In the Blood: Poems by Carl Phillips

In the Blood: Poems

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In the Blood: Poems by Carl Phillips

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

In the Blood: Poems

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A new edition of the first book of poems from the Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Phillips, with a new afterword.

I am no mystic. I know
nothing rises that doesn't
know how to already.
In my ears, only the clubbed
foot of routine, no voices, no

clatter of dreams: but I saw
what I saw

Even in his first book of poems, the deep contradictions in Carl Phillips's work are already pronounced. Here is a subtle poet, attuned to the simple honesty of everyday speech, and yet steeped in classical allusion. Life here is quiet, yet burning with anger and unavoidable desire. Offering intimate statements of passion and yet retaining a private withholding, these poems take as their primary subject the body--growing, aging, loving--and spirit that fills the flesh.

When In the Blood was selected for the 1992 Morse Poetry Prize, Carl Phillips was a high-school Latin teacher. Thirty years later, he has written seventeen books of poetry, has received the Pulitzer Prize, and is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary poetry.
Book Details
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN:
9780374608866
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
128
Authors:
Carl Phillips
Published Date:
2026-03-17
Language:
English
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About Carl Phillips

Carl Phillips won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007–2020 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022). Born in Everett, Washington, he earned a BA from Harvard University and an MA from Boston University. He is a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His earlier collections include Cortège (Graywolf, 1995). His honors include the 2021 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Library of Congress.

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