An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture
Carl Phillips Books
July 23, 1959
Carl Phillips is a highly acclaimed author whose poetry delves deeply into the complexities of human experience, particularly the realms of desire, the body, and spirituality. His poems are known for their precise, musical diction and a thoughtful, often meditative tone that invites readers to contemplate universal truths through specific imagery. Phillips explores the tension between physical reality and spiritual seeking, often weaving intricate tapestries of language that reveal the subtle nuances of emotion and relationships. His body of work stands as a testament to the power of language to explore the most intimate aspects of human existence.
Then the War
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY A new collection of poems from one of America’s most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips's Then the War I’m a song, changing. I’m a light rain falling through a vast darkness toward a different darkness. Carl Phillips has aptly described his work as an “ongoing quest”; Then the War is the next step in that meaningful process of self-discovery for both the poet and his reader. The new poems, written in a time of rising racial conflict in the United States, with its attendant violence and uncertainty, find Phillips entering deeper into the landscape he has made his own: a forest of intimacy, queerness, and moral inquiry, where the farther we go, the more difficult it is to remember why or where we started. Then the War includes a generous selection of Phillips’s work from the previous thirteen years, as well as his recent lyric prose memoir, “Among the Trees,” and his chapbook, Star Map with Action Figures. Ultimately, Phillips refuses pessimism, arguing for tenderness and human connection as profound forces for revolution and conjuring a spell against indifference and the easy escapes of nostalgia. Then the War is luminous testimony to the power of self-reckoning and to Carl Phillips as an ever-changing, necessary voice in contemporary poetry.
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"Then the War sees Carl Phillips turn his sharp and subtle gaze inward, charting the changing landscapes of his life and work in a collection of new and selected poems"--
A Concise History of Spain
- 456 pages
- 16 hours of reading
This updated edition traces Spain's history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities.
The book features an annotated translation of Pedro de Rada's chronicle, documenting Spain's Armada of the Strait, led by Don Diego Flores de Valdés from 1581 to 1584. Rada, as the official scribe, provides a detailed and neutral account of the expedition to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan. This historical narrative, previously kept private for centuries, offers unique insights into the maritime ventures of the era and the challenges faced by the armada.
All he wants to do is go home and be with the woman that he loves. How hard can that be?
Scattered Snows, to the North
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Carl Phillips's Scattered Snows, to the North is a collection about distortion and revelation, about knowing and the unreliability of a knowing that's based on human memory.