DeWitt Clinton

Poet

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin US

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Author's Bio

Author of five book collections with New Rivers Press, Kelsay Press, Is A Rose Press, and Word Poetry, as well as six chapbooks. Ann Stanford Poetry Prize winner, several state arts board awards, a MacDowell Colony fellowship, and Milwaukee dance company performances of several poems. Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater. Most recent book prize is the Edna Meudt Book Award (2022) from the Council of Wisconsin Writers.

Education:

Bowling Green State University MFA

Writers Retreats:

MacDowell

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Storytelling Sociology (Lynne Rienner Publishing, 2005)

And What Rough Beast (Ashland Poetry Press, 1999)

Divine Inspiration (Oxford University Press, 1998)

Book:

At the End of the War (Kelsay Books, 2018)

Journals:

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

Louisiana Literature

Natural Bridge

Negative Capability

Peacock Journal

qarrtsiluni

Verse Wisconsin

Verse-Virtual

Prizes won:

Ann Stanford Poetry Prize; Edna Meudt Book Prize, from the Council of Wisconsin Writers.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Reading different poetry and prose authors every month.

What I'm reading now:

Odes by Sharon Olds, Walking Backwards by John Koethe

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Topeka, KS

Kansas

Raised in:

Dodge City, KS

Kansas

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Last update: Feb 08, 2024