Mark Bibbins (born 1968 in Albany, New York) is an

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and received an MFA from

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. He received a

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for his collection of poems ''Sky Lounge'' (

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, 2003), and was awarded a 2005 Poetry Fellowship from the

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. His most recent book of poetry, ''They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full'' (

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, 2014) examines power, sexuality, and gender. He currently teaches in the graduate writing programs at

, where he co-founded LIT magazine, and

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. He lives in New York.

Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections *''Sky Lounge'' (

, 2003) *''The Dance of No Hard Feelings'' (

, 2009) * ;List of poems

References

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