Phillip B. Williams is from Chicago, Illinois, and is the author of two collections of poetry: Thief in the Interior, which was the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Lambda Literary Award, and Mutiny, which was a finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection and the winner of a 2022 American Book Award. Williams is also the recipient of a Whiting Award and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently teaches in the MFA in creative writing program at New York University and is founding faculty of the Randolph College Low-res MFA.
2024 Festival Sessions
The Whiting Foundation Presents: Award Alumni on Their Latest Books
Saturday, November 16,
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC)
Reclaiming History: Novels that Reckon with Slavery
Sunday, November 17,
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Kirkus Tent