Copper Canyon Press has long been a supporter of young and emerging poets, and we continue that tradition with Roger Reeves’ highly anticipated first work, King Me.When Reeves was young, he was a Pentecostal preacher. He also hung out in a barbershop, and listened to the «barbershop talk.» From these experiences, he absorbed distinct cadences and ways of speaking.After Reeves left the Pentecostal church, he funneled his verbal energy into poetry.Reeves studied rocket science at Princeton and is...
