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Clarke Clayton

Clarke Clayton studied writing at Barnard College, where she received the Peter S. Prescott Prize and the Howard M. Teichmann Prize. Her stories appear in Storychord, Knee-Jerk, and Foundling Review. In 2013, she was the recipient of a residency grant from the Vermont Studio Center.

2013 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize

Winter 2014

Sculptures

By Clarke Clayton

I. His studio was always littered with the clay torsos of girls like us, ones with shallow navels and rib cages faintly visible underneath mottled skin. Louisa’s father was a […]

Clarke Clayton

Clarke Clayton studied writing at Barnard College, where she received the Peter S. Prescott Prize and the Howard M. Teichmann Prize. Her stories appear in Storychord, Knee-Jerk, and Foundling Review. […]