Cox, Mark Douglas

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Department Chair, Creative Writing , College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Whiting Writers' Award, Pushcart Prize, Oklahoma Book Award, the Society of Midland Authors Poetry Prize, and varied fellowships. Poetry Editor of Passages North and of Cimarron Review. a Poet in Residence at The Frost Place. Six volumes of poetry.

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coxm@uncw.edu

910.962.3331

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Selected Publications

Article
- "Journey to the Interior," (essay). Crazyhorse. 2020:82-84. 2020-10-01
- "True North," essay. Brevity. 2. 2019-09-01
- "Above All Else,". Crazyhorse. 79. 2014-05-01
- "Because I Said So,". Crazyhorse. 78. 2014-05-01
- "I Love You, Boy,". Crazyhorse. 77. 2014-05-01
- “On Bruce Weigl’s ‘Song of Napalm,’ (prose commentary). Voltage Poetry.com. 2013-04-01
- "On Coleridge: "Frost at Midnight" (brief essay). Poetry East, Great Poems: Contemporary Poets Reading Masterpieces. 74/75:28-31. 2012-05-01
- "On Revision" (micro-essay). OnePausePoetry.org. 2011-10-01
- "What is Poetry" (brief prose). HungerMountain.org. 2011-08-01
- "Introduction to The Memory of Water" essay reprint. Poetrydaily.org. 2011-05-01
- Homage to Death of the Detective. New Ohio Review. 182-184. 2008-10-01
Audio-visual Document
- "Four Coasts" poem online mp3. Conte: A Journal of Narrative Writing. 1. 2013-10-01
- "All that Shimmer..." online mp3 recording. http://toadlilypress.com. 2012-02-01
- Radio Interview. KRUU Radio 100.1 (Fairfield, IA),. 2008-06-01
Book
- Sorrow Bread: Poems 1984-2015. Serving House Books. 2016-04-01
- On Kees (brief essay). Aspects of Robinson: Homage to Weldon Kees. 2010-12-01
- on Voice and Revision. Words Overflown by Stars, Writers Digest Books. 2009-01-01
Document
- "Wonder Bread," (poem, reprint). Verse Daily. 2024-08-01
- "Music Box," (poem, reprint). Verse/Image Blog. 2024-04-01
- "Poem Started at Forty I Could Not Finish Until Sixty," (poem, reprint). Verse/Image Blog. 2024-04-01
- Knowing (Poems). Press 53. 88. 2024-01-01
- "Music Box," (poem). Connecticut River Review. 17. 2023-06-01
- "Blink Once for Yes," (poem). New Ohio Review. 22-23. 2023-03-01
- "Knowing," (poem). The Greensboro Review. 119. 2023-03-01
- "Hard Labor," (Poem Reprint). The Humble Essayist. 2022-07-01
- "Shelter," (poem). 32 Poems. 38-39. 2022-07-01
- "Portrait," (poem). Poetry Miscellany. 9. 2022-05-01
- "Shroud," (poem). Poetry Miscellany. 7-8. 2022-05-01
- "The Song That Never Ends," (poem). Poetry Miscellany. 5-7. 2022-05-01
- "Wonderbread," poem. Salt. 25. 2021-10-01
- "Hand," (poem). North Carolina Museum of Art. 64. 2021-05-01
- "Short Cake," poem. Salt. 79. 2021-05-01
- "The Dance," (poem). 32 Poems. 6. 2020-10-01
- "All That Shimmers and Settles along the Roads of Our Passage," poem reprint with audio file. New Ohio Review. 4. 2020-02-01
- “All That Shimmers and Settles Along the Roads of Our Passage,” (Poem Audio). New Ohio Review online. 2020-02-01
- "Gasoline," poem. The James Dickey Review. 5. 2018-11-01
- "Grocery List," poem. The James Dickey Review. 4. 2018-11-01
- "Poses," poem. the James Dickey Review. 3. 2018-11-01
- "Sunning," poem. The James Dickey Review. 7. 2018-11-01
- "Home" poem. Miramar. 130. 2018-10-01
- "The Journey to and from is Neither" poem. Miramar. 131. 2018-10-01
- "Readiness" poem -- Readiness. Poetry Daily. 2018-06-01
- Poetry Daily "Knossos" poem -- Readiness. Poetry Daily. 2018-06-01
