“carl phillips”

"The light, for as far as""I can see, is that of any number of late" "afternoons I remember still: how the light""seemed a bell; how it seemed I'd been living""insider it, waiting - I'd heard all about" "that one clear note it gives. "--from "Late Apollo III" In "The Rest of Love," his seventh book,... More

The singer turning thisand that way, as if watching the song itself--the words to the song--leave him, as helets each go, the wind carrying most of it, some of the words, falling, settling intoinstead that larger darkness, where the smaller darknesses that our lives were lie softly down."--from "Rid... More

"Speak Low "is the tenth book from one of America's most distinctive-- and one of poetry's most essential--contemporary voices. Phillips has long been hailed for work provocative in its candor, uncompromising in its inquiry, and at once rigorous and innovative in its attention to craft. Over the cou... More

Graceful and resonant new work by a lyric poet at the height of his skill. "As I understand it, I could""call him. Though it would help, ""it is not required that I give him""a name first. Also, nothing""says he stops, then, or must turn."--from "The Figure, the Boundary, the Light" In the art of fa... More

Striking new poems from a writer whose "lyric gift . . . outstrips all diversionary maneuvers." (Carol Moldaw, "The Antioch Review") "The light, for as far as""I can see, is that of any number of late" "afternoons I remember still: how the light""seemed a bell; how it seemed I'd been living""insider... More

"Quiver of Arrows "is a generous gathering from Carl Phillips's work that showcases the twenty-year evolution of one of America's most distinctive--and one of poetry's most essential--contemporary voices. Hailed from the beginning of his career for a poetry provocative in its candor, uncompromising ... More

What happens when the world as we've known it becomes divided, when the mind becomes less able--or less willing--to distinguish reality from what is desired? In "Riding Westward," Carl Phillips wields his celebrated gifts for syntax and imagery that are unmistakably his own--speculative, athletic, i... More

Praise for "In the Blood" "An astonishing debut by an African-American poet with mandarin grace and surpassing elegance of form married to unflinchingly bold and discerning content. Phillips refuses to write what might be expected of him on any subject, whether it's gender, race, faith, or morality.... More

With "From the Devotions," Carl Phillips takes us even further into that dangerous space he has already made his own, where body and soul--ever restless--come explosively together. Speaking to a balance between decorum and pain, he offers here a devotional poetry that argues for faith, even without ... More

"Carl Phillips' passionate and lyrical poems read like prayers, with a prayer's hesitations, its desire to be utterly accurate, its occasional flowing outbursts. Their affinity with John Donne is apparent, as they range from the mystical to the erotic. A third intensity is their devotion to language... More