Thomas Lux
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About
American poet and professor whose poetry collections included Split Horizon and The Street of Clocks. He taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Before Fame
He grew up on a Massachusetts dairy farm and excelled at athletics.
Trivia
He was a 1995 recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
Family Life
His mother was a Sears & Roebuck employee, and his father worked as a milkman.
Associated With
He was born in the same year as fellow poet Babette Deutsch.