Leila Philip

Leila Philip
Born	(1961-04-18) April 18, 1961 (age 64) New York City, U.S.
Education	Princeton University (BA) Columbia University (MFA)
Genres	Poetry; Non-Fiction
Spouse	Garth Evans
Website
leilaphilip.com

Leila Philip (born April 18, 1961) is an American writer, poet and educator.

Life

Leila Philip grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, with a A.B. in Comparative Literature and a Fifth-Year Degree in East Asian Studies ^[1] From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu, ^[2] then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction. ^[1]

Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University, ^[3] Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence. ^[4] In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program. ^[5]

Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast, ^[6] The Chenango Valley Writers Conference, ^[7] and Fairfield University. ^[8] Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University. ^[9]

Bibliography

• Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. Twelve Books. Hachette Publishing Group. 2022. ISBN   9781538755198. "Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America."
• Philip, Leila (2015). "Water Rising" . River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. 15 (2). New Rivers Press: 1–2. doi:10.1353/rvt.2014.0008. S2CID   201777731. ^[10]

A collaboration between Leila Philip and her partner Garth Evans. ^[11]

• A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family . Viking. 2001. ISBN   978-0-6700-3013-2. A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family.

One woman's journey to uncover her family's history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place. ^{[12] [13]}

Winner of the Victorian Society Book Award ^[14]

• Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States. U.S. Japan Program Series, New York Japan Society. 1992. ISBN   9780685703670.

Examines the evolving roles of women in Japan and the implications for Japanese society. ^[15]

• The Road Through Miyama . Random House. 1989. ISBN   978-0-3945-7818-7. The Road Through Miyama.

The story of Leila Philip's journey to Miyama ^[16] –a village settled almost four centuries ago by seventy Korean potters–where she was accepted as an apprentice into the workshop and home of master potter Kazy Nagayoshi and his wife, Reiko. ^[17]

Anthologized

• 2015: Brief Encounters, edited by Judith Kitchen, (W. W. Norton & Company) ^[18]
• 2010: Why We're Here, edited by Bob Cowser, (Colgate University Press) ^[19]
• 2008: Creating Nonfiction, edited by Becky Bradway, (St. Martin's Press) ^[20]
• 1993: Maiden Voyages, edited by Mary Morris, (Vintage Books) ^[21]

Awards and honors

• 2020 Furthermore Publication Award, J.M, Kaplan Fund
• 2020 Society of Environmental Journalists Story Grant Award
• 2019 Michigan Humanities Council Fellowship
• 2017 American Antiquarian Society Artist & Writers Baron Fellowship for Historical Research
• 2015 Ct Arts /NEA Initiative Grant funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
• 2014: Pushcart Prize in Literature, Nomination for Water Rising
• 2014: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend ^[22]
• 2007: Guggenheim Fellowship, Literary Nonfiction ^[23]
• 2002: Publication Award, the Victorian Society of America ^[14]
• 2000: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in American Studies ^[24]
• 1999: American Association of University Women, American Fellowship ^[25]
• 1999: Furthermore, J.M. Kaplan Fund ^[26]
• 1994: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature ^[27]
• 1991: James Thurber Writer-in-Residence, The Ohio State University, Columbus ^[4]
• 1990: PEN/Martha Albrand Special Citation for Nonfiction. ^[28]

References

1. "Leila Philip | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
2. "Dialogues in Clay | Victoria and Albert Museum". vam.ac.uk. November 5, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
3. "The literature of fact (The Colgate Scene, November 2001)". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Columbus News and Obituary Index". columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
5. "Leila S. Philip | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
6. "Maine Humanities Council: Stonecoast MFA Podcast". mainehumanities.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
7. "Around the College". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. CAS administrationFairfield University Archived January 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
9. "Faculty | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
10. "Water Rising: Garth Evans and Leila Philip - artcritical artcritical". Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
11. "DIAGRAM :: Leila Philip and Garth Evans". thediagram.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
12. "Apples & History: a Q & A with Leila Philip | Rural Intelligence". ruralintelligence.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
13. Smith, Dinitia (November 2001). "An Estate Lives On, Thanks to Apples - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
14. "Victorian Society in America: Metropolitan Chapter: Newsletter". vicsocny.org. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
15. "Academic Programs | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
16. "Robert Yellin's Japanese Pottery Blog: November 2007". e-yakimono.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
17. "The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip | ahorseandacarrot". ahorseandacarrot.wordpress.com. May 10, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
18. Kitchen, J.; Lenney, D. (2015). Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. W. W. Norton. ISBN   9780393351002 . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
19. "Leila Philip" at Google Books.
20. "Creating Nonfiction" at Google Books.
21. Morris, M. (2012). Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN   9780307766472 . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
22. "Summer Stipends Awards 2014 | National Endowment for the Humanities". neh.gov. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
23. "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
24. "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
25. "AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881: Fellowships Directory". aauw.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
26. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
27. Ball, D. (2008). NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers. DIANE Publishing Company. p. 34. ISBN   9781437907322 . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
28. "Leila Philip (Author of The Road Through Miyama)". goodreads.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

External links

• "Leila Philip" at the author's website
• Leila Philip's Profile at her official Facebook page
• Water Rising at her news book's official website
• "Leila Philip" on Amazon's Author Central
• The Boston Globe
• College of the Holy Cross Archived September 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine professor profile
• Riverteeth
• Speculative Nonfiction