National Poetry Series
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Marcus Cafagña
マーカス・カファーニャ
Marcus Cafagna
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-12-12 （Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, professor
- Active Years
- 1986-
- Affiliations
- Missouri State University (faculty)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | — | English | BA | 1982–1986 | United States |
| Michigan State University | — | English | MA | 1986–1989 | United States |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts | — | — | MFA | 1996–1998 | United States |
Michigan State University
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1982–1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
Michigan State University
English
Degree:
MA
Period:
1986–1989
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United States
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1996–1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | National Poetry Series | The Broken World: Poems | — | National Poetry Series | winner |
National Poetry Series
1995
Work:
The Broken World: Poems
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Broken World: Poems
1996 poetryA collection of poems that addresses Midwestern landscapes, personal loss, and family memory. Themes include death, mourning, and renewal, presented with keen observation and introspective voice.
lossfamilyMidwestern landscapemortality
Roman Fever
2001 poetryA poetry collection centered on personal history and memories of travel. Poems weave nostalgia for foreign places with fragments of the past.
memorytravelnostalgia
All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season
2023 poetryA recent collection exploring boundaries between life and death, mixing anger and dark humor, and reflecting on personal and historical traumas.
afterlifeangerhumortrauma
Bibliography
- The Broken World: Poems
- Roman Fever
- All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season
- Contributions to anthologies (selected poems)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, observational voicelyricism and introspectionrealist depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- loss and grieffamily memoryghostly/Dybbuk imageryMidwestern settings
Legacy
Marcus Cafagña is a poet and educator known for work addressing Midwestern themes and personal loss; his National Poetry Series win in 1995 and subsequent collections have contributed to contemporary American poetry.
Academic Societies
- Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature
Archives
- Missouri State University English Department archives (potential holdings)
Trivia
- His first wife, Dianne Kitsmiller, died in 1993.
- He and his second wife, Jenn, have a son named Diego.
- Won the National Poetry Series in 1995; the winning manuscript was published as The Broken World: Poems.