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Byron Herbert Reece (September 14, 1917 – June 3, 1958) was an American poet and novelist. During his life, he published four volumes of poetry and two volumes of fiction. Reece wrote the words of his legacy in four lines: When I am past the reach of song.
In a career cut short by illness and suicide, Byron Herbert Reece produced an enduring body of poetry and fiction from the sounds and spirits of his North Georgia homeland.
The Poetry of Byron Herbert Reece By William W. Davidson Editor's Note: A frequent contributor to the Review, Byron Herbert Reece is well known to its readers. He was born and reared in Choestoe, north Georgia, where he now lives on a farm on Wolf Creek. He has written three books of poems, Ballad of the
20 Ιαν 2004 · Byron Herbert Reece was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. When he wasn't busy writing or working on his family farm near Dahlonega, Reece served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University, and Young Harris College.
Byron Herbert Reece was a hill and bottomland farmer who cultivated words and harvested poetry. From his labor on a farm in North Georgia, the poet and novelist became the voice of Appalachia. For readers of 20th century Southern literature, Reece is Appalachia’s soul.
Renowned poet Byron Herbert Reece, a native of Dahlonega, attended Young Harris College, although he never completed a degree. Reece returned to the school as an instructor in the 1950s.
of a young man at Blairsville named Byron Herbert Reece whose poetry he had greatly admired in Mercury magazine. To his surprise he was told that Reece was a student at Young Harris. McGill was taken over to Reece's room and introduced to him. That meeting served as the beginning of a friendship that was to mean much to both persons.
