Ed Cox
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Ed Cox was an American poet
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He served in the U.S. Navy.
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
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He read at Mass Transit, at the Community Book Shop on P Street.
He lived at 1345 Saratoga Ave. NE from 1959 to 1964 , and 1920 S Street NW, and 1301 15th St. NW #720 in the 1980s.
His papers are held by American University
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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He served in the U.S. Navy.
He studied at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
with Rudd Fleming and Roderick Jellema.
He worked for the U.S. Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
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He read at Mass Transit, at the Community Book Shop on P Street.
He lived at 1345 Saratoga Ave. NE from 1959 to 1964 , and 1920 S Street NW, and 1301 15th St. NW #720 in the 1980s.
His papers are held by American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
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Awards
- 1982 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship
- 1987 PEN American Center
- 1987 American Poets Fund of the Academy of American PoetsAcademy of American PoetsThe Academy of American Poets is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of poetry. The Academy was incorporated as a "membership corporation" in New York State in 1934...
- 1989 Lyndhurst Prize, by the Lyndhurst FoundationLyndhurst FoundationThe Lyndhurst Foundation is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based grant-making foundation organized in 1938 as The Memorial Welfare Foundation by Coca-Cola Bottling Company magnate Cartter Lupton...
Works
- Blocks. Washington, D.C.: Some of Us Press, 1972.
- Waking. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1977.
- Collected Poems. Arlington, VA: Paycock Press, 2002. ISBN 0931181100
Reviews
- "Poems of the Quotidian World", Oyster Boy Review 16, Reginald Shepherd, Winter 2002
- "Dead poet speaking", Lambda Book Report, April 1, 2002, Clark, Philip
External links
- "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