Ed Cox (poet)
Ed Cox | |
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| Born | July 6, 1946 |
| Died | September 1, 1992 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Poetry |
Ed Cox (July 6, 1946 in Washington, D.C. – September 1, 1992) was an American poet.
He served in the U.S. Navy.[citation needed] He studied at the University of Maryland with Rudd Fleming and Roderick Jellema. He worked for the U.S. Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[citation needed]
He read at Mass Transit, at the Community Book Shop on P Street.[1] He lived at 1345 Saratoga Ave. NE from 1959 to 1964, and 1920 S Street NW,4110 Emery St NW, and 1301 15th St. NW #720 in the 1980s.[2] His papers are held by American University.[3]
Awards[edit]
- 1982 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship
- 1987 PEN American Center
- 1987 American Poets Fund of the Academy of American Poets
- 1989 Lyndhurst Prize, by the Lyndhurst Foundation
Works[edit]
- Blocks. Washington, D.C.: Some of Us Press, 1972.
- Waking. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1977.
- Collected Poems. Arlington, VA: Paycock Press, 2002. ISBN 0-931181-10-0[4]
Editor[edit]
- Seeds and Leaves (1977)
- Some Lives (1984)
Reviews[edit]
- "Poems of the Quotidian World", Oyster Boy Review 16, Reginald Shepherd, Winter 2002
- "Dead poet speaking", Lambda Book Report, April 1, 2002, Clark, Philip
References[edit]
- ^ "Terence Winch | Washington DC Poetry Readings".
- ^ "Kim Roberts and Dan Vera on DC Writers' Homes". Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ "Ed Cox Papers".
- ^ "Collected Poems".
External links[edit]
- "Just Like Old Times: An Interview with Ed Cox", Beltway Poetry Quarterly, E. Ethelbert Miller, Volume 7, Number 4, Fall 2006
- "Richard McCann on ED COX", Beltway Poetry Quarterly
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