Clewell is director of the creative writing program at Webster University. His online bio at the University website indicates that he has published seven poetry books, his most recent, The Low End of Higher Things. His noted awards include Pollak Poetry Prize (for Now We're Getting Somewhere as well as the Lavan Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets. His Blessings in Disguise was a winner in the National Poetry Series. He will replace the state's first poet laureate Walter Bargen.
Just to get a bit of a taste of Clewell's work, I found these links:
The Difference A Day Makes Part 1
Vegeterian Physics
