Biography
Dante Clark (he/they) is a poet and performer from the Bronx, New York. Clark explores, through writing poems, the scope and sound of words that inform, delight, and incite toward liberation. A two-time Pushcart nominee, his work has been featured in the Root, Afropunk, Wildness, Brooklyn Poets’ Poet of the Week, the Slowdown, Adroit Journal, the Schomburg Center’s & Photoville’s “Beloved” Exhibition, George Burton’s White Noise album, and elsewhere.
He has received support from organizations including Catapult, In Surreal Life, and New York University's Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, where he's currently a Goldwater Fellow and MFA Candidate. While working on the finishing touches of his debut collection of poems in New York City, Dante remains steadfast in his dream to create in a world where all his homies can prosper.
