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Corey D. Marks

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

(940) 565-2126

Email: Corey.Marks@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Houston, 2000
    Major: English - Creative Writing and Literature
  • MFA, Warren Wilson College, 1994
    Major: Creative Writing Poetry
  • BA, Kalamazoo College, 1992
    Major: English

Professional Positions

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2012 - Present).
  • Director of Creative Writing, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2005 - Present).
  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2006 - 2012).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2000 - 2006).
  • Instructor of English, University of Houston. University of Houston. (1994 - 2000).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing, 18 courses.
  • ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing, 19 courses.
  • ENGL 4900 - Special Problems, 9 courses.
  • ENGL 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • ENGL 5140 - Form and Theory: Poetry, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 5420 - Creative Writing: Poetry, 14 courses.
  • ENGL 5900 - Special Problems, 23 courses.
  • ENGL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 21 courses.
  • ENGL 6530 - Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, 1 course.
  • ENGL 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ENGL 6941 - Directed Research, 35 courses.
  • ENGL 6942 - Directed Research, 1 course.
  • ENGL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 43 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2018).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, English. (2015 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2017).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, English. (2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2016).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, English. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2015).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, English. (2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2014).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, English. (2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2013).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2012).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2012).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2011).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2010).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2010).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2009).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2009).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2009).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2009).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (2008).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2008).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2008).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2008).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2007).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2006).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, English. (2005).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2005).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2004).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2004).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2003).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (2002).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (2002).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press. (2022).
  • Special Mention, Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press. (November 2019).
  • Nominated for Nominee, Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press. (February 15, 2018).
  • Distinguished Teaching Professorship, University of North Texas. (2012).
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press. (2012).
  • Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellowship, IAA, University of North Texas. (2011).
  • Green Rose Prize, New Issues Press. (2011).
  • Nominee, Distinguished Teaching Professorship, University of North Texas. (2011).
  • Nominee, Piper Professor Award, Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. (2011).
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Press. (2011).
  • Cultural Diplomacy Award, U.S. Embassy, Skopje, Macedonia. (2010).
  • Finalist, 2009 Dorset Prize (announced 7/10), Tupelo Press. (2010).
  • Guest Poet, Struga Poetry Evenings Festival, Struga Poetry Evenings Festival, Struga, Macedonia. (2010).
  • Kesterson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, Department of English, UNT. (2010).
  • Finalist, Shelton Exelence in Teaching Award, University of North texas. (2009).
  • Nominee, Piper Professor Award, Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. (2009).
  • Semi-finalist, Brittingham and Pollak Prizes, University of Wisconsin Press. (2009).
  • Faculty Development Leave, University of North Texas. (2007).
  • Semi-finalist, Kathryn A. Morton Prize, Sarabande Books. (2007).
  • Finalist, Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award, University of North Texas. (2006).
  • Literature Fellowship-Poetry, National Endowment for the Arts. (2003).
  • Finalist, Fessor Graham and University Honor Professor Award, University of North Texas. (2001).
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award, Texas Institute of Letters. (2001).
  • Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry, The Paris Review. (2000).
  • National Poetry Series Selection, National Poetry Series Open Competition. (1999).
  • Three time Semi Finalist, "Discovery", The Nation Prize. (1996).
  • James Michener Fellowship, University of Houston. (1997).
  • Scholarship Award, Breadloaf Writers' Conference. (1997).
  • Inprint, Inc./ Barthelme Memorial Fellowship, University of Houston. (1996).
  • Brazos Bookstore Prize, Academy of American Poets. (1995).
  • Inprint, Inc./ Heatherly Fellowship, University of Houston. (1994).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Marks, C.D. (2023). The Rock That Is Not a Rabbit. Pittsburg, PA, Pitt Poetry Series/University of Pittsburgh Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). The Radio Tree. New Issues Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Renunciation. National Poetry Series, selected by Philip Levine. Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press.

    • Book Chapter

  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "The Wily Narrative". The Manifesto Project. 185-186. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "Gislebertus.". Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches. Eds. Chad Davidson and Gregory Fraser. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). "The Descriptive-Meditative Poem.". Structure and Surprise: A Guide to Poetic Architecture. Ed. Michael Theune. 123-145. Teachers and Writers Collaborative.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "After the Shipwreck.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 251-253. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "Portrait of a Child.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 249-250. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "Three Bridges.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 250-251. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "A Partial History of Swine.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 182-184. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "Portrait of a Child.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 179-180. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "The Butcher's Son.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 180-182. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "The Poet's House.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 185-186. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2003). "A Letter of Explanation.". The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2002. Eds. Ellen Daltow & Terry Windling. 36-37. New York, St. Martin's Press.

    • Book Review

  • Marks, C.D. (2009). Review of New European Poets. Metamorphoses.

