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Mark Cox (poet)

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Mark Cox
Born1956 (age 67–68)
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University
Vermont College (MFA)
Notable awardsWhiting Award (1987)
Children3
Website
www.markcoxpoet.com

Mark Cox (born 1956 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American poet.

Life

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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

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Works

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "UNCW - Department of Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ^ "Mark Cox | Vermont College of Fine Arts". Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  3. ^ "Mark Cox Rebro on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Mon 1:30 pm | KRUU-LP 100.1 FM".
  4. ^ a b "Mark Cox".
  5. ^ "Poet of the Month: Mark Cox". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
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