Jarman, Mark (F.)

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JARMAN, Mark (F.)

JARMAN, Mark (F.). American, b. 1952. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Indiana State University, Evansville, instructor in English, 1976-78; University of California, Irvine, visiting lecturer, 1979-80; Murray State University, Murray, KY, assistant professor, 1980-83; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, assistant professor, 1983-86, associate professor, 1986-92, professor of English, 1992-. Cofounder and editor, The Reaper (poetry journal), until 1989; Story Line Press, Brownsville, OR, cofounder. Publications: POETRY: Tonight is the Night of the Prom (chapbook), 1974; North Sea, 1978; The Rote Walker, 1981; Far and Away, 1985; The Black Riviera, 1990; Iris, 1992; (ed., with D. Mason) Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism, 1996; Questions for Ecclesiastes, 1997; Unholy Sonnets, 2000. Contributor of poems to periodicals. OTHER: (with R. McDowell) The Reaper Essays, 1996; The Secret of Poetry, 2001. Address: Department of English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]