Jim Daniels

James Raymond Daniels (born 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet and writer.

He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, the writer Kristin Kovacic.

Life and work

Daniels was on the faculty of the creative writing program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1981-2021, where he was the Thomas Stockham Baker University Professor of English. He taught in the Antioch University-Los Angeles low-residency MFA Program from 2007-2021. He currently teaches in the Alma College low-residency MFA Program.

The majority of Daniels' papers are held in Michigan State University Librarie
Special Collections

Daniels' literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. He won the inaugural Brittingham Prize in Poetry in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was educated at Alma College and Bowling Green State University.

Works

* ''Factory Poems'', poetry (Alma: Jack-in-the-Box Press, 1979)
* ''On the Line'', poetry (Menomonee Falls: Signpost Press, 1981)
* ''Places/Everyone'', poetry (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985)
* ''The Long Ball'', poetry (Pittsburgh: Pig-in-a-Poke Press, 1988)
* ''Digger's Territory'', poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1989)
* ''Punching Out'', poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990)
* ''Hacking It'', poetry (St. Clair Shores: Ridgeway Press, 1992)
* ''M-80'', poetry (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)
* ''The Carnegie Mellon Anthology of Poetry'', (co-editor), a poetry anthology (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993)
* ''Niagara Falls'', poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1994)
* ''No Pets'', screenplay (director: Tony Buba, Braddock: Braddock Films, 1994)
* ''Letters to America: Contemporary Poetry on Race'', (editor), a poetry anthology (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995)
* ''Blessing the House'', poetry (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)
* ''Brooding the Heartlands'', poetry (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1998)
* ''No Pets'', stories (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1999)
* ''Blue Jesus'', poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000)
* ''American Poetry: The Next Generation'', (co-editor), a poetry anthology (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000)
* ''Black Vinyl, Red Vinyl'', poetry (Toledo: Aureole Press, 2001)
* ''Greatest Hits'', poems (Johnstown: Pudding House Press, 2002)
* ''Night with Drive-by Shooting Stars'', poems (Kalamazoo: New Issues Press, 2002)
* ''Digger's Blues'', poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 2002)
* ''Detroit Tales'', stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2003)
* ''Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems'', poetry (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003)
* ''Street'', poems (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 2005)
* ''Dumpster'', screenplay (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2005)
* ''Now Showing'', poetry (Burlington, Ontario: Aladada Books, 2006)
* ''Revolt of the Crash-Test Dummies'', poetry (Cheney: Eastern Washington University Press, 2007)
* ''Mr. Pleasant'', stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2007)
* ''In Line for the Exterminator'', poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007)
*''From Milltown to Malltown''. poems (Grosse Pointe Farms: Marick Press, 2010)
*''Mr. Pleasant''. screenplay (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2010)
* ''Having a Little Talk with Capital P Poetry'', poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2011)
*''Trigger Man: More Tales of the Motor City''. stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2011)
*''All of the Above.'' poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 2011)
*''Birth Marks.'' poetry (Rochester: BOA Editions, 2013)
*''Eight Mile High.'' stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2014)
*''Apology to the Moon,'' poetry (Midland: BatCat Press, 2015)
*''The End of Blessings,'' screenplay (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2015)
*''Rowing Inland,'' poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2017)
*''Challenges to the Dream: The Best of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards'', editor (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2017)
*''Street Calligraphy'', poetry (Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books, 2017)
*''The Middle Ages'', poetry (Santa Fe, NM: Red Mountain Press, 2018)
*''The Perp Walk'', stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2019)
*''R E S P E C T: The Poetry of Detroit Music,'' co-editor, anthology (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2020)
*''Gun/Shy'', poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2021)

Sources

''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2003. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000023043.

References

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1956 births
Living people
American male poets
Writers from Detroit
Writers from Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University faculty
Alma College alumni
Bowling Green State University alumni
People from Warren, Michigan