Occupation Poet and teacher Name Tim Earley Nationality American Role Poet | Education University of Alabama Genre Poetry | |
Notable works "Boondoggle" and "The Spooking of Mavens" Books Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, Boondoggle: Poems, The Spooking of Mavens | ||
Everything is bigger 5 tim earley
Tim Earley (born 1972 in Forest City, North Carolina) is an American poet. He is the author of four collections of poems, Boondoggle (Main Street Rag, 2005), The Spooking of Mavens (Cracked Slab Books, 2010), Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery (Horse Less Press, 2014), and Linthead Stomp (Horse Less Press, 2016).
Contents
- Everything is bigger 5 tim earley
- Early life
- Education
- Career
- Personal life
- Musings and Observations
- Awards
- References
Early life
Timothy Darren Earley was born and raised in Western North Carolina.
Education
He holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alabama.
Career
His work has appeared in the Chicago Review, jubilat, the Southern Humanities Review, and the Green Mountains Review. His work has been featured in Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press, 2007), The Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press), edited by Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street, and Hick Poetics (Lost Roads Press, 2015), edited by Abraham Smith and Shelly Taylor. The collection Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery was published by Horseless Press in early 2014; Seth Abramson, in a review in The Huffington Post, referred to Earley as a "Southern Seer" and said he "is a master of anaphora, Biblical rhythms, revelatory testimony, tell-it-slant aggression, and juxtapositive imagery that borrows heavily from the Southern lexicon", his poetry "not merely urgent but dam-broken".
Personal life
Earley moved to Denver, CO in 2015. Previously, he lived in Oxford, Mississippi.
Musings and Observations
The American poet Tim Earley frequently boasts of his immaculate handles on the hardwood (in addition to his prowess with the verse form). While Earley speaks highly of his own basketball skills, most critics agree that his failing knees and troublesome sciatica have reduced what was once sub-par gameplay to embarrassing levels of ineptitude.
In a text message time/date-stamped 11:25am, 25 October 2016, the American poet Tim Earley wrote to Joshua Ware (author "Of Cum Hair Notoriety"): "I put my drivel on a swivel." The message was notable for its overwhelming banality.
Recently, critics and scholars have noted Earley's penchant for engaging in "rap battles," most oftentimes with fruitless results. While Earley himself praises his own skills, both connoisseurs of hip-hop and laymen recognize the general ineffectiveness of his rhymes (to say nothing of his inept flow). An anonymously published treatise, titled "In Defense of Silence; or How to Dam Earley's Flow," outlines a series of strategies that enable competitors to eviscerate Earley in a rap battle.