John Livingstone (R. John) Clark was born on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, and has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1984. He attended the University of British Columbia and obtained his B.A. in English and Anthropology and an MFA in Creative Writing, as well as doing graduate work in English at Simon Fraser University and at the University of Sydney (Australia) on a Commonwealth Scholarship. He currently teaches English at the University of Saskatchewan Indian Teacher Education Programme, and at St. Peter's College in Muenster, Saskatchewan. In addition, he is involved in writing diverse projects for various magazines and is at work on a full-length book on Canadian poet Anne Szumigalski.
Awards
The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, finalist, 1988-90,
1992, 1993, 1997.
Selected Publications
Stepping Up to the Station. (Coteau Books, 1990).
Towards 2000: Poetry for the Future. (Co-editor). (Fifth House Publishers,
1991).
Breakfast of the Magi. (Thistledown Press, 1994).
Prayers and Other Unfinished Letters. (Exile Editions, 1995).
Passage to Indigo. (Exile Editions, 1996).
Back to Bethany:89 Paragraphs about Jesus and Lazarus in Abbotsford.
(Exile Editions, 1997).
Selected Anthologies
The Bridge City Anthology: Stories From Saskatoon. (Fifth House Publishers,
1991).
What is Already Known. (Thistledown Press, 1995).
In the Clear. (Thistledown Press, 1998).
Books in Print
Clark, John Livingstone
Back to Bethany:89 Paragraphs about Jesus and Lazarus in Abbotsford.
Exile Editions, 1997.
Breakfast of the Magi. Thistledown Press, 1994. $11.00 ISBN: 1-895449-25-1.
Passage to Indigo. Exile Editions, 1996.
Prayers and Other Unfinished Letters. Exile Editions, 1995. $14.95 ISBN
1-55096-044-X.
Towards 2000: Poetry for the Future. (co-editor). Fifth House Publishers,
1991. $10.95 ISBN: 0-920079-80-6.
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