A New Cadence
Poetry Series
Presents
Dennis
Phillips
Reading from his work
7:30pm
@
@
Felix Kulpa Gallery
107 Elm Street
Santa Cruz CA 95060
Free
Dennis Phillips is the author of twelve books
of poetry, including Arena, Credence, Sand, and most
recently Study for the Possibility of
Hope (Pie in the Sky Press) and Navigation: Selected Poems, 1985 – 2010
(Otis Books/Seismicity Editions) .
His work, both poetry and commentary, regularly appears in various national and
local poetry journals. In 1998 he edited and wrote the introduction for a book
on some of the early essays of James Joyce, Joyce
On Ibsen. His novel, Hope, came
out in 2007.
Phillips was a founding editor of Littoral Books, which published works by
authors such as Amiri Baraka, Norma Cole, Ray DiPalma, and Stephen Ratcliffe.
Besides his work with Littoral, over
the years Phillips has contributed in various ways to other literary endeavors,
including as the Book Review Editor of Sulfur,
as Poetry Editor of the L.A. Weekly,
as an enthusiastic staff member of the College of Neglected Science, and as the
Director of the Beyond Baroque literary foundation.
Phillips is a professor in the department of
Histories, Theory and Practices at Art Center College of Design, where he has
been teaching literature and writing since 1979. Additionally, he is on the
faculty of the Graduate Writing Program at Otis College of Art and Design.
He lives in Pasadena, California.
1 comment:
sorry, what DATE is the event? thanks
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