The recipient of awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and The Academy of American Poets, Phillips has taught at Harvard University, Boston University, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and Washington University, St. Louis, where he is associate professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies.

Carl Phillips on the Web:

• Carl Phillips at the Academy of American Poets
• Carl Phillips at Washington University in St. Louis

        On Thursday, March 4th at 8 p.m. in K-State Student Union 212, Carl Phillips will read from his work.