Mark Irwin was born in Faribault,
Minnesota in 1953, and has lived throughout the United States
and abroad in France and
Italy. He has taught at several universities and is the author
of two previous poetry collections: The Halo of Desire and
Against the Meanwhile (3 Elegies), and he has also
translated two volumes of poetry. His awards include The
Nation/Discovery
Award, a Pushcart Prize, National Endowment for the Arts
and Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, and a Fulbright Fellowship
to Romania. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado.
BOA books by Mark Irwin:
Bright
Hunger
Quick,
Now, Always
White City
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