Philip Metres

Philip Metres is the author of ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon, 2020), The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance (University of Michigan Press, 2018), Pictures at an Exhibition (University of Akron Press, 2016), and Sand Opera (Alice James Books, 2015). His work has garnered a Guggenheim fellowship, a Lannan fellowship, the Adrienne Rich Award, and three Arab American Book Awards, among many other honors. He is a professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University and core faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts.