Justin Philip Reed

Justin Phillip Reed is an American poet, novelist, and essayist, best known for his National Book Award-winning debut poetry collection Indecency.

Reed lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His work often deals with what it means to be a queer black man in America. He went to Washington University.

He published a chapbook, A History of Flamboyance, with YesYes Books in 2016.

Reed's first full-length book of poetry, Indecency, deals with black identity and sexuality. It was published by Coffee House in 2018. Francine J. Harris, Nina Simone, Deftones, and Khadijah Queen were among the people who inspired Reed to write the book. Indecency won the National Book Award in Poetry in 2018.

• National Book Award for Poetry for Indecency (Coffee House Press, 2018)
• Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry for Indecency (Coffee House Press, 2018)