Three Conditions Press, 2002)

Prizes won:

2012 Cave Canem / Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography

2001 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Poetry)

2000 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Fiction)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Adults, At Risk Youth, Incarcerated individuals, LGBTQ, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Annapolis, MD

Maryland

Raised in:

Baltimore, MD

Maryland

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Last update: Oct 17, 2023