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Carl Phillips
“Scattered Snows, to the North,” a Poem by Carl Phillips
From the Collection “Scattered Snows, to the North”
By
Carl Phillips
| August 8, 2024
Carl Phillips on the Value of Silence for Writers
“Sometimes the problem is that we’re trying too hard.”
By
Carl Phillips
| October 28, 2022
“Little Shields, in Starlight”
A Poem by Carl Phillips
By
Carl Phillips
| February 8, 2022
The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape
Carl Phillips on Who's Winning the Oldest Annual Literary Award in America
By
Carl Phillips
| October 23, 2019
'Crossing,' A Poem by Carl Phillips
From His Collection
Wild Is the Wind
By
Carl Phillips
| May 13, 2019
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