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Mark Turpin (poet)

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Mark Turpin is an American poet.

Life

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Turpin is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He has spent 25 years working construction and building houses. He graduated from Boston University at age 47, with a master's degree.[citation needed]

He lives and works in Berkeley, California.

His work has appeared in The Paris Review,[1] The Threepenny Review,[2] Ploughshares,[3] and Slate.

Awards

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Works

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  • "Jobsite Wind", Slate
  • "Waiting for Lumber", Slate, July 16, 2002
  • "The Furrow", Tarpaulin Sky, Winter 2002
  • "The Box"; "Pickwork"; "Shithouse"; "In Winter"; "Will Turpin b. 1987"; "Photograph From Antietam", Boston Review, 19.1
  • "The Box", Online News Hour, September 2, 2002
  • Hammer. Sarabande Books. 2003. ISBN 978-1-889330-86-0.
  • Susan Aizenberg, Mark Turpin, Suzanne Qualls (1997). Take three 2. Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1-55597-254-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Ploughshares

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References

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