Dennis Phillips (poet)
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Dennis Phillips (born 1951) is an American poet & novelist. He is the author of A World[1] (1989), Arena [1](1991), Book of Hours[2] (1996), Credence[1] (1996), and Sand[3] (2002), among other works of poetry, as well as the novel Hope[3] (2007).[4]
Life
[edit]Phillips attended the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied with Clayton Eshleman. He then attended graduate school at New York University. He is a professor in the Humanities and Science Department at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,[5]
He co-edited the poetry-section of the New Review of Literature, was a founding editor of Littoral Books, the first Book Review Editor of the magazine Sulfur and the L.A. Weekly's first poetry-editor, as well as a director of the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center.
Family
[edit]He lives in Pasadena, with his wife, artist Courtney Gregg, and their daughter.
Selected bibliography
[edit]- The Hero Is Nothing, Kajun Press, San Francisco (1985)
- A World, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles (1989)
- Arena, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles (1991)
- Means, Parenthesis Writing Series, San Diego (1991)
- 20 Questions, Jahbone Press, Los Angeles (1991)
- Book of Hours, ML NLF, Piacenza, Italy (1996)
- Credence, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles (1996)
- Study for the Ideal City, Seeing Eye Books. Los Angeles (1999)
- Sand, Green Integer, Los Angeles (2002)
- Hope, (A Novel) Green Integer, Los Angeles (2007)
- "Preface" (by Dennis Phillips), Tiresias: The Collected Poems of Leland Hickman, edited by Stephen Motika (Afterword by Bill Mohr), Nightboat Books, 2009.
- "Study for the Possibilities of Hope," Pie in the Sky Press, Los Angeles (2010)
- "Navigation: Selected poems 1985 - 2010," Seismicity Editions. (Afterword by George Albon.) Los Angeles (2011)
- "Sophia's Lament," Ninja Press, Los Angeles (2012)
- "Measures," Talisman House Publishers, Greenfield, MA (2013)
- "Mappa Mundi," Talisman House Publishers, Greenfield, MA (2019)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sun and Moon Press
- ^ ML NLF (Italy)
- ^ a b Green Integer
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (2022-12-09). "Dennis Phillips". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Dennis Phillips". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
External links
[edit]- Dennis Phillips Papers MSS 232. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
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