Leila Philip

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Leila Philip
BornNew York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor of Arts;
Master of Fine Arts
Alma materPrinceton University;
Columbia University
GenresPoetry; Non-Fiction
SpouseGarth Evans
Website
leilaphilip.com

Leila Philip (born April 18, 1961 in New York City) is an American writer, poet and educator. She is the author of award-winning books of nonfiction which have received glowing national reviews. Her books include: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family, Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States, The Road Through Miyama) and one collection of poetry (Water Rising). Philip has been anthologized in a number of books, including: Brief Encounters,[1] Teaching Creative Non-Fiction, Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers; Family Travels: The Farther You Go the Closer You Get; Japan: True Stories of Life on the Road, A Woman's Passion for Travel. She has contributed articles and reviews to newspapers, magazines, research [2] and journals including Ploughshares, The Christian Science Monitor,[3] Studio Potter Magazine,[4] the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Daily Yomiuri. Philip was a contributing columnist at The Boston Globe. She has written about art for Artcritical,[5] Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas[6] and Art in America.[7] She is the Contributing Editor of Riverteeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative.[8] In 2018, with writer Robin Hemley, she founded the online journal Speculative Nonfiction.

Life[edit]

Leila Philip grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, with a A.B. in Comparative Literature and a Fifth-Year Degree in East Asian Studies[9] From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu,[10] then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction.[9]

Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University,[11] Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence.[12] In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program.[13]

Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast,[14] The Chenango Valley Writers Conference,[15] and Fairfield University.[16] Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University[17]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. Twelve Books. Hachette Publishing Group. 2022. ISBN 9781538755198. "Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America."
  • Philip, Leila (2015). "Water Rising". River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. 15 (2). New Rivers Press: 1–2. doi:10.1353/rvt.2014.0008. S2CID 201777731.[18]

A collaboration between Leila Philip and her partner Garth Evans.[19] 100% of the purchase price have been donated to environmental stewardship.[20]

One woman's journey to uncover her family's history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.[21][22]

Winner of the Victorian Society Book Award[23]

Examines the evolving roles of women in Japan and the implications for Japanese society.[24]

The story of Leila Philip's journey to Miyama[25]–a village settled almost four centuries ago by seventy Korean potters–where she was accepted as an apprentice into the workshop and home of master potter Kazy Nagayoshi and his wife, Reiko.[26] The Road Through Miyama brings a charming look at pottery lore and technique, in particular at modern aspirations and traditional attitudes in Japanese life.[27]

Has been included as a travel guide of Japan by National Geographic[28]

Winner of the PEN 1990 Martha Albrand Citation for Nonfiction[29]

Anthologized[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

Published interviews[edit]

  • 2012: The Future of Longform: exploring the Space between Writers and Readers in the new Media Galaxy, "Picturing the Essay", interviewed by Pepi Ronalds, Melbourne, Australia

Future of Long Form[41]

  • 2011: Writers on the Fly: Unesco Project: Cities of Literature, Iowa City. Interviewed by Ben Hill.

On the Fly: Leila Philip[42]

  • 2010: River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers, edited by Nina Shengold (interview format), SUNY press[43]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kitchen, Judith; Lenney, Dinah (November 9, 2015). Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393351002.
  2. ^ Merolli, Barbara; Philip, Leila. "Opposites Attract: Connecting Science and Literature. An Experience of Embedded Librarianship" (PDF). October Conference: Making Connections and Cultivating Community. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tourism on the upswing in Harlem. Europeans, Asians among those interested in area's culture - CSMonitor.com". Christian Science Monitor. csmonitor.com. November 24, 1987. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Studio Potter Magazine - Publications". Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Leila Philip, Author at artcritical artcritical". Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "A/P/A Institute at the College Art Association Annual Conference – Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU". nyu-apastudies.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Honolulu Museum of Art » Toshiko Takaezu: Toward a New Island Modernism | Leila Philip". honolulumuseum.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Leila Philip - River Teeth Journal". riverteethjournal.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Leila Philip | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  10. ^ "Dialogues in Clay | Victoria and Albert Museum". vam.ac.uk. November 5, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  11. ^ "The literature of fact (The Colgate Scene, November 2001)". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Columbus News and Obituary Index". columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Leila S. Philip | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  14. ^ "Maine Humanities Council: Stonecoast MFA Podcast". mainehumanities.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  15. ^ "Around the College". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  16. ^ CAS administration Fairfield University[dead link]
  17. ^ "Faculty | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  18. ^ "Water Rising: Garth Evans and Leila Philip - artcritical artcritical". Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "DIAGRAM :: Leila Philip and Garth Evans". thediagram.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  20. ^ "The Humble Essayist". the-humble-essayist.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  21. ^ "Apples & History: a Q & A with Leila Philip | Rural Intelligence". ruralintelligence.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  22. ^ Smith, Dinitia (November 2001). "An Estate Lives On, Thanks to Apples - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  23. ^ a b "Victorian Society in America: Metropolitan Chapter: Newsletter". vicsocny.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  24. ^ "Academic Programs | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  25. ^ "Robert Yellin's Japanese Pottery Blog: November 2007". e-yakimono.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  26. ^ "The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip | ahorseandacarrot". ahorseandacarrot.wordpress.com. May 10, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  27. ^ "THE ROAD THROUGH MIYAMA by Leila Philip | Kirkus Reviews". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  28. ^ "Travel Library - Asia - National Geographic Traveler". Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  29. ^ "Object | New Acquisitions | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". asia.si.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  30. ^ Kitchen, J.; Lenney, D. (2015). Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393351002. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  31. ^ "Leila Philip" at Google Books.
  32. ^ "Creating Nonfiction" at Google Books.
  33. ^ Morris, M. (2012). Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307766472. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  34. ^ "Summer Stipends Awards 2014 | National Endowment for the Humanities". neh.gov. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  35. ^ "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  36. ^ "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  37. ^ "AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881: Fellowships Directory". aauw.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  38. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  39. ^ Ball, D. (2008). NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers. DIANE Publishing Company. p. 34. ISBN 9781437907322. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  40. ^ "Leila Philip (Author of The Road Through Miyama)". goodreads.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  41. ^ "Picturing the essay: The Future of Long Form: exploring the space between writers and readers in the new media galaxy". futureoflongform.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  42. ^ "On the Fly: Leila Philip - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  43. ^ River of Words. sunypress.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

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