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The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of Ben Hecht
    Ben Hecht
    A child of the century; Gargoyles; Miss lonelyhearts...
  • Portait of James Jones
    James Jones
    Some came running; From here to eternity; The merry month of May...
  • Portait of Edgar Lee Masters
    Edgar Lee Masters
    Spoon River Anthology; Domesday book; Mark Twain: A portrait...
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Mark Cox

Born: East St Louis, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Lived in St. Clair county

Biography: N/A

Awards:
  • Whiting Writers Award; Society of Midland Authors Award, Oklahoma Book Award; 2000 Poet-in-Residence at Frost Place,

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: coxm@uncw.edu
Mark Cox on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=mark+cox

Selected Titles

Natural causes /
ISBN: 0822958392 OCLC: 54751096

University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa. : ©2004.

Smoulder :
ISBN: 0879238119 OCLC: 20356464

D.R. Godine, Boston : 1989.

Thirty-seven years from the stone /
ISBN: 0822956691 OCLC: 38024029

University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh : ©1998.

 

 

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