Phillip B. Williams

Phillip B. Williams is the author of the poetry collections Thief in the Interior and Mutiny, as well as the novel Ours. He is a professor of creative writing at Rice University.
Poem of the Week

Paradise

Phillip B. Williams
April 29, 2026
Folio

Black Hauntology: An Introduction

The ghosts that endure
Phillip B. Williams
July 11, 2022
Floral pattern. Detail from Samuel Jesserun de Mesquita, Stylized Floral Pattern, ca. 1905. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Poetry

Mushmouf’s Maybe-Crown

Phillip B. Williams
September 1, 2020