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.
Patrick Phillips | |
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Occupation | Poet, writer, professor |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Notable works | Blood at the Root |
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]