About Justin Philip Reed
Born 1989. Justin Philip Reed is a poet, writer and novelist.
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. His work often deals with what it means to be a queer black man in America. He went to Washington University in St. Louis.
Books He published a chapbook, A History of Flamboyance, with YesYes Books in 2016. Francine J. Harris, Nina Simone, Deftones, and Khadijah Queen were among the people who inspired Reed to write the book. Indecency won the National Book Award in Poetry in 2018.
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