Clinton Crocket Peters

petersphotoA native West Texan, Clinton Crockett Peters has an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Iowa where he was an Iowa Arts Fellow. He is a Teaching Fellow pursuing a PhD in creative writing at the University of North Texas and has work published or forthcoming in Green Mountains Review, Upstreet, Waxwing, The Rumpus, American Literary Review, Los Angeles Review, and the Denton Record Chronicle. He has worked as an outdoor wilderness guide, an English teacher in Japan, and as a radio DJ.

Going on a Burn

It’s burning season. We circle around Mike, the fire boss, in his Iowa City toy-strewn backyard, while Mike, muscled and unshaven, toes an action figure the way a bear paws the open wound of a tree trunk. “Today’s a big … Continue reading