Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is the author of over a dozen books of poetry, most recently Measures (2013) and Navigation: Selected Poems, 1985–2010. His work, both poetry and commentary, regularly appears in various national and local poetry journals. He edited and wrote the introduction for a book on the early essays of James Joyce, Joyce on Ibsen (2008). Phillips is also the author of the novel, Hope (2007).
Along with Martha Ronk and Paul Vangelisti, Phillips was a founding editor of Littoral Books, which has 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 a 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 Humanities and Sciences at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, 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.
Along with Martha Ronk and Paul Vangelisti, Phillips was a founding editor of Littoral Books, which has 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 a 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 Humanities and Sciences at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, 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.