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Cox, Elizabeth Vincent Barks was born on April 24, 1942 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Herbert Bernard Barks and Elizabeth Vincent Bryan.
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Bargains in the Real World: Thirteen Stories
(In this finely crafted collection, acclaimed writer Eliza...)
In this finely crafted collection, acclaimed writer Elizabeth Cox examines the lives of common people and how they deal with life when uncommon things happen to them — how they accept their fate, sometimes choosing to move on, sometimes not. The stories, many set in the South, deal with questions of loyalty, betrayal, discovery, sexuality, death, birth, and the inner dynamics that drive the choices we make. The characters struggle with a complex mixture of kindness and violence, and their final choices reveal a flawed but finally compassionate humanity. Elizabeth Cox has an extraordinary talent for inhabiting her characters and capturing place, sense, and time. This commanding group of stories will prove unforgettable.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679463291/?tag=2022091-20
The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love: A Novel (Voices of the South)
( Molly Hanner's marriage to William is slowly unraveling...)
Molly Hanner's marriage to William is slowly unraveling, and the pulls of entropy this exerts upon them and their three children painfully instruct Molly in the many ways people barely miss loving each other. But divorce is only a catalyst in Molly's life. Amazed at the weight of her family's hurt and at her isolation within it, Molly, painter and student of astronomy, shifts her gaze outward -- to the stars, to the images she paints, to the world around her -- looking for an order that will contain the disarray of her own life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080712835X/?tag=2022091-20
Night Talk: A Novel
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555972675/?tag=2022091-20
Familiar Ground
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689114745/?tag=2022091-20
Elizabeth Vincent Barks Cox
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Student, University Tennessee, 1963. Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1964. Master of Fine Arts, University North Carolina, 1978.
Career
Full professor practice of writing Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1985. Lecturer University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987-1988, Boston University Graduate Writing Program, 1994, Tufts University, Boston, 1995. Visiting lecturer University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992.
Visiting writer Bennington (Vermont) College, 1995, member staff faculty, 1995-2000. Juror National Education Association, Washington, 1991. Judge Lila Wallace Foundation, New York City, 1994, Associated Writing Program, Virginia, 1994, Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, 1995, Saltonstall Writers, Ithaca, New York, 1998.
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Bargains in the Real World: Thirteen Stories
(In this finely crafted collection, acclaimed writer Eliza...)
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The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love: A Novel (Voices of the South)
( Molly Hanner's marriage to William is slowly unraveling...)
- Night Talk: A Novel
- Familiar Ground
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Bargains in the Real World: Thirteen Stories
Membership
Board directors homeless shelter, Durham, 1990-1992. Member New England Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Connections
Married James Lewis Cox, February 1, 1962 (divorced). Children: Michael Lee, Elizabeth Bryan. Married Christopher Michael Curtis, August 7, 1993.
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Presbyterian