Mark Bibbins
American poet
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Mark Bibbins (born 1968 in Albany, New York) is an American poet and received an MFA from The New School.
Mark Bibbins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 Albany, New York |
| Occupation | American poet |
He received a Lambda Literary Award for his collection of poems Sky Lounge (Graywolf Press, 2003), and was awarded a 2005 Poetry Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
His 2020 book, 13th Balloon, is a book-length poem addressing the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ’90s.[1]
His 2014 book of poetry, They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full[2] (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), examines power, sexuality, and gender.
He currently teaches in the graduate writing programs at The New School, where he co-founded LIT magazine, and Columbia University. He lives in New York.
Bibliography
Poetry
- Collections
- Sky Lounge (Graywolf Press, 2003)
- The Dance of No Hard Feelings (Copper Canyon Press, 2009)
- They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full (Copper Canyon Press, 2014)
- 13th Balloon (Copper Canyon Press, 2020)
- List of poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the corner of a room where you would never look | 2014 | Bibbins, Mark (February 10, 2014). "In the corner of a room where you would never look". The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 48. p. 71. | |
