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Robert Ricardo Reese
Born1979 (age 46–47)
South Korea
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSanta Clara University (B.A.)
San Francisco State University (M.F.A.)
Notable worksMonterey: Poems (2020)
Woori (2020)
Notable awardsCave Canem Fellow; California Writers Exchange Award finalist

Robert Ricardo Reese (born 1979) is an American poet and writer of mixed Korean and African-American heritage.[1] Born and raised in South Korea by a Korean mother and an American father, Reese has described Korea as “my home,” while living and being educated in the United States.[1]

Early life and education

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Reese was born and raised in South Korea.[1] He earned a B.A. in English from Santa Clara University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.[1] He has credited his mother and teachers with encouraging his early interest in literature, including introducing him to Korean poetry, which he has described as helping him reconnect with Korea and his identity.[1]

Career

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Reese’s poetry and prose have appeared in literary journals and anthologies including Asia Literary Review, Blackbird, Drunken Boat, Entropy, Poems Against War, MiGzine, and Santa Clara Review.[1]

He has been recognized as a finalist for the California Writers Exchange Award and as a Cave Canem Fellow.[1] He was named an Emerging Artist by Kearny Street Workshop in 2014 (sponsored by Poets & Writers), and has served as Writer-in-Residence at the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.[1]

Works

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Books and chapbooks

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  • Monterey: Poems (2020).[2]
  • Woori (2020).[3]
  • Twenty Love Songs and a Short Poem of Hope (chapbook, 2023).[1]
  • The Love Lecture: Book One of Three (2012).[1]

Anthologies

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  • “The Cure,” in Mixed Koreans: Our Stories (2018).[4]

Themes and style

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Reese’s work frequently explores transnational identity, family, love, and memory across Korean and U.S. contexts.[1] In interviews, he has discussed the Korean concept of han (often described as sorrow, hardship, or unresolved grief) as part of articulating personal and cultural history, and has described pursuing a “clear voice” that shapes lived experience into art.[1]

Ancestry and lineage

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In an interview, Reese stated that research into his family origins indicated he is a “true scion of the Gyeongju Park clan of Korea.”[1] The Gyeongju Park clan is traditionally associated with genealogical claims tracing to Silla-era royal lineages. Korean- and English-language reference summaries commonly connect the clan to figures described in Silla histories and later genealogies.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Robert Ricardo Reese – Careful/Care-full Collaboration: Possibilities". About Place Journal. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Monterey: Poems". San José Public Library (BiblioCommons). Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Books by Robert Ricardo Reese (includes Woori)". Bookswagon. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Robert Ricardo Reese". London Korean Links. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
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