Former Wayne State College mascot to read from his works at Frank Museum

April 6th, 2020

Kearney Hub: Former Wayne State College mascot? to read from his works at Frank Museum KEARNEY — Author Jim Reese discounts labels when it comes… Read More

Reviews for Bone Chalk

April 6th, 2020

Norfolk Daily News Essay spurs memories Midwest Book Review, Reviewer’s Bookwatch Feb. 2020 Bone Chalk reviewed at the Compulsive Reader YANKTON PRESS and DAKOTAN—To the … Read More

Finding Other Worlds in Midwestern Towns: A Conversation with Jim Reese

February 5th, 2020

From Oakwood, the South Dakota State University’s Literary and Arts Journal… Read More

This Business Of Music & Poetry  – “Bone Chalk & Prison”

February 5th, 2020

This Business Of Music & Poetry  – “Bone Chalk & Prison” In this episode, Charles Clifford Brooks III and Michael Amidei interview author Jim Reese… Read More

Omaha World Herald, Geitner Simmons

January 1st, 2020

Omaha native’s new book offers insights about Nebraska and the Midwest https://www.omaha.com/opinion/geitner-simmons-omaha-native-s-new-book-offers-insights-about/article_4b5f7747-1dd7-5d28-8bba-0afc6bb2c623.html… Read More

SD Public Broadcasting

December 30th, 2019

Brown Bag Book Club: Jim Reese https://listen.sdpb.org/post/brown-bag-book-club-jim-reese… Read More

The Nervous Breakdown

December 30th, 2019

Bone Chalk is Midwestern Americana at its best. Ringing of truth down to the last thought and gesture, Reese creates a modern portrait of small… Read More

KIRKUS REVIEW

December 30th, 2019

A clutch of personal essays about Midwestern life that captures the region’s humor, seriousness, and occasional strangeness. This collection by poet and essayist Reese (English/Mount… Read More

MMC Prof. Wins National Award

February 13th, 2019

Jim Reese’s writing has taken him many different places — college classrooms, lecture halls and even prisons. Now, the Mount Marty College faculty member has… Read More

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ Documentary

October 17th, 2018

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ Documentary is a PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved… Read More