Reed is the author of CATCHING ON, among other published books including JOIN THE PLANETS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, PASSING FREAKS AND GRACES, GASPAR STILL IN HIS CAGE, and SOME MAGIC AT THE DUMP. A CD of original songs, LONG WAY AROUND, was released in 2005 and a new CD, ONLY IMAGINATION, is in the works. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies including NICE TO SEE YOU: HOMAGE TO TED BERRIGAN, THE ANGEL HAIR ANTHOLOGY, SLEEPING ON THE WING, and CIVIL DISOBEDIENCES: POETICS AND POLITICS IN ACTION. He holds a doctorate in English from the University of Colorado and teaches poetry writing workshops and courses in classic and contemporary literary studies and contemplative poetics at Naropa University. He is presently working on a proReed is the author of CATCHING ON, among other published books including JOIN THE PLANETS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, PASSING FREAKS AND GRACES, GASPAR STILL IN HIS CAGE, and SOME MAGIC AT THE DUMP. A CD of original songs, LONG WAY AROUND, was released in 2005 and a new CD, ONLY IMAGINATION, is in the works. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies including NICE TO SEE YOU: HOMAGE TO TED BERRIGAN, THE ANGEL HAIR ANTHOLOGY, SLEEPING ON THE WING, and CIVIL DISOBEDIENCES: POETICS AND POLITICS IN ACTION. He holds a doctorate in English from the University of Colorado and teaches poetry writing workshops and courses in classic and contemporary literary studies and contemplative poetics at Naropa University. He is presently working on a prosodic study of the poetry of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams....more