John Reinhart (born 1981) is an American writer of speculative poetry and fiddle and guitar musician[1] in the Texas style of fiddling. His poems have appeared in print and online publications internationally, including The Pedestal Magazine, Star*Line, Grievous Angel, Crannog Magazine, Focus, and the Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. He is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

Reinhart describes himself as an arsonist, which stems from his "hope to set fire to the imaginations and aspirations of (his) students," [2] though he also says "he has encouraged his children to play with matches from an early age."[3]

Education

A Denver native,[4] Reinhart graduated from the Denver Waldorf High School before earning his BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Before returning to teach at the Waldorf School in Denver, Reinhart received his Master's Degree in education from Antioch University New England.[5] After teaching at DWHS for 11 years, Reinhart moved to Maine, where he currently teaches humanities at the Maine Coast Waldorf School.[6]

Writing career

Reinhart "burst on the speculative poetry scene",[7] with his work appearing in a variety of speculative venues in 2014,[8] winning the 2016 Dark Poetry Scholarship from the Horror Writers Association.[9]

He served as a Frequent Contributor at the Songs of Eretz Poetry Review from January 2016 to December 2017.[10] In addition to his writing, Reinhart edited issue 25 of Eye to the Telescope.[11] He also served as the Science Fiction Poetry Association Annual Contest Chair in 2020.[12] He served as the poetry judge for the Topsham, Maine Public Library Joy of the Pen Contest in 2020.[13]

Reinhart's poem every, published by Quatrain.Fish was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017.[14] He has won the Poetry Nook weekly contest seven times, in weeks 46, 50, 55, 60, 64, 70, and 74. He has also received honorable mentions for his poetry in the 2019 Topsham Public Library Joy of the Pen Contest,[15] and his nonfiction in the 2020 Topsham Public Library Joy of the Pen Contest.[16]

Musical career

Reinhart collaborates with his brother, Patrick to form The Reinhart Brothers, a fiddle and tenor guitar duo that has released Satan Takes a Holiday...with The Reinhart Brothers, and FlimFlams in Your JimJams.[17]

Reinhart studied fiddle under former national fiddle champion, Chris Daring, and is a former Colorado State Young Adult Fiddle Champion and multiple time Colorado State Rhythm Guitar Champion.[17]

Bibliography

  • Horrific Punctuation. Arson Press, 2021 [18]
  • Arson. NightBallet Press, 2018 [19]
  • dig it. Arson Press, 2018 [20]
  • screaming. Lion Tamer Press, 2017 [21]
  • broken bottle of time. Alban Lake, 2017 [22]
  • invert the helix. Pski's Porch, 2017 [23]
  • Horrific Punctuation. Tiger's Eye Press, 2017
  • encircled Prolific Press, 2016 [24]

Discography

References

  1. Structuring Fiddle Contests, retrieved 6 September 2021
  2. Blood & Spades column, Official Newsletter of the Horror Writers Association, June 2016
  3. Hot Hot Hot: ARSON by John Reinhart!, 2018-07-04, retrieved 2 October 2018
  4. Maine Coast Waldorf School Faculty, retrieved 6 September 2021
  5. Mr. Reinhart's Book of Poems, 17 May 2013, retrieved 6 September 2021
  6. Maine Coast Waldorf Faculty, retrieved 6 September 2021
  7. Broken Bottle of Time Review, retrieved 8 May 2017
  8. Speculative Poetry Round Up December 2014, retrieved 11 May 2017
  9. Former Recipients, retrieved 8 May 2017
  10. Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, retrieved 17 September 2017
  11. Eye to the Telescope, retrieved 17 September 2017
  12. SFPA Annual Contest 2020, retrieved 31 March 2021
  13. Joy of the Pen Judges 2020, retrieved 31 March 2021
  14. Quatrain.Fish: every, retrieved 17 December 2017
  15. Joy of the Pen 2019, retrieved 31 March 2021
  16. Joy of the Pen 2020, retrieved 31 March 2021
  17. 1 2 Denver Public Library Volume - A Local Music Project, retrieved 6 September 2021
  18. Horrific Punctuation, retrieved 6 September 2021
  19. Arson, 2018-07-04, retrieved 2 October 2018
  20. Reinhart, John (2018-02-25), dig it, ISBN 978-1984350657
  21. screaming, retrieved 17 September 2017
  22. broken bottle of time, retrieved 8 May 2017
  23. invert the helix, ISBN 0997870664
  24. encircled, retrieved 8 May 2017
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