Mark Cox (poet)

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

Life

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, with his children, Austin, Rachel and Keith.[5]

Awards

Works
  • 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. Serving House Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0997779738.

Anthologies
  • 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
  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. "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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