Roger Reeves Wins Pushcart Prize
A poem by Assistant Professor Roger Reeves in the UIC Department of English has been selected for a Pushcart Prize, one of the most distinguished American literary honors. Nominated by small literary publications, the most outstanding poems, short stories, essays and works are published in the Pushcart Prize XXXVII Best of the Small Presses. The Prize was first established in 1976 and has brought recognition to writers such as Raymond Carver, Tim O’Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, Charles Baxter, Andre Dubus, Susan Minot, Mona Simpson, John Irving and Rick Moody.