Visiting Writers Lecture Series

Carl Phillips is the author of twelve books of poetry, most recently Silverchest (FSG, 2013) and Double Shadow (FSG, 2011), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Other honors include the 2013 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, the Lambda Literary Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Library of Congress, and the Academy of American Poets. Phillips is Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.