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 touch
  • Touch 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 touch
  • How 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