John Davis Jr. is the author of the middle-grades adventure novel Vidge Floyd and the Secret Frequencies (Wayward Writers Press, 2025) and the following poetry collections: 

• The Places That Hold (Eastover Press, 2021)
• Hard Inheritance (Five Oaks Press, 2016) 
• Middle Class American Proverb (Negative Capability Press, 2014)
• The Boys of Men (chapbook by Kelsay Books, 2014)
• Growing Moon, Growing Soil: Poems of my Native Land (Outskirts Press, 2005).

He has received many literary awards including the Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal and the 2021 Sidney Lanier Poetry Prize. He holds an MFA from the University of Tampa. His writings are published in literary journals throughout the South and around the world. He teaches English and Literature in the Tampa Bay area. You can find his profile from Poets and Writers magazine here: http://www.pw.org/content/john_davis

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