Lannan Foundation

William L. Fox, Poet and Writer - Marfa, Fall 2002

William L. Fox is the author of six nonfiction books on the cultural geography of the American Southwest, more than a dozen books of poetry, and is currently at work on a book about scientific and artistic images of the Antarctic.

His poems have appeared in more than 60 magazines and journals, and he edited the West Coast Poetry Review for many years. He is the Western States Arts Federation literature consultant.

“The Marfa residencies offer not only the quiet, even the solitude, that writers expect in such situations, but also the availability of a modest but convivial and sophisticated cultural environment. This is juxtaposed with one of the most intense natural settings in the United States and exceptional residential amenities. The working environment, therefore, is uniquely what one makes of it and the enticements to work compelling.”