Leila Philip

Leila Philip (born April 18, 1961 in New York City) is an American writer, poet and educator. She is the author of three books of memoir[1] and narrative non-fiction (A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family, Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States, The Road Through Miyama) and one collection of poetry (Water Rising). Philip has been anthologized in a number of books, including: Brief Encounters,[2] Teaching Creative Non-Fiction, Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers; Family Travels: The Farther You Go the Closer You Get; Japan: True Stories of Life on the Road, A Woman’s Passion for Travel. She has contributed articles and reviews to newspapers, magazines, research [3] and journals including Ploughshares, The Christian Science Monitor,[4] Studio Potter Magazine,[5] the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Daily Yomiuri. Philip has written about art for Artcritical,[6] Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas[7] and Art in America.[8] She is the Contributing Editor of Riverteeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative.[9]

Leila Philip
BornNew York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor of Arts;
Master of Fine Arts
Alma materPrinceton University;
Columbia University
GenresPoetry; Non-Fiction
SpouseGarth Evans
Website
leilaphilip.com

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[10] From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu,[11] then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction.[10]

Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University,[12] Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence.[13] In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program.[14]

Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast,[15] The Chenango Valley Writers Conference,[16] and Fairfield University.[17] Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University[18]

Bibliography
  • Water Rising. New Rivers Press. 2015.[19]

A collaboration between Leila Philip and her partner Garth Evans.[20] 100% of the purchase price have been donated to environmental stewardship.[21]

One woman's journey to uncover her family's history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.[22][23]

Winner of the Victorian Society Book Award[24]

Examines the evolving roles of women in Japan and the implications for Japanese society.[25]

The story of Leila Philip's journey to Miyama[26]–a village settled almost four centuries ago by seventy Korean potters–where she was accepted as an apprentice into the workshop and home of master potter Kazy Nagayoshi and his wife, Reiko.[27] The Road Through Miyama brings a charming look at pottery lore and technique, in particular at modern aspirations and traditional attitudes in Japanese life.[28]

Has been included as a travel guide of Japan by National Geographic[29]

Winner of the PEN 1990 Martha Albrand Citation for Nonfiction[30]

Anthologized

Awards and honors

Published interviews
  • 2012: The Future of Longform: exploring the Space between Writers and Readers in the new Media Galaxy, "Picturing the Essay", interviewed by Pepi Ronalds, Melbourne, Australia

Future of Long Form[42]

  • 2011: Writers on the Fly: Unesco Project: Cities of Literature, Iowa City. Interviewed by Ben Hill.

On the Fly: Leila Philip[43]

  • 2010: River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers, edited by Nina Shengold (interview format), SUNY press[44]

References
  1. Cowser Jr., Bob; Philip, Leila; Singer, Natalia Rachel (Spring 2011). "Aftershocks of Memoir". Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. 13 (1): 145–159. doi:10.1353/fge.2011.0008. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. Kitchen, Judith; Lenney, Dinah (November 9, 2015). Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393351002.
  3. Merolli, Barbara; Philip, Leila. "Opposites Attract: Connecting Science and Literature. An Experience of Embedded Librarianship" (PDF). October Conference: Making Connections and Cultivating Community. Dartmouth College. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  4. "Tourism on the upswing in Harlem. Europeans, Asians among those interested in area's culture - CSMonitor.com". csmonitor.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. http://thestudiopotterjournal.tumblr.com/1987_1992
  6. "Leila Philip, Author at artcritical artcritical". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  7. "A/P/A Institute at the College Art Association Annual Conference – Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU". nyu-apastudies.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  8. "Honolulu Museum of Art » Toshiko Takaezu: Toward a New Island Modernism | Leila Philip". honolulumuseum.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  9. "Leila Philip - River Teeth Journal". riverteethjournal.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  10. "Leila Philip | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  11. "Dialogues in Clay | Victoria and Albert Museum". vam.ac.uk. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  12. "The literature of fact (The Colgate Scene, November 2001)". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  13. "Columbus News and Obituary Index". columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  14. "Leila S. Philip | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  15. "Maine Humanities Council: Stonecoast MFA Podcast". mainehumanities.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  16. "Around the College". www4.colgate.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  17. http://www.fairfield.edu/media/CAS_administration.pdf
  18. "Faculty | College of Arts & Sciences | Ashland University". ashland.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  19. "Water Rising: Garth Evans and Leila Philip - artcritical artcritical". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  20. "DIAGRAM :: Leila Philip and Garth Evans". thediagram.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  21. "The Humble Essayist". the-humble-essayist.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  22. "Apples & History: a Q & A with Leila Philip | Rural Intelligence". ruralintelligence.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  23. "An Estate Lives On, Thanks to Apples - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  24. "Victorian Society in America: Metropolitan Chapter: Newsletter". vicsocny.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  25. "Academic Programs | College of the Holy Cross". college.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  26. "Robert Yellin's Japanese Pottery Blog: November 2007". e-yakimono.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  27. "The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip | ahorseandacarrot". ahorseandacarrot.wordpress.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  28. "THE ROAD THROUGH MIYAMA by Leila Philip | Kirkus Reviews". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  29. "Travel Library - Asia - National Geographic Traveler". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  30. "Object | New Acquisitions | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries". asia.si.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  31. Kitchen, J.; Lenney, D. (2015). Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393351002. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  32. "Leila Philip" at Google Books.
  33. "Creating Nonfiction" at Google Books.
  34. Morris, M. (2012). Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307766472. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  35. "Summer Stipends Awards 2014 | National Endowment for the Humanities". neh.gov. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  36. "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  37. "College of the Holy Cross". news.holycross.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  38. "AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881: Fellowships Directory". aauw.org. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  39. http://www.furthermore.org/archives.html
  40. Ball, D. (2008). NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers. DIANE Publishing Company. p. 34. ISBN 9781437907322. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  41. "Leila Philip (Author of The Road Through Miyama)". goodreads.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  42. "Picturing the essay: The Future of Long Form: exploring the space between writers and readers in the new media galaxy". futureoflongform.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  43. "On the Fly: Leila Philip - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  44. "River of Words". sunypress.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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