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Xan Phillips

ザン・フィリップス

Zan Firippusu

Aliases: Xandria Phillips / Xan Forest Phillips

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
rural Ohio
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
rural Ohio

Career

Occupations
poet, visual artist
Active Years
2014-2024
Affiliations
Cave Canem, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, Brown University, University of Pittsburgh's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics

Education

Oberlin College
Creative Writing
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation: 2014
Country: United States
Completed a two-year research fellowship in Black Poetics
Virginia Tech
Poetry
Degree: Master of Fine Arts
Year of Graduation: 2016
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
2021
Work: HULL
Category: Poetry
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
Judith A. Markowitz Award
2020
Category: Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers
Organization: Lambda Literary Foundation
Result: Winner
The Seattle Review Chapbook Contest
2016
Work: Reasons for Smoking
Organization: The Seattle Review
Result: Winner
Gigantic Sequins Contest for Poetry
2016
Work: For a Burial Free of Sharks
Category: Poetry
Organization: Gigantic Sequins
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Reasons for Smoking

2018 poetry chapbook

Hull

2019 poetry

Bibliography

  • Reasons for Smoking (2018)
  • Hull (2019)

Legacy

American poet and visual artist from rural Ohio, recognized for winning LGBTQ+ literary awards.

Trivia

  • Transgender poet
  • Sometimes categorized as non-binary writer
  • Lambda Literary Award winner