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American poet, writer, and professor
Patrick Phillips
Occupation Poet, writer, professor Language English Nationality American Notable works
Blood at the Root
Patrick Phillips is an American poet, writer, and
professor . He teaches writing and literature at
Stanford University ,
[1] and is a Carnegie Foundation Fellow and a fellow of the Cullman Center for Writers at the
New York Public Library .
[2] He has been a
Fulbright Scholar at the
University of Copenhagen , and previously taught writing and literature at
Drew University .
[3]
[4] He grew up in
Georgia and now lives in
San Francisco .
Works
Phillips' 2015 poetry collection, Elegy for a Broken Machine (
Alfred A. Knopf ), was a finalist for the
National Book Award for Poetry . His poems have appeared in many magazines, including Poetry ,
Ploughshares ,
[4]
The American Poetry Review ,
[5]
Harvard Review ,
[6]
DoubleTake ,
New England Review , and
Virginia Quarterly Review ,
[7] and have been featured on
Garrison Keillor 's show The Writer's Almanac on
National Public Radio .
[8]
Phillips' 2016 non-fiction book
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America was named a best book of the year by
The Boston Globe ,
The New York Times , and
Smithsonian magazine .
[2]
Phillips has also served as a faculty member for the annual Conference on Poetry at
The Frost Place in New Hampshire.
[9]
Honors and awards
Published works
References
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"Patrick Phillips" .
Stanford University . Retrieved March 14, 2023 .
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b
"Writers at Drew" .
Drew University . Retrieved March 14, 2023 .
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"English Department - Drew University" . depts.drew.edu .
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b
"Read By Author - Ploughshares" . www.pshares.org .
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"Aprweb.org" . Archived from
the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2010 .
^ Phillips, Patrick (Spring 2008).
"In the Beginning" .
Harvard Review . 34 . Archived from
the original on October 13, 2008.
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"Patrick Phillips - VQR Online" . www.vqronline.org .
^ Media, American Public.
"The Writer's Almanac: Patrick Phillips" . writersalmanac.publicradio.org .
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"2015 Conference on Poetry Faculty" (PDF) . Retrieved March 14, 2023 .
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"NEA: 2009 GRANT AWARDS: Literature Fellowships (Poetry)" . Archived from
the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009 .
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a
b
"Past ASF Translation Prize Winners - ASF" . October 23, 2015.
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"Winners & Finalists - Tufts Poetry Awards" . www.cgu.edu .
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"The Nation" .
External links
Official Website - PatrickPhillipsBooks.com
"Stray Questions for: Patrick Phillips", Gregory Cowles, The New York Times , October 24, 2008
"Watching the Surface for a Sign" , video of readings and an interview with Natasha Trethewey, Southern Spaces: An Interndisciplinary Journal about the regions, places, and cultures of the American South , Emory University, April 14, 2009
From the Fishouse: An Audio Archive of Emerging Poets: Patrick Phillips
American Life in Poetry , Selected and Introduced by Ted Kooser: "Matinee" by Patrick Phillips