    • Journal Article

  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Bell". Other. Routledge.
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Dumb Luck". The Threepenny Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Little Bird". Other. Routledge.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "After the Shipwreck" (a different poem with the same title was published previously). New England Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "And Winter". Poetry Northwest.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "Sleeper Lake Fire". New England Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Fire and Tulips". Third Coast.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Loss". Subtropics. 6 53-54.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Hotel Fire". Triquarterly. 130 231-232.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "House with a Bed of Tulips". Cincinnati Review. 4 (2) 29-30.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "The Empty Theatre". Triquarterly. 130 230.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "The Lake". Triquarterly. 130 227-229.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). A Brief Account of My Thirty-Third Year. The Seattle Review. 1 (01) 53-54.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). The Radio Tree. The Threepenny Review. 110 7.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). "Semper Augustus". Ploughshares. 104-106.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). At Seven. Southwest Review. 94 (4) 545-546.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). Lullaby. Other. 5 75-79.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). Miguel Hernandez, Madrid, 1934. Virginia Quarterly Review. 81 (3) 146-147.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). Three Bridges. New England Review. 26 (3) 149-150.
  • Marks, C.D. (2004). The Poet's House. Triquarterly. 118 92-93.
  • Marks, C.D. (2004). To the Reader. Triquarterly. 118 94-95.
  • Marks, C.D. (2002). A Letter of Explanation. The Paris Review. 162 23-24.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). A Scale Model of Childhood. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 121-122.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). The Butcher's Son. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 118-119.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). The Lost Child. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 120.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Sparrows. Other.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Renunciation. The Paris Review. 155 321-328.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). The Wrong Story. ORiON . 19 (3) 21.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Minotaur. Other.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Littoral. New England Review. 21 (1) 78-79.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Minotaur. New England Review. 21 (1) 80-82.
  • Marks, C.D. (1999). For Keats, After Keats. The Paris Review. 151 170-173.
  • Marks, C.D. (1999). Soup. Raritan. 19 55-58.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). Heart of Ash. CutBank. 47 54-55.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). What Fire Wants. CutBank. 56-57.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). A Partial History of Swine. Black Warrior Review. 24 (1) 18-20.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). American Monochrome. The Paris Review. 144 34-36.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). Gislebertus. New England Review. 18 (3) 88.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Sparrows. The Paris Review. 138 183-184.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Elegy for the Music. Other. 21 (1) 136-137.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Solace. The Paris Review. 184-186.
  • Marks, C.D. (1995). Light. Indiana Review. 18 (1) 7-8.
  • Marks, C.D. (1995). Portrait of a Child. The Antioch Review. 53 (1) 70-71.

    • Monograph

  • Marks, C.D. (2008). Fire and Tulips. Denton, Texas, Trilobite Press.

    • Poem

  • Marks, C.D. (2023). "The Bird and the Statue". Five Points. (Vol. 22 No.1) 140-143.
  • Marks, C. (2022). "Skylab". AGNI. (96) 56-57.
  • Marks, C. (2022). "The Rock that Is Not a Rabbit". Poetry Daily. poems.com
  • Marks, C. (2022). "The Rock that Is Not a Rabbit". 32 Poems. 19 (2) 8.
  • Marks, C. (2021). "Wild Parsnips". The Sewanee Review. CXXIX (2)
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Chernobyl Fox Makes and Eats Six-Layer Sandwich”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 110.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Drift”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 116-117.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Elegy for a Satellite”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 111-112.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “The Freighters”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 113-115.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “The Horse-Headed Boy”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 108-109.
  • Marks, C.D. (2020). "Lark". Other.
  • Marks, C. (2020). "School Fire". Gettysburg Review. 32 (4) 616-617.
  • Marks, C.D. (2019). "Broken Music". Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Lark". The New England Review. 39 (3) 117-118.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Conversation with a Dead Cicada". Copper Nickel. Fall 2018 (Number 27) 18-21.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Dumb Luck". The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VIII: Texas. 124-125. Huntsville, TX, Texas Review Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Lullaby". The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VIII: Texas. 126-129. Huntsville, TX, Texas Review Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2017). "And Winter". And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917-2017. 268-269. Lansing, MI, Michigan State University Press.
  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "The Black Bear at Closing". The Manifesto Project. 187-188. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "Three Bridges". The Manifesto Project. 188-189. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "Actaeon's Hounds". The Threepenny Review. (146: Summer 2016) 4.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "The Censor Works at Home in the Evening". Birmingham Poetry Review. Birmingham Poetry Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "The Forest". Birmingham Poetry Review. Birmingham Poetry Review.
  • Marks, C.D., Olsen, W., Ridl, J. (2013). "And Winter". Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry. New Issues Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Black Bear at Closing". Pleiades.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Dogs". The Cortland Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Radio Tree". Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "Three Bridges". Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "Three Bridges". Poetry Daily. poems.com
  • Marks, C.D. (2011). "The String". The Harvard Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2011). "The String". Verse Daily. www.versedaily.com
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Dumb Luck". Poetry Daily. poems.com

