David Clewell

David Clewell (born 1955) is an American poet and creative writing instructor at Webster University. From 2010-2012, he served as the Poet Laureate of Missouri.

Life

Clewell was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1955.[1][2] He graduated from University of Wisconsin with a B.A in English.[3] In 1979, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and earned an M.F.A. in writing from Washington University.[2] In 1985, Clewell began teaching in the English Department at Webster University.[2][4] A year later, he started the Webster University Visiting Writers Series, which he still coordinates.[3]

As an instructor at Webster University, Clewell teaches courses on 19th- and 20th-century literature, as well as poetry workshops and seminars. In 2010, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon noted that Clewell "has a unique perspective on contemporary American life and the characters and ideas that loom large in our recent history."[3]

Clewell is the author of 7 poetry collections and his work has appeared in over 50 journals and magazines,[3] including Harper's,[5] Poetry,[6][7] The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review,[8] The Georgia Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, and Yankee. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry seven times.[3]

He was the poet laureate for the state of Missouri, serving until 2012. He passed the poetic torch to Will Trowbridge.[3]

He lives in Webster Groves, Missouri with his wife Patricia.[2][3]

Awards

Works

Poems

Poetry Collections

  • Room to Breathe. Pentagram Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0-915316-30-4.
  • Blessings in Disguise. Penguin Books. 1991. ISBN 978-0-14-058672-5.
  • Now We're Getting Somewhere. University of Wisconsin Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-299-14414-2.
  • The conspiracy quartet. Garlic Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-9643009-2-7.
  • Jack Ruby's America. Garlic Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9643009-3-4.
  • The Low End of Higher Things. University of Wisconsin Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-299-18574-9.
  • Taken Somehow By Surprise. University of Wisconsin Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-299251-14-7.

Anthologies

  • Naomi Shihab Nye, Paul B. Janeczko, eds. (1999). "Goodbye Note to Debbie Fuller: Pass It On". I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: Paired Poems by Men & Women. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-689-81341-2.
  • Laure-Anne Bosselaar, ed. (1999). Outsiders: poems about rebels, exiles, and renegades. Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1-57131-409-3.
  • Billy Collins, ed. (2003). Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-8129-6887-3.
  • Jack Elliott Myers Jack Elliott Myers, Roger Weingarten, eds. (2005). New American poets. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-56792-302-5.

References

  1. ↑ "David Clewell: Poet Laureate of Missouri" (2011). Webster University News and Events. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About David Clewell" (2010). StlToday.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gov. Nixon appoints David Clewell Poet Laureate of Missouri" Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. (2010). Office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Faculty" Archived 2010-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. (n.d.). Webster University English Department. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Clewell, David (1955-)" (1994). Harper's Magazine.
  6. ↑ Table of contents. Poetry Magazine (August 1992).
  7. ↑ Table of contents. Poetry Magazine (March 2000).
  8. ↑ "David Clewell" Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. (n.d.). The Missouri Review online.
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