Mark Cox (poet)
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Born1956 (age 68–69)
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
EducationDePauw University
Vermont College (MFA)
Vermont College (MFA)
Mark Cox | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) 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.
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
- 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]