    • Popular Press Article

  • Marks, C.D. (2012). Interview. Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). Interview. www.poemoftheweek.org

Presentations Given

  • Reading, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, (2012 - 2012).
  • Reading, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX, (2012 - 2012).
  • Reading, Open Books, Seattle, WA, (2012 - 2012).
  • Reading, SMU LitFest, Dallas, TX, (2012 - 2012).
  • Visiting Writer, Boldface Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX, (2012 - 2012).
  • Reading, UNT Creative Writing Faculty Reading, (2011 - 2011).
  • Reading, Wordspace, Dallas, TX, (2011 - 2011).
  • Reading, Live Oak Reading Series, TCU, (2010 - 2010).
  • Reading, The Athens Centre, Athens, Greece, (2010 - 2010).
  • Reading, Wordspace, Dallas, TX, (2010 - 2010).
  • Struga Poetry Evenings Festival Opening Ceremony, (2010 - 2010).
  • Contemporary Poets Series, (2008 - 2008).
  • Interview, WNMU 90, (2007 - 2007).
  • Northern Michigan University, (2007 - 2007).
  • The Descriptive-Meditative Poem, (2007 - 2007).
  • Casa Romantica Poetry Series, (2006 - 2006).
  • University of North Texas, (2004 - 2004).
  • University of Texas Arlington, (2004 - 2004).
  • Illinois Wesleyan University, (2003 - 2003).
  • Writer's Garret, (2003 - 2003).
  • Allegheny College, (2002 - 2002).
  • Ars Poetica Society, (2002 - 2002).
  • Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, (2002 - 2002).
  • Texas Christian University, (2002 - 2002).
  • Athena Bookstore, (2001 - 2001).
  • Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Texas, (2001 - 2001).
  • California Institute of the Arts, (2001 - 2001).
  • Kalamazoo College, (2001 - 2001).
  • Writer's Garret, (2001 - 2001).
  • North Texas Review Reading Series, (2000 - 2000).
  • Gulf Coast Reading Series, (1998 - 1998).
  • Inprint Inc., Barthelme Reading, (1996 - 1996).
  • Six Poets in The Paris Review, (1996 - 1996).
  • Academy of American Poets Prize/ Brazos Bookstore Reading, (1995 - 1995).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading and Lecture, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2014).

    • Reading of Creative Work/Performance

  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, UNT Faculty Reading, UNT, United States of America. (2016).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, Lawrence Clayton Poets & Writers Speaker Series, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX, United States of America. (2016).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX, Institue for the Advancement of the Arts, United States of America. (2015).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), Pleiades Visting Writers Series, Reading, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, United States of America. (2014).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, The Writers Place, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2014).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, United States of America. (2013).
  • Marks, C.D. (Author & Presenter), N/A, Reading, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, March 8, 2013, United States of America. (2013).

Service

University Service

  • Other (Judge and Coordinator), UNT Rilke Prize. (2011 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2008 - Present).
  • Other (Co-Chair), Graduate Admissions Committee. (2008 - Present).
  • Other, Executive Committee. (2006 - Present).
  • Other (Director of Creative Writing), Creative Writing. (2005 - Present).
  • Committee Member, CLASS Task Force. (2016 - 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Assistant Professor of Nonfiction Search Committee. (2016).
  • Committee Chair, Associate Professor of Creative Writing Search Committee. (2015 - 2016).
  • Committee Chair, Visiting Nonfiction Professor Search Committee. (2015).
  • Committee Member, Cooke Arts Fellowship Nominating Committee. (2010 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, Senior Creative Writing Hiring Committee. (2010 - 2011).
  • Committee Chair, Fiction Writer Search Committee. (2008 - 2009).
  • Other, Ad Hoc Lecturer Hiring Committee. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other, Non-Fiction Writer Search Committee. (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, English Department Graduate Committee. (2001 - 2003).
  • Other, Fiction Writer Search Committee. (2001 - 2002).
  • Other, Master's Examination Revision Committee. (2001 - 2002).
  • Other, Ph.D. Revision Committee. (2001 - 2002).
  • Faculty Advisor, North Texas Review (student literary magazine). (2000 - 2001).

Professional Service

  • Other (Judge), Austin Poetry Society Poetry in the Arts Award. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Judge), Dallas Writers' Workshop Poetry Contest. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Judge), Illinois Wesleyan Academy of American Poets Prize. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Mentor), The Writer's Garrett (Dallas community literary center). (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Judge), Poetry Awards, Texas Institute of Letters. (2002 - 2002).
  • Other (Poetry Faculty), Gulf Coast Writers' Conference, 2000, May 19-21. (2000 - 2000).