Carl Phillips

Carl Phillips is the author of seventeen collections of poetry, including Scattered Snows, to the North. In 2023, his book Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007–2020 won the Pulitzer Prize.
On Writing

My First Book Outed Me

How writing poems changed the course of my life
Carl Phillips
January 26, 2026
Black-and-white photo of Ellen Bryant Voigt writing at her desk in 2015
Tribute

Ellen Bryant Voigt

Four poets remember a singular mentor
Catherine Barnett,
Victoria Chang,
Meghan O’Rourke,
and
Carl Phillips
October 28, 2025
Folio

Invitation

Carl Phillips
April 1, 2024
Essays

Community

Finding company on and off the page
Carl Phillips
October 10, 2022
Conversations

Three Queer Writers on Craft and Cruising

Garth Greenwell,
Richie Hofmann,
and
Carl Phillips
February 28, 2022
Corner of a windowed room with walls lit up red at night. Thomas Hawk / Creative Commons
Poetry

As the Rain Comes Down Harder

Carl Phillips
September 1, 2020
Abstract decay on a concrete wall. Tanakawho / Creative Commons
Poetry

Only Portions of the Map Still Legibly Survive

Carl Phillips
September 1, 2020
Poetry

For Long to Hold

Carl Phillips
April 1, 2014
From the Archives

The Plains of Troy

Carl Phillips
April 1, 2008