Patricia Clark
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Patricia Clark | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington (BA) University of Montana (MFA) University of Houston (PhD) |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Patricia Clark is an American poet and professor.
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][3]
Clark is poet-in-residence and professor in the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She is the author of six books of poetry.[4]
The Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2005 to 2007,[5] Clark was invited with two other poets to open the Library of Congress's noon reading series in Washington, D.C. in fall 2005.[6]
Clark previously did residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.[7]
Her work has appeared in The Atlantic,[8] Slate,[9] Poetry,[10] North American Review,[11] Barrow Street (magazine) [12] and Lake Effect (journal).[13]
Sunday Rising received a positive review in Colorado Review.[14]
