Patricia Clark

Patricia Clark is an American poet and professor.

Life

Patricia Clark was raised in Tacoma, Washington.[1] She earned degrees in Creative Writing (M.F.A. Creative Writing, University of Montana) and English (PhD English, University of Houston). Her B.A. is economics (B.A. Economics, University of Washington).[2]

Clark is poet-in-residence and professor in the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She is the author of five books of poetry.[3]

The Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2005 to 2007,[4] Clark was invited with two other poets to open the Library of Congress's noon reading series in Washington, D.C. in fall 2005.[5]

Patricia previously did residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.[6]

Her work has appeared in The Atlantic,[7] Slate,[8] Poetry,[9] and North American Review.[10]

Sunday Rising received a positive review in Colorado Review.[11]

Selected works

Books
  • The Canopy (2017)
  • Sunday Rising (2013)
  • She Walks into the Sea (2009)
  • My Father on a Bicycle (2005)
  • North of Wondering (2003)

Chapbooks
  • Wreath for the Red Admiral (2016) ISBN 978-1365120640
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References
  1. Entering the real world : VCCA poets on Mt. San Angelo. Ingraham, Margaret B.,, Brown, Andrea Carter, 1949–, Cherry, Kelly,, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Amherst, Va. ISBN 978-0-9833142-9-5. OCLC 824510174.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Clark, Patricia. "Writer Professor, Poet in Residence". Patricia Clark. Patricia Clark. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. "Patricia Clark – Department of Writing – Grand Valley State University". gvsu.edu.
  4. "Clark named GR poet laureate". Grand Valley State University. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. "Three Poets Open Poetry at Noon Series on Sept. 27". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  6. Tacoma. "Patricia Clark". Poets & Writers. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  7. "My Father on a Bicycle". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. July 1, 2003. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  8. "Out With the Monarch, the Vole, and the Toad". The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. July 9, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  9. Patricia, Clark. "Search". Poetry. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  10. Clark, Patricia. "Silence, Urgency, Vulnerability: Recommendations for a Writer's Life". North American Review. North American Review. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  11. Bagdanov, Kristin George (September 4, 2013). "Book Review Sunday Rising". Colorado Review (Fall 2013). Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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