Mark Cox (poet)

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Mark Cox
Born1956 (age 6768)
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Education DePauw University
Vermont College (MFA)
Notable awards Whiting Award (1987)
Children3
Website
www.markcoxpoet.com

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

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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 [5]

Awards

Works

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