John Lee Clark
John Lee Clark is an award-winning writer and Protactile educator. He has received the Krause Essay Prize and a National Magazine Award for his prose. His poetry collection, How to Communicate, received the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. A 2021–2023 Bush Fellow, he lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his partner, the ASL Deaf artist Adrean Clark, their three kids, and two cats.
John Lee Clark
John Lee Clark is an award-winning writer and Protactile educator. He has received the Krause Essay Prize and a National Magazine Award for his prose. His poetry collection, How to Communicate, received the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. A 2021–2023 Bush Fellow, he lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his partner, the ASL Deaf artist Adrean Clark, their three kids, and two cats.
Awards
Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2023
Books by John Lee Clark
How to Communicate: Poems
John Lee Clark
Hardback, 2022
Winner of the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry
Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry
A stunning debut from an award-winning DeafBlind poet, “How to Communicate is a masterpiece”...How to Communicate: Poems
John Lee Clark
E Book, 2022
Winner of the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry
Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry
A stunning debut from an award-winning DeafBlind poet, “How to Communicate is a...Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays
John Lee Clark
Hardback, 2023
A revelatory collection of essays on the DeafBlind experience, and a manifesto on the power and untapped potential of touchTouch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays
John Lee Clark
E Book
A revelatory collection of essays on the DeafBlind experience, and a manifesto on the power and untapped potential of touchHow to Communicate: Poems
John Lee Clark
Paperback, 2023
Winner of the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry
Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry
A stunning debut from an award-winning DeafBlind poet, “How to Communicate is a...Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays
John Lee Clark
Paperback, 2024
A revelatory collection of essays on the DeafBlind experience and the untapped potential of a new tactile language