Clayton Adam Clark lives in Saint Louis, his hometown, where he works as a mental health counselor in private practice alongside his wife, Tina, and their therapy dog, Tank. His latest poetry collection, Auscultate, was published by Galileo Press in 2025, and his debut poetry collection, A Finitude of Skin, won the 2017 Moon City Poetry Award (Moon City Press, 2018). His honors include two Artist Support Grants from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. He earned the MFA in creative writing at Ohio State University and both a master’s in communication and a master’s in clinical mental health counseling at University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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