Wellspring Literary Series: Patricia Clark

Each Wellspring Literary Series features poetry readings, musical performances and complimentary food.

Our featured poets are CMU student Autry Clark and poet Patricia Clark. Music will be provided by Sassafrass, a group of CMU student musicians.

Patricia Clark is the author of O Lucky Day (Madville, 2025) and Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars. A poem from O Lucky Day (“What My Father Wished For”) won a Pushcart Prize and will be published in the Pushcart Anthology vol L in 2026. She has recent work in Plume, Sheila-na-Gig, and Cimarron Review; other work is forthcoming in Diagram, Atlanta Review, North American Review, I-70 Review, and Great Lakes Review. Her poem “Astronomy: ‘In Perfect Silence’” was launched to the moon as part of the Lunar Codex on a Firefly Blue Ghost flight in January 2025. She taught for many years at Grand Valley State University in Michigan where she was the university’s poet in residence and poet laureate of the city of Grand Rapids from 2005-2007.

This event is free, open to all, and will have complimentary food from Pisanello's!