DeWitt Clinton

Poet

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin US

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Author's Bio

Author of six poetry book collections with New Rivers Press, Kelsay Books, Is A Rose Press, and Word Poetry, as well as six chapbooks. Ann Stanford Poetry Prize winner and 2022 Edna Mundt Book Prize from the Council of Wisconsin Writers, several state arts board awards, a MacDowell Colony fellowship, and Milwaukee dance companies' performances of several poems. Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater. Most recent collction of poetry is When & If (2025).

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, Best American Poetry 2025 by several editors

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: Dec 24, 2025