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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin US

Email:

clintond@uww.edu

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Reading different poetry and prose authors every month.

Born in:

Topeka, KS

Kansas

Raised in:

Dodge City, KS

Kansas

Prizes won:

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

Education:

Bowling Green State University

What I'm reading now:

Odes by Sharon Olds

Walking Backwards by John Koethe

Writers Retreats:

MacDowell

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Adults