Tennessee Maria Reed's Books
Oct.01.2008
"Tennessee Reed is a brand new star in the galaxy of our spirit-shining for all of our people." -Simon Ortiz, author of Telling and Showing Her "Reed writes with clarity, wit, and wonder-and with an open-hearted passion that disarms, refreshes, and delights." -Al Young, author of Something About the Blues "I'm not like them," Tennessee Reed would...
Sep.19.2006
Tennessee Reed compiled her writing from 1998 to 2006 in City Beautiful, her fourth published poetry collection. Among her experiences living a poet's life since the age of five were 1994 poetry workshops and readings in Berlin and Bonn, Germany, where she was youngest person ever presented by the United States Information Agency's Arts America Program. This two-part volume...
Nov.10.1996
This is a collection of my poetry written between ages thirteen and nineteen.
Jul.07.1990
This is a collection of my poems written between ages eleven and twelve.
Mar.03.1988
This is a collection of my poetry from ages five through ten.
About Tennessee
Tennessee Reed began writing as a child. To date she has published 335 pages of poetry, contained in four collections. Her first poetry collection, Circus in the Sky (I. Reed Books, 1988), was published when she was eleven years old. These poems were...
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Causes Tennessee Reed Supports
green and safe environment, anti-war, equal educational opportunities for all children, affordable health care for everyone, equal pay for equal work,...
Tennessee’s Favorite Books
"Mixing it Up" by Ishmael Reed
"Rediscovering America" by Carla Blank
"Dog Eaters" by Jessica Hagedorn
"Alburquerque" by Rudolfo Anaya
"Breaking Away" by...