Mark DeFoe

28 Central

Buckhannon, WV 26201

Phone:

3044394809

E-mail:

Author's Bio

I teach writing as a craft that all can learn to better express our interaction with the world inside and the world outside; it is a way of connecting, a labor of discovery, the creation of art. Presently, I teach in WV Wesleyan's MFA program.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Air

(Greentower Press, 1998)

, Aviary

(Pringle Tree Press, 2001)

, Mark DeFoe's Greatest Hits

(Pudding House Publications, 2004)

, The Green Chair

(Pringle Tree Press, 2003)

, The Rock and the Pebble

(Pringle Tree Press, 2006)

Journals:

Appalachian Heritage, Christian Science Monitor, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Notre Dame Review, Paris Review, Poetry, Poetry International, Salmagundi, South Carolina Review, Yale Review

Chapbooks:

In the Tourist Cave

(Finishing Line Press, 2012)

, Ten Scenes with Mocking Bird

(Poems and Plays, 2009)

, Weekend Update

(Main Street Rag, 2008)

Prizes Won:

2005 Chautauqua Literary Journal Poetry Award 2009 Poems and Plays Tennessee Chapbook Award Twice awarded writers grants by the WV Dept. of History and Culture Three times nominated for Push Cart Prizes

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer, Poet

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Other

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Enid

Raised in:

Derby, KS

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Last updated: Oct 08, 2016