His poetry books include Shrapnel Maps, Pictures at an Exhibition, and Sand Opera. He has published poems, essays, and reviews in literary journals and magazines including Poetry,[1]American Poetry Review, New England Review, Tin House,[2]Ploughshares, New American Writing, Massachusetts Review, and others.[3][4][5] His work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry; The New American Poetry of Engagement; With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century;[6]A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry (2011); I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights (2009);[7] and Inclined to Speak: Contemporary Arab American Poetry (2008).
In 2019, Metres was a faculty member at the 2019 Conference on Poetry at The Frost Place. He teaches issues related to nonviolent resistance and peacebuilding in the United States, Middle East, and Northern Ireland.[11][12] Of Lebanese descent on his father's side, Metres plays a role in the Arab-American literary scene. Metres currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, the writer Amy Breau, and their two daughters. His family of origin includes psychologists Kay Dannemann Metres (mother) and Phil Metres Jr. (father), entrepreneur Katherine Metres (sister), and attorney David Metres (brother).
Honorsedit
Metres' honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lannan Literary Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, three Arab American Book Awards in poetry, the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, seven Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards, the Beatrice Hawley Award, the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry (2019), the Lyric Poetry Prize (2016), the Anne Halley Prize for best poem by Massachusetts Review (2012), the Cleveland Arts Prize (Emerging Artist) (2010),[13] Jury Prize for To See the Earth (Lit's Literary Showcase, 2008), Twin Cranes Peace Poem Prize; "For the Fifty Who Formed PEACE with Their Bodies," and a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship (2001).
His first book, Behind the Lines, received the International PeaceWriting Award. During his Thomas J. Watson Fellowship (1992–93), he began to translate contemporary Russian poetry, and he has since published numerous translations of the poetry of Sergey Gandlevsky, Lev Rubinstein, and Arseny Tarkovsky.
Published worksedit
Full-Length Poetry Collections (Original Poems and Translations)edit
I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky. Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2015. ISBN9780996316705, OCLC 903473794
Compleat Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Poems by Lev Rubinstein. Translation by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky. Ugly Duckling Press, 2014.
To See the Earth. Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2008. ISBN9781880834817, OCLC 183926612
Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein. Translation by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2004. ISBN9780972768443, OCLC 56018819[14]
A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky. Translation by Philip Metres. Boston, MA: Zephyr Press, 2003. ISBN9780939010752, OCLC 54022686
Criticismedit
The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance. Essays on Poetry. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2018. ISBN978-0472037285
"Beyond Grief and Grievance: The poetry of 9/11 and its aftermath." Poetry Foundation website.
"Poems for Peace." Poetry Foundation website.
"By Ambush and Stratagem: Poems of War and Peace in the Age of Pure War." Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Poetry. Ed. Cary Nelson. New York: Oxford UP, 2011.
"From Reznikoff to Public Enemy." Poetry Foundation website.
Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront Since 1941. Poetry Criticism and Social History. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2007. ISBN9780877459989, OCLC 470679294
Poetry Chapbooksedit
Returning to Jaffa. Doha, Qatar: Diode Editions, 2019.
A Concordance of Leaves. Doha, Qatar: Diode Editions, 2013. ISBN9781939728012, OCLC 852795874 Winner of 2014 Arab American Book Award.
abu ghraib arias. Denver, CO: Flying Guillotine Press, 2011. ISBN9781467532990, OCLC 809202989 Winner of 2012 Arab American Book Award.[15]
Thirty-Five New Pages. Translation. Lev Rubinstein. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011. OCLC 772000786
Ode to Oil. Cleveland Heights, OH: Kattywompus Press, 2011. ISBN9781936715015, OCLC 719239864
Instants. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006
Primer for Non-Native Speakers. Kent, OH: Wick Poetry Series, 2004.
