Brian Clements

Poet

Danbury, CT
Connecticut US
Email: 
clementsb@wcsu.edu

Author's Bio

Brian Clements is author or editor of multiple volumes of poetry and is CSU Professor of Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University, where he founded the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He was publisher and editor of Firewheel Editions and Sentence: a Journal of Prose Poetics. 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence (Beacon Press, 2017)
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A Book of Common Rituals (Quale Press, 2014)
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Jargon (Quale Press, 2010)
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An Introduction to the Prose Poem (Firewheel Editions, 2009)
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And How to End It (Quale Press, 2008)
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Disappointed Psalms (Meritage Press, 2008)
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Essays Against Run (Texas Review Press, 1997)
Chapbooks:
not meant for you Dear Love (Mudlark, 2012)
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Use Cases (Mudlark, 2005)
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Ions (Veer Chapbook Series, 1996)
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Flesh and Wood (Mbira Press, 1992)
Journals:
AGNI
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American Poetry Review
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New American Writing

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
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Last update: Feb 13, 2026