David Clewell

Clewell was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1955 He graduated from University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in English. A year later, he started the Webster University Visiting Writers Series, which he still coordinated until his death. Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, and Yankee. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry seven times. He lived in Webster Groves, Missouri with his wife Patricia. ==Awards==

• Pollak Poetry Prize for ''Now We're Getting Somewhere'' • Lavan Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets • 1989 National Poetry Series, for Blessings in Disguise • 2017 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts from the Webster Groves (MO) Arts Commission ==Works==

Poems • "from Jack Ruby's America", Word Virtual, 1999 • "Not to Mention Love: A Heart for Patricia", Poets.org • "On the Eve of His Retirement, the Weight-Guesser Goes All Out", Poetry Foundation, March 2000 • "The Accomplice", Counterbalance, April 9, 2007 • "Two Alley Songs for the Vegetable Man: St. Louis, MO", Poetry Foundation, January 1985 Poetry collections • • • • • • • Anthologies • • • • ==References==