Philip Belcher
Philip Belcher lives in Asheville, North Carolina. A graduate of Furman University, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Duke University School of Law, he also has an MFA in Poetry from Converse College and is the recipient of the Porter Fleming Prize in Poetry. Belcher’s poems and critical prose have appeared in numerous journals.
Reading List
On Lines from Plutarch’s Consolation to His Wife
. . . if I find your grief exceeds due measure I shall be more greatly distressed than by the misfortune itself. — Plutarch Upon learning of Timoxena’s death, unable to write her name until late in his letter, …
BEYOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Claudia Emerson Through Three Poems on Race
Beyond Autobiography: Claudia Emerson Through Three Poems on Race To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — “Curing Time” Claudia Emerson did not write many poems about race. In fact, in the …
The Mountains and the Swamp: An Interview with Poet Michelle Boisseau
Michelle Boisseau won the Tampa Review Prize in 2015, and her fifth book of poems, Among the Gorgons, was published by University of Tampa Press in April 2016. One of the poems from this book (“Ugglig”) was chosen by Edward Hirsch for Best …