Editing
Jeremy Michael Reed served as editor-in-chief of the eleventh and twelfth annual issues of Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts where he managed a team of more than forty graduate students to publish a wide array of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Before becoming editor-in-chief, he served in the roles of reader, reviewer, genre editor, and Managing Editor of Online Content.
In the same time period, he served as managing editor of the first historically comprehensive indigenous poetry anthology in the United States, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, overseeing the initial research process by two teams of graduate students as well as organizing the decision-making and editing processes of the team of Native poets who collaborated on the book. The anthology was selected as one of Oprah Winfrey's "Books that Help Me Through Tough Times" as well as the winner of the 2020 Reading the West Book Award in Poetry and the 2021 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. It is used as a foundational text in college classes around the country.
Here are some reviews of the Norton anthology project:
You can watch the videos below of the anthology's book launch hosted by Magic City Books in Tulsa, OK and a conversation between the primary editors at the University of Arizona Poetry Center below.
In the same time period, he served as managing editor of the first historically comprehensive indigenous poetry anthology in the United States, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, overseeing the initial research process by two teams of graduate students as well as organizing the decision-making and editing processes of the team of Native poets who collaborated on the book. The anthology was selected as one of Oprah Winfrey's "Books that Help Me Through Tough Times" as well as the winner of the 2020 Reading the West Book Award in Poetry and the 2021 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. It is used as a foundational text in college classes around the country.
Here are some reviews of the Norton anthology project:
You can watch the videos below of the anthology's book launch hosted by Magic City Books in Tulsa, OK and a conversation between the primary editors at the University of Arizona Poetry Center below.
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From 2018-2022, Reed served as assistant poetry editor for Sundress Publications, where he edited the following full-length poetry collections: Maps of Injury by Chera Hammons, Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy by Amorak Huey, Lessons in Breathing Underwater by H.K. Hummel, Match Cut by Letitia Trent, and To Everything There Is by Donna Vorreyer. In addition to editing books, he read book and chapbook submissions in poetry and prose and served on committees for their artist residencies, reading series, scholarship programs and more.
In addition to the above roles, he has served in various capacities for literary endeavors across genres, including the Frost Place Chapbook Poetry Prize, Valparaiso Fiction Review, and the nonfiction section of Best of the Net.
To learn more about Reed's approach to editing, watch his presentation at the New Orleans Poetry Festival below as part of a panel alongside talks by editors Samantha Edmonds, Saba Syed Razvi, and Erin Elizabeth Smith. His talk has since been adapted by faculty for their use in MFA programs and was written for those working on first books as well as those approaching new projects.
In addition to the above roles, he has served in various capacities for literary endeavors across genres, including the Frost Place Chapbook Poetry Prize, Valparaiso Fiction Review, and the nonfiction section of Best of the Net.
To learn more about Reed's approach to editing, watch his presentation at the New Orleans Poetry Festival below as part of a panel alongside talks by editors Samantha Edmonds, Saba Syed Razvi, and Erin Elizabeth Smith. His talk has since been adapted by faculty for their use in MFA programs and was written for those working on first books as well as those approaching new projects.