Caroline Knox


Caroline Knox was an American poet based in Massachusetts. She is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently, Quaker Guns, and Nine Worthies. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including American Scholar, Boston Review, Harvard, Massachusetts Review, New Republic, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, TriQuarterly, The Times Literary Supplement, and Yale Review. Her poems have also been included in Best American Poetry. Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Fund for Poetry, and the Yale/Mellon Visiting Faculty Program. Knox earned her A.B. from Radcliffe College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Knox died on April 24, 2025, at the age of 88.

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