Timothy Ree is the author of BEASTING (2022), a debut collection of poetry conceived during the pandemic, both surreal and grounded in the particularities of Korean American experience, exploring race, politics, & family dynamics at the height of the plague where anti-Asian rhetoric and violence found its way around the globe.
The son of Korean immigrants, Tim teaches literature and writing at a public high school in Brooklyn, New York. He holds a BA in English Literature from Wheaton College (IL) and an M.Div from Yale University.
His poems have appeared in Tribes, Great Weather for Media, and The Cortland Review. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Cave Canem, Poets House, and the Academy for Teachers. He is a recipient of the Robert Haiduke Poetry Prize from the Bread Loaf School of English.