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Reiter is the author of ten collections of narrative and lyric poems, whose settings were a wide variety of locales such as the
Midwest, the prairie, the Mississippi River, the Pine Barrens, and the Caribbean. Reiter's poetic signature and trademark is his vast knowledge of botany, and poet Brendan
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Reiter is the author of a number of books, and he also frequently contributed to anthologies and magazines. In 2000, his eighth collection of poetry, Pearly
Everlasting, was submitted by Louisiana State University Press for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Original Verse.
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In 1985, Reiter was appointed the Wayne D. McMurray Chair of the
Humanities, making him the first recipient of an endowed chair in Monmouth University history. He served in that position until his retirement in 2005.
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Reiter received a number of fellowships, which enabled travel to places that served as the source of some of his writing.
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Reiter retired in 2005 and died on April 24, 2022, at his home in
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The Academy of American Poets Prize, University of Virginia, 1963
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