Cody Walker (born 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet, essayist, and educator.
[4] In 2009, he spent a term as the Amy Clampitt Resident Fellow [5] in Lenox, Massachusetts.
He currently teaches English at the University of Michigan,[6] and writes regularly for The Kenyon Review.
[7] He is a co-recipient of the 2009 Amy Clampitt Residency Award and author of the poetry collection Shuffle and Breakdown.
Walker received the James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry [8] from Shenandoah in 2003 and a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Washington in 2005.