Xan Phillips

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Xan Forest Phillips is an American poet and visual artist from rural Ohio. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Education

In 2014, Phillips received a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, where he majored in Creative Writing and minored in Africana Studies. [5] While at Oberlin, he served as a board member for the Center for Women and Trans People and completed a two-year research fellowship in Black Poetics. [5]

He received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Virginia Tech in 2016.

Writing

Phillips’ poetry has been featured in BOMB , Poets.org , Virginia Quarterly Review , The Offing, The Journal, Nashville Review , Ninth Letter , and Best Experimental Writing

Painting

Phillips' painting has appeared in The Kenyon Review , Poetry Project , and American Poets Magazine. [6]

Awards and distinctions

Phillips has received fellowships from Oberlin College, Cave Canem (2016–2017), [7] [8] The Conversation Literary Festival (2018), [9] Callaloo, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing (2019–2020), Brown University (2020–2021), [6] and University of Pittsburgh's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (2021–2023). [10] [11]

In 2020, he received Lambda Literary's Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers. [12] [13]

Awards for Phillips' writing
YearWorkAward / HonorResultRef.
2021HULL Whiting Award for PoetryWinner [11]
2016Reasons for Smoking The Seattle Review Chapbook ContestWinner [6]
2016"For a Burial Free of Sharks"Gigantic Sequins Contest for PoetryWinner [14]

Publications

Anthology contributions

References

  1. ↑ "Xan Forest Phillips". Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Brown University.
  2. ↑ "About Xan Phillips". XanPhillips.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Xan Phillips – Nightboat Books". April 28, 2023. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ yourdailyqueer. "Xan Phillips". Tumblr. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "CV". Xan Phillips. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Xandria Phillips | Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America". Brown University. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Blog Archive » Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2018 Fellows". #ConvoLit2018. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ McKenzie, Jessica (June 23, 2021). "CAAPP names poet Xandria Phillips as new creative writing fellow". The Pitt News. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Xandria Phillips selected as next CAAPP creative writing fellow". University Times. 53 (22). University of Pittsburgh. July 2, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Lambda Announces Markowitz Award Winners". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ Gentes, Brian (May 6, 2020). "Xandria Phillips and Calvin Gimpelevich Win 2020 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging Writers". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Contests". Gigantic Sequins: a literary arts journal. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
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