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Philip Metres

Philip Metres
Philip Metres has written numerous books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon). Winner of Guggenheim, Lannan, and NEA fellowships, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University.


The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

Philip Metres Considers the Borders Between the Earthly and the Divine
October 13, 2022  By Philip Metres
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The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation
February 3, 2021  By Philip Metres
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The Beggars of Beirut

A Poem by Philip Metres
August 11, 2020  By Philip Metres
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To Be the Poet of Troy:
An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

On Starting the Edward Said Library in the Gaza Strip
July 22, 2020  By Philip Metres
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A Poem by Philip Metres

From Shrapnel Maps
April 24, 2020  By Philip Metres
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To Expand the Moral Imagination in the Confines of Quarantine

Philip Metres Writes a Letter to His Students
March 30, 2020  By Philip Metres
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The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres on Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Anything, and the Stories of the Living
November 14, 2019  By Philip Metres
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On the Third Most Popular Poet of All Time

Philip Metres Reveals His Family Connections to Khalil Gibran, Poet of 'The Prophet'
September 17, 2018  By Philip Metres
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Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Philip Metres Offers a Brief History of Imperial Dementia
March 20, 2018  By Philip Metres
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Same As It Ever Was: Orientalism Forty Years Later

On Edward Said, Othering, and the Depictions of Arabs in America
January 23, 2018  By Philip Metres
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