Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org)
Surrounded as we are, unlit, unshadowed (audio only)
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Author
Carl Phillips
Carl Phillips is the author of several books, including Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007–2020 (FSG/Carcanet, 2022). He is a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.