Thomas N. Lux

Born: 1946 in Massachusetts

• Thomas N. Lux is the Professor of Poetry, and Director of the McEver Visiting Writers Program at Georgia Tech

• He was the poet-in-residence at Emerson College from 1972-1975 and was a long-time member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers

• Lux was awarded the Kingsley Tufts Prize for his collection, "Split Horizon" in 1995

• His books include:

  • • The Glassblower's Breath (1976)

    • Madrigal on the Way Home chapbook (1976)

    • Sunday (1979)

    • Like a Wide Anvil from the Moon the Light (1980)

    • Massachusetts chapbook (1981)

    • Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy chapbook (1983)

    • Half Promised Land (1986)

    • The Drowned River (1990)

    • A Boat in the Forest chapbook (91992)

    • Pecked to Death by Swans chapbook (1993)

    • Split Horizon (1994)

    • The Blind Swimmer: Selected Early Poems, 1970-1975 (1996)

    • New and Selected Poems, 1975-1995 (1997)

    • The Street of Clocks(2001)

    • The Cradle Place (2004)

    • God Particles (2008)