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Carol Clark Ottesen
Carol Clark Ottesen received a bachelor’s in music from Brigham Young University and a master’s from California State University at Dominguez Hills. She also did graduate work at Claremont Graduate School. She is a former writing instructor at California State University, Los Angeles Harbor College, and BYU. For two years she and her husband taught English at Shandong Medical University and then at Peking University, People’s Republic of China. She has a book of poetry, Line upon Line (1975), and a nonfiction book about teaching culturally diverse students. Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in several publications. She has taught in seminary and institute programs of the church. She and her husband have six children and live in Mapleton, Utah. For Christmas 2003 they went to Honduras on a humanitarian project. [from Discoveries: Two Centuries of Poems by Mormon Women, 110]

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Also Known As Carol C. Ottesen; Carol Clark
Religion LDS
Birth Date 1930
Spouse Sterling E. Ottesen
Children Six children
Education Degrees in English and Music from BYU and from CSU. She has done doctoral work at Claremont College, Ca.

Works by Carol Clark Ottesen
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YearGenre
A Point in Perception1972Criticism
The Great Wall2000Personal Essay
Reality and Imagination: Letter to a Friend1982Personal Essay
Creation and MePersonal Essay
The Kiss2004Poetry
The Crow at 4:00 A.M.2000Poetry
A Mother's Blessing2000Poetry
The Sweet Potato Man: Jinan, Shandong, China2000Poetry
Woman with Bound Feet: Christian Church, Jinan, Shandong, China2000Poetry
Fertility1999Poetry
Line Upon Line1975Poetry Collection
Prodigal1965Poetry
A Certain SoundPoetry
The Father and the MotherPoetry
Psalm for WomanPoetry
Sing a New SongPoetry
StrokePoetry
Winter BurialPoetry






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