William Beverly (born 1965)
Early life
Beverly grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, attending Kalamazoo Central High School. He studied at
Oberlin College and the University of Florida,
where he earned a Ph.D. in American literature for his work on criminal fugitive stories, research that became the basis for his first book,
On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America.
Career
Between 2003 and 2012, Beverly was a contributing editor with
32 Poems, a poetry magazine founded by publisher
Deborah Ager and poetry editor
John Poch.
His first novel, Dodgers, was published in 2016 by Crown Publishing in North America, by No Exit Press in the United Kingdom, by Southside Stories in Sweden and by Editions Seuil in France.
Beverly teaches American literature and writing at Trinity Washington University in Washington DC.
Personal life
Beverly and his wife, the poet and writer
Deborah Ager, live in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Beverly is also an avid collector of beer cans from California with a collection of 1,000 or more cans.
Publications
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On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America (2003)
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Old Flame: From the First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine (coedited with John Poch and Deborah Ager, 2013)
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Dodgers (2016)
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