Faulkner Fox grew up in West Point, Virginia, a Tidewater mill town of 2,500. She studied French, American, and African American literature as an undergraduate at Harvard, then received an M.A. in American Studies from Yale and an M.F.A in poetry from Vermont College.

She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina, where she writes and has taught creative writing at Duke University since 2002. Her writing courses are listed with the Hart Leadership Program. She is also a voting rights activist, working toward the full enfranchisement of all North Carolina’s citizens.

Watch a 3-minute video here about her current work.

Courses

• PUBPOL 290S: Selected Public Policy Topics More info
• PUBPOL 290S-1: Selected Topics in Public Policy More info
• ENGLISH 496: Distinction Creative Writing Independent Study More info
• ENGLISH 495: Distinction Creative Writing Independent Study More info
• ENGLISH 491: Independent Study More info
• ENGLISH 290S-4: Special Topics in Creative Writing More info
• ENGLISH 218S: Plays That Change the World More info
• ENGLISH 212S: Writing Across Borders More info
• ENGLISH 110S: Introduction to Creative Writing More info