Marcus Cafagña (born December 12, 1956, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American poet and professor. He is author of three poetry collections, most recently, All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season (Finishing Line Press, 2023), and has published poems published in literary journals and magazines including AGNI, Witness,AGNI Online > Authors > Marcus CafagñaWitness > American Families - Vol. XXI, No. 2 (1998) and Poetry Magazine,Poetry Magazine > April 1992 > Marcus Cafagña > Dybbuks and in anthologies.
Life He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in 1986 and an MA in 1989 as well as an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1998. He taught at Missouri State University.Missouri State University > Faculty > Marcus Cafagña His first marriage, to the poet Dianne Kitsmiller, ended with her death in 1993. He and his second wife, Jenn, have a son named Diego.Interview: "Missouri Literary Festival: Marcus Cafagña interview", KSMU
Awards 1995 National Poetry Series, for The Broken World: Poems
Published works Full-length Collections
Anthology Publications
References
External links
Poem: Rattle > July 3, 2009 > Last Meal by Marcus Cafagña Poem: Poetry Magazine > April 1992 > Marcus Cafagña > Dybbuks Interview: "Missouri Literary Festival: Marcus Cafagña interview", KSMU Biography: GoogleBooks: Directory of Midwestern Literature: The Authors > by Philip A. Greasley, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature > Marcus Cafagña > Biography, Significance, Selected Works