Phillip Barron

Poet

Portland, OR

Oregon US

Email:

pbarron@gmail.com

Website:

phillipbarron.com

Author's Bio

Phillip Barron's first book of poetry, What Comes from a Thing, won the 2015 Michael Rubin Book Award and will be published by Fourteen Hills Press. Elsewhere, his writing appears or is forthcoming in New American Writing, Brooklyn Rail, Fourteen Hills, Janus Head, Orion, Saw Palm, and Radical Philosophy Review. He is a member of the Community of Writers and served as the 2012 editor of Olympic Valley Review.

Publications & Prizes

Book:

What Comes from a Thing (Fourteen Hills Press, 2015)

Journals:

Brooklyn Rail

Fourteen Hills

Hinchas de Poesia

Janus Head

Prizes won:

Nicolas Guillen Book Award (2019), Michael Rubin Book Award (2015), William Dickey Fellowship for poetry, Linda A. Ironside Fund for the Arts Award, Davis-Putter Scholarship, Jonathan Edwards Essay Prize

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Born in:

Tampa, FL

Florida

Raised in:

Greenville, SC

South Carolina

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Last update: Jun 23, 2025