Mark Cox (poet)
Mark Cox | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | DePauw University Vermont College (MFA) |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award (1987) |
| Children | 3 |
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Mark Cox (born 1956 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American poet.
Life
[edit]He graduated from DePauw University and Vermont College with an MFA.
He teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at University of North Carolina Wilmington,[1] and Vermont College.[2][3]
He served as poetry editor of Passages North and Cimarron Review.[4]
He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina[5]
Awards
[edit]- 1987 Whiting Award
- Pushcart Prize
- Oklahoma Book Award
- The Society of Midland Authors Poetry Prize
- Summer 2000, he served as the 24th Poet-in-Residence at The Frost Place, Robert Frost's family home, in Franconia, New Hampshire.[4]
Works
[edit]- Four Poems from Numero Cinq
- "Finish This", Slate, Feb. 12, 2002
- Smoulder. D.R. Godine. 1989. ISBN 978-0-87923-814-8.
- Thirty-seven Years from the Stone. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8229-4065-4.
- Natural Causes. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8229-5839-0.
- Mark Cox, ed. (2011). The Memory of Water, by Jack Myers. New Issues. ISBN 978-1-930974-98-2.
- Sorrow Bread: New and Selected Poems 1984-2015. Serving House Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0997779738.
- Readiness: Prose Poems. Press 53. 2018. ISBN 978-1941209783.
- Knowing. Press 53. 2024. ISBN 978-1950413799.
Anthologies
[edit]- William H. Roetzheim, ed. (2006). "Geese". The Giant Book of Poetry. Level4Press Inc. ISBN 978-0-9768001-2-5.
- Roger Weingarten; Richard Higgerson, eds. (2001). Poets of the New Century. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-56792-177-9.
- Ed Ochester, ed. (2007). American poetry now: Pitt poetry series anthology. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-4310-5.
- William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). "Natural Causes". Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6.
References
[edit]- ^ "UNCW - Department of Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "Mark Cox | Vermont College of Fine Arts". Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Mark Cox Rebro on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Mon 1:30 pm | KRUU-LP 100.1 FM".
- ^ a b "Mark Cox".
- ^ "Poet of the Month: Mark Cox". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
External links
[edit]- http://www.markcoxpoet.com/
- http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=1998/06/24
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130416004112/http://uncw.edu/writers/facstaff/cox.html
- http://www.meachamwriters.org/conversations/Cox_Mark_2011-10-28.htm
- http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2010/06/mark-cox.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121229051551/http://www.vcfa.edu/node/232
- Whiting Foundation Profile
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