Leila Philip


Leila Philip is an American writer, poet and educator.
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Life

Leila Philip grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, with a A.B. in Comparative Literature and a Fifth-Year Degree in East Asian Studies From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu, then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction.
Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University, Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence. In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program.
Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast, The Chenango Valley Writers Conference, and Fairfield University. Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University.

Anthologized

  • 2015: Brief Encounters, edited by Judith Kitchen,
  • 2010: Why We're Here, edited by Bob Cowser,
  • 2008: Creating Nonfiction, edited by Becky Bradway,
  • 1993: Maiden Voyages, edited by Mary Morris,

Awards and honors