Corey Marks

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Corey Marks is an American poet.

Biography

Corey Marks holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston, an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and a BA in English from Kalamazoo College. He teaches at the University of North Texas [1] and is a judge, along with Jehanne Dubrow and Tarfia Faizullah, of the Rilke Prize.

Contents

His work appears in Antioch Review, Black Warrior Review, New England Review, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, [2] Paris Review, [3] Legitimate Dangers, and elsewhere.

Awards

Poetry collections

Online Works

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References

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  2. "VQR » Corey Marks". Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  3. "The Paris Review - Summer 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. "Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists".
  5. "Marks - Radio Tree". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  6. Marks, Corey (October 2023). The Rock That Is Not a Rabbit. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN   9780822967156.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)