Tom Clark (poet)
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Tom Clark (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet, editor and biographer. Clark was born on the West Side of Chicago and married Angelica Heinegg, at St. Mark’s Church, New York City, on March 22, 1968 [1]. Currently (as of 2006) residing in California, Tom Clark's recent books of poetry are Light & Shade: New and Selected Poems (Coffee House, 2006) and THRENODY (effing press, 2006).
[edit] Overview
Tom Clark graduated in 1963 from the University of Michigan and did postgraduate studies in England at the Universities of Cambridge and Essex. In the 1960s he began editing poetry publications, the best known of which was The Paris Review (serving as poetry editor from 1963 to 1973).
His critical biographies of some of the crucial literary figures of the 20th century include:
- Late Returns: A Memoir of Ted Berrigan,
- Jack Kerouac: A Biography,
- Robert Creeley and the Genius of the American Common Place,
- Charles Olson: The Allegory of a Poet’s Life, and
- Edward Dorn: A World of Difference
His literary essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, London Review of Books, and many other journals; some of his essays on contemporary poetry have been collected in The Poetry Beat: Reviewing the Eighties. Since 1987 he has taught Poetics at New College of California.[2]
[edit] Resources
- ^ biographical data on Clark taken from contributor's notes section at The Holiday Album: Greeting Card Poems For All Occasions feature at Jacket Magazine, edited by Elaine Equi, with a poem by Clark
- ^ Tom Clark Author Page at the Jacket Magazine website
[edit] External links
- The World Begins: A visit with Tom Clark this extensive feature at Big Bridge on-line magazine includes poems, essays, interviews. Also includes correspondence between Tom Clark and Dale Smith, an essay on Clark as a teacher from effing mag editor David Hadbawnik, and Dale Smith's in depth review of Threnody.
- Tom Clark Author Page
