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Dennis Marden Clark

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Dennis Clark is a native of Los Angeles and a long time resident of Seattle. He currently resides in Orem with his wife Valerie and their six children. He holds a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and master's degrees in creative writing, the teaching of English, and library science from the University of Washington. He has served as poetry editor of Sunstone, and has published poetry in Dialogue, Ensign, Poetry Northwest, Exponent II, and Cracroft and Lambert's A Believing People. His short story "Answer to Prayer" was published in Greening Wheat: Fifteen Mormon Short Stories (Orion Books 1983). His series of four articles about Mormon poetry (published in Sunstone) received the Association for Mormon Letters award for criticism in 1989.
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Example of work can be found on page 83 of the Spring 2001 issue of Irreantum.
1945
University of Washington
Orem Public Library, poetry editor for Sunstone
Male
Author, Editor, Poet
English

32 Works by Dennis Marden Clark

Title Role Year Genre
Harvest Editor 1989 Poetry
A Name and a Blessing Author 1970 Poetry
Corn Grows in Rows Author 1970 Poetry
Statement Before the World Expands Author 1971 Poetry
Meadow Author 1973 Poetry
Song for his Left Ear Author 1979 Poetry
Everything That Glitters Author Novel
American Neanderthal Author Poetry
John Singer Killed Author Poetry
The New Mormon Poetry Author Review
New Name and Blessing Author Poetry
Poems for the Natural and Social Worlds Author Poetry
Tinder: Dry Poems Author 1988 Poetry
Bread and Water Author Poetry
Bess and Marden Walking in the Garden Author Unassigned
Around Here All the Poets Have Already Left Author Poetry
For Anders at Seventy Days Author Poetry
On the Stranding of Great Whales Author Poetry
A Refusal to Wash Away the Pain Author Review
Answer to Prayer Author Short Story
Knifing a Piggy Bank Author Poetry
Before the World Expands Author 1978 Poetry
Stealing Roses Author Poetry
Sunwatch Author Poetry
Ramses II Author Poetry
New Name and Blessing Author Poetry
The Old Mormon Poetry Author Review
Dry Tree Author Poetry
Bridegroom Author Poetry
The Mormon Peace Gathering Author Poetry
Stellar Evolution Author 2018 Poetry
Mother of Us All Author 2018 Poetry
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