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In 2005, Jim Daniels wrote and produced the independent film “Dumpster,” and Street, a book of his poems accompanying the photographs of Charlee Brodsky, was published by Bottom Dog Press. He is the author of eight other books of poems, including Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2003, which was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize His second book of short stories, Detroit Tales, was published by Michigan State University Press in 2003 and received a bronze medal in short fiction in the ForeWord Book of the Year awards. In addition, he has edited or co-edited four anthologies of poetry, including Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race, and American Poetry: The Next Generation. He also wrote the screenplay for "No Pets," a 1994 independent feature film, and "Heart of Hearts," his one-act play, was produced at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in New York in 1998. He has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and two from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. His poems have appeared in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. He is the Thomas Stockman Baker Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Creative Writing Program. At Carnegie Mellon, he has received the Ryan Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Teaching and Educational Service.
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- 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 (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)
- 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)
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What Others Say
"After seeing the excellence of Places/Everyone, I have to believe there is a bright future for this writer."
—Peter Stitt, New York Times Book Review
"There is a melancholy sweetness running through these poems that, while not entirely redemptive, offers unexpected relief and enables us to see that Jim Daniels, despite the tough-bitten talk, is a poet born to praise."
—Carol Muske, New York Times Book Review
"Jim Daniels has, with his third book, become an important successor to James Wright and Phil Levine in describing men's lives in the industrial heartland of America."
—Julia Stein, American Book Review
Although Daniels' verse in thematically dark, the energy and beauty of his language and his often brilliant use of irony affirm that a lighter side exists. This young poet has already found his voice. And he speaks with that rare urgency that demands we listen.
—Harvard Review
"There's no false promises or fake uplift here, juest a well-observed stare in the face of uncomfortable truths."
—Time Out, London
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