Reid Baer
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Reid Baer is an award-winning American writer in journalism, theater and poetry.
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[edit] Early Career
Reid studied at Brigham Young University in Theatre. He lived in New York City and worked for Benton & Bowles Advertising. He has also worked as a newspaper reporter, covering the crime beat and city government, for Media General. [1]
[edit] Published works
Baer has had more than 200 poems published individually, as well as a collection of poetry called “The Man from Four Quarters”, [2]which has been endorsed by Dr. Robert L. Moore, John Lee. [3] Malidoma Some, and Coleman Barks. His first published book was Kill the Story.[4]
He is currently the editor of New Warrior Journal, a members-only online magazine for The Mankind Project. He also publishes interviews of celebrities at the publicly-available online ezine menstuff. Baer has interviewed many famous people at menstuff, including Jim Belushi, Senator John McCain, John Bradshaw, QB Terry Bradshaw, and Robert Bly. [5]
[edit] Awards
Baer won a national playwrighting award from Eastern Illinois University for “A Lyon’s Tale", which has had staged productions in New York, Utah, Illinois and California.
[edit] Internet presence
Reid Baer has had wide publication of his works on numerous internet sites. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] Baer also regularly posts videos on YouTube, where his work receives wide exposure. [26] He also publicly reads his poetry at men’s gatherings across the country. In addition to writing his own work, Baer is also a well-known reviewer on several online literary websites. [27] [28] [29]
[edit] Personal
He was born on November 21, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has lived in Indiana, New York, California, Idaho, Ohio, and Venezuela. He currently resides in Reidsville, North Carolina. Baer has been married to wife Patricia for eight years, and he has three grown children.
[edit] References and external links
- ^ www.ci.eden.nc.us
- ^ The Man from Four Quarters: Lover, Warrior, Magician, King by Reid Baer ISBN 0975970658
- ^ Lee's endorsement of The Man From 4 Quarters
- ^ Kill the Story, by Reid Baer, Lions Gateway Publications, 2003
- ^ [www.menstuff.org menstuff]
- ^ Kota Press Anthology Vol. 3
- ^ Prarie Poetry
- ^ radiocad.karoo.net
- ^ Dreamers Reality
- ^ Dreamers Reality
- ^ The Write Gallery
- ^ Prarie Poetry
- ^ Direct Textbook
- ^ Niederngasse.com
- ^ Pig Iron Malt
- ^ Poetry Magazine
- ^ Bravenet
- ^ Poetry Repairs
- ^ Dreamagic.com
- ^ LifeSherpa
- ^ Clam City
- ^ Opium Magaine
- ^ BH Pratt
- ^ Dew
- ^ Seeker Magazine
- ^ NewWarriorMan at YouTube
- ^ The Face of May
- ^ MenAlive
- ^ dbWeb