- Readiness (book). Press 53. 80. 2018-03-01
- "History" poem. Miramar. 17. 2017-08-01
- Meridian (poem). The Heart's Many Doors. 8. 2017-08-01
- Alcohol, Poetry Daily -- from SORROW BREAD. Poetry Daily. 2017-07-01
- Lemon Icing, Verse Daily -- from SORROW BREAD. Verse Daily. 2017-07-01
- "Morality Play" poem. The Ink Quill. 164. 2017-05-01
- "Outtakes" poem. The Ink Quill. 167. 2017-05-01
- Sorrow Bread (book). Serving House Books. 178. 2017-04-01
- "Emergen(ce) of Feeling" poem. Colorado Review. 127. 2017-03-01
- The Heart’s Many Doors.... Wings Press. 2017-03-01
- "Balls" poem. Numero Cinq. 2016-11-01
- "Happy Hour at the House of Tang"poem. Chautauqua. 14. 2016-11-01
- "Headstrong" poem. Numero Cinq. 2016-11-01
- "Level" poem. Numero Cinq. 2016-11-01
- "Prisoners" poem. Numero Cinq. 2016-11-01
- "Suncatchers" poem. Numero Cinq. 2016-11-01
- "Wrought" poem. Chautauqua. 14. 2016-11-01
- Growing Old with It: Interview. Chautauqua. 15. 2016-11-01
- "Focus," poem. The Florida Review. 63. 2016-06-01
- "Knossos," poem. The Florida Review. 64. 2016-06-01
- "Arf Poetica" poem. Pinyon Commemorative Issue. 84. 2016-05-01
- "Cathedral" poem. Pinyon Commemorative Issue. 86. 2016-05-01
- "Readiness," poem. Green Mountains Review. 79. 2015-05-01
- "The Late Show" poem. Green Mountains Review. 78. 2015-05-01
- "Being Here". Lightning Key Review. 2015-03-01
- "Ladder on the Ground" poem. Lightning Key Review. 2015-03-01
- "Chutes and Ladders," poem. Blackbird. 2014-10-01
- "Here," poem. Blackbird. 2014-10-01
- "Spawning," poem. Blackbird. 2014-10-01
- "The Storm-torn Edge of Heaven," poem. Blackbird. 2014-10-01
- "Finality," poem. New Ohio Review. 53. 2014-04-01
- "Patina," poem. New Ohio Review. 51. 2014-04-01
- "Alcohol," poem. New Ohio Review. 131-135. 2013-10-01
- "Four Coasts" poem. Conte: A Journal of Narrative Writing. 1. 2013-10-01
- "Kodachrome," poem. New Ohio Review. 131-135. 2013-10-01
- "No Picnic in the Afterlife," poem. New Ohio Review. 131-135. 2013-10-01
- "The Hitching Post," poem. Sou'wester. 77. 2013-10-01
- "Palm Springs," poem reprint. New California Writing. 322-333. 2013-03-01
- "Beauty," poem. Open to Interpretation: Intimate Landscape. 67. 2012-10-01
- "Geese," poem reprint. Green Mountains Review, 25th Anniversary Issue. 2012-10-01
- "All that Shimmer..." reprint. http://toadlilypress.com. 2012-02-01
- "All that Shimmers and Settles Along the Roads of our Passage" (poem, reprint). Best of Toadlily Press: New and Selected. 2011-10-01
- "Palm Springs" poem reprint. Inlandia: A Literary Journey. 2011-10-01
- "Maggie" poem. Conteonline. 2011-07-01
- "Rosa De Cuba" poem. Poemeleon. 2011-07-01
- THE MEMORY OF WATER, JACK MYERS (MARK COX, EDITOR). NEW ISSUES PRESS. 105 PP. 2011-04-01
- Flint Hills, (poem). Aspects of Robinson: Homage to Weldon Kees. 162-163. 2010-12-01
- "Fatherhood" (poem). Crazyhorse 50th Anniversary Issue. 38-40.. 2010-10-01
- "Like a Simile" (poem) and process interview. http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com. 2010-06-01
- Appetizers. The Cafe Review. p. 65. 2010-01-01
- Stars. The Cafe Review. p.64. 2010-01-01
- All that Shimmers and Settles along the Roads of Our Passage. New Ohio Review. p.20-21. 2009-10-01
- The Briefcase. New Ohio Review. p.19. 2009-10-01
- Sonata. Clavier Companion. 12. 2009-01-01
- Natural Causes. Poets Guide to New Hampshire. 2008-05-01
- Dunes. New Ohio Review. 41. 2008-04-01
- "Piecing the Grand Canyon Together". The Poetry Miscellany. 56. 1986-04-01

