{"product_id":"silverchest-poems-carl-phillips","title":"Silverchest: Poems;  Carl Phillips","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilverchest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, his twelfth book, Carl Phillips considers how our fears and excesses, the damage we cause both to others and to ourselves, intentional and not, can lead not only to a kind of wisdom but also to renewal, maybe even joy, if we’re willing to commit fully to a life in which “I love you \/ means what exactly?” In poems shot through with his signature mix of eros, restless energy, and moral scrutiny, Phillips argues for the particular courage it takes to look at the self squarely—not with judgment but with understanding—and extend that self more honestly toward others: It’s a risk, there’s a lot to lose, but if it’s true that “we’ll drown anyway—why not in color?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApril 2, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"contentContainer\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--medium TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the highly acclaimed author of 10 collections of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was born in 1959 to an Air Force family, who moved regularly throughout his childhood, until finally settling in his high-school years at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Boston University and taught high-school Latin for eight years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis first book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1992 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize and was heralded as the work of an outstanding newcomer in the field of contemporary poetry. His other books are\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCortège\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1995), a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lambda Literary Award in Poetry;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1998), a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePastoral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000), winner of the Lambda Literary Award;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tether\u003c\/i\u003e, (2001), winner of the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRock Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2002);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Love: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2004 National Book Award finalist, for which Phillips also won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation Poetry Prize and the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Male Poetry;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiding Westward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2006);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiver of Arrows: Selected Poems, 1986-2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007); and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeak Low\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2009), a 2009 National Book Award finalist. Two additional titles were published in the 2003-04 academic year: a translation of Sophocles'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecame out in September 2003, and a book of essays,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in May 2004. Phillips is the recipient of, among others, a literature award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Witter Bynner Foundation Fellowship from the Library of Congress, the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, and the Academy of American Poets Prize. His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in such publications as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in anthologies, including eight times in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2006. He is a Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also teaches in the Creative Writing Program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885582709058,"sku":"","price":7.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/silver.jpg?v=1680542694","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/silverchest-poems-carl-phillips","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}