Anthologies Editededit
Come Together: Imagine Peace: An Anthology of Peace Poems. Introduction by Philip Metres. Ed. Philip Metres, Ann Smith, and Larry Smith. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2008. ISBN9781933964225, OCLC 276888361
In Anthologyedit
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Ed. Melissa Tuckey. University of Georgia Press, 2008. ISBN978-0820353159, OCLC 1004957170
List of honors and awardsedit
Guggenheim Fellowship, Poetry, 2020
Arab American Book Award, Non-Fiction, 2019
Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry, 2019
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Poetry, 2016
Lyric Poetry Award, Poetry Society of America, 2016
Lannan Literary Fellowship, 2015.
George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize, 2015
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, 2014
Creative Workforce Fellowship, 2014
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Poetry, 2014
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 2013
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Poetry, 2012
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Criticism, 2012
Massachusetts Review Anne Halley Prize for Best Poem, 2012
Cleveland Arts Prize, Emerging Artist Award, 2010
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant, Criticism, 2009
To See the Earth, Jury Prize for the Lit's Literary Showcase, September 2008
"For the Fifty Who Formed PEACE With Their Bodies," First Place, Twin Cranes Peace Poem contest, 2004
"The Doors of Vereshchagin," First Place, New Words/Akron Art Museum contest, 2004
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Poetry, 2004
Behind the Lines, International PeaceWriting Award 2002
"Ashberries," The Best American Poetry, 2002
National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, 2001
Ross Lockridge Jr. Award for Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2001
Guy Lemmon Prize for Professional Writing, Indiana University, 2000
QALAM (Arab-American Literature) Contest, First Prize, Poetry, 1999
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1992-3
Referencesedit
^"Biography: Philip Metres". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Tin House. . Tin House. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"Poets for Living Waters: Three Poems by Philip Metres". Poets Gulf Coast. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"Third Factory/Notes to Poetry: Attention Span 2011 – Philip Metres". Third Factory. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Metres, Phil. "Baby Weight". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Hix, H.L. "Philip Metres' Answers". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Gregory, Alicia (16 July 2010). "Review: 'I Go to the Ruined Place'". Foreign Policy in Focus. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Poets, Academy of American. "About Philip Metres | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
^"Philip Metres". Vermont College of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
^"Phil Metres". RateMyProfessors.com. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"Philip Metres: The Poet Who Imagines Peace". Voices Education Project. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"Phil Metres Reads at His Poetry". Literary Cafe. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^Patton, Susan Ruiz. "Phil Metres, Poet: 2010 Emerging Artist Award for Literature". Cleveland Arts Prize. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"Instants by Philip Metres". Ugly Duckling Presse. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^. flyingguillotinepress.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13.
External linksedit
Philip Metres' personal website.
Philip Metres' "Behind the Lines" blog
Philip Metres' faculty page at John Carroll University
October 30, 2023
philip, metres, born, july, 1970, american, writer, poet, translator, scholar, essayist, metres, 2016born, 1970, july, 1970, diego, california, alma, matercollege, holy, cross, indiana, university, bloomington, genrepoetryspouseamy, breauhis, poetry, books, in. Philip Metres born July 4 1970 is an American writer poet translator scholar and essayist Philip MetresMetres in 2016Born 1970 07 04 July 4 1970 age 53 San Diego California U S Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross BA Indiana University Bloomington MA MFA PhD GenrePoetrySpouseAmy BreauHis poetry books include Shrapnel Maps Pictures at an Exhibition and Sand Opera He has published poems essays and reviews in literary journals and magazines including Poetry 1 American Poetry Review New England Review Tin House 2 Ploughshares New American Writing Massachusetts Review and others 3 4 5 His work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry The New American Poetry of Engagement With Our Eyes Wide Open Poems of the New American Century 6 A Face to Meet the Faces An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry 2011 I Go to the Ruined Place Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights 2009 7 and Inclined to Speak Contemporary Arab American Poetry 2008 Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors 3 Published works 3 1 Full Length Poetry Collections Original Poems and Translations 3 2 Criticism 3 3 Poetry Chapbooks 3 4 Anthologies Edited 3 5 In Anthology 4 List of honors and awards 5 References 6 External linksBiography editMetres was born in July 4 1970 in San Diego and grew up in Chicago 8 After receiving a B A magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross he went on to earn an M A English M F A poetry and Ph D English at Indiana University at Bloomington 9 He is currently a professor of English and Director of the Peace Justice and