Presentations

Presentation
- revision Workshop, NCWN Conference 2022-11-20
- Poetry Reading, NCWN Fall 2022 Conference 2022-11-19
- Poetry Reading, Press 53 Pop Up Poetry Month Reading, Zoom 2022-05-05
- Poetry Reading and Seminar, Meacham Writers' Conference 2022-02-26
- Poetry Reading, Press 53 Anniversary Reading, Zoom 2021-10-01
- Poetry Reading, Contemporary Literature Festival 2021-07-01
- Poetry Reading and Q&A, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Class, Zoom 2021-03-08
- Poetry Reading, Contemporary Literature Festival 2020-07-01
- Poetry Workshop and Reading, High Road Literary Festival 2020-03-27
- Poetry Reading, Contemporary Literature Festival 2019-07-03
- Poetry Reading, Malaprops Bookstore 2018-10-07
- Poetry Reading, Malaprops Bookstore 2018-10-05
- Poetry Reading, Contemporary Literature Festival 2018-07-01
- Poetry Reading, Vermont College 2018-07-01
- Poetry Reading, UNC-Greensboro 2017-11-16
- Poetry Reading, Flyleaf Books 2017-10-28
- Poetry Reading, UNCW 2017-10-12
- Poetry Reading, Quail Ridge Books 2017-10-08
- Poetry Reading, Contemporary Literature Festival 2017-07-01
- Visiting Poet and Reading, Bladen Community College 2017-03-20
- Visiting Poet, Bladen County Community College 2017-03-20
- , Contemporary Literature Festival 2016-07-01
- Visiting Poet, Wor-Wic Community College 2014-04-04
- On Poetry, CRW 201 Lecture 2012-04-01
- Visiting Poet, University of Redlands 2012-03-22
- Poetry Reading , Writers' Week, Performer, self 2011-11-07
- Visiting Poet, Meacham Writers' Conference 2011-10-27
- Keynote Speaker, Claflin Pedagogy Conference 2011-10-26
- Writing Process, 2011 Younger Writers Workshop 2011-06-22
- Jack Myers Tribute Panel, AWP Conference 2011-02-05
- Visiting Poet, Ohio University 2011-01-25
- Poets and Publication, "Professional Topics: a Series for MFA Students" 2010-12-01
- Poetry Panel, 2010 Writers Week 2010-11-05
- Poetry Reading, Suffolk University, Lecturer 2010-10-12
- Writing Process, 2010 Younger Writers Workshop 2010-06-19
- Poetry Reading, Presentation, Mesa St., self 2010-04-12
- Poetry Reading, Dartmouth, self 2009-11-12
- Poetry Reading, master classes, UTC 2009-07-26
- Poetry Reading, Slovenia 2009-07-07
- Poetry Reading, VC, self 2008-06-29
- Poetry Reading UNCW, Performer, self 2008-03-27
- Poetry Reading ECU, Performer, self 2008-03-05
- Poetry Reading, Pitt CC, Performer, self 2008-03-05
- Host, Jack Myers Tribute, Boston Library
- Poetry Lecture, NCWN Conference
- Poetry Reading, AWP, Lecturer
- Poetry Reading, CAS Faculty Symposium
- Poetry Reading, Flyleaf Books
- Poetry Reading, NC Poetry Society
- Poetry Reading, NCWN Conference
- Poetry Reading, Quail Ridge Books
- Poetry Reading, UNCG
- Poetry Reading, UNCW
- Poetry Reading, UNCW
- Poetry Reading, Vermont College
- Poetry Reading, Vermont College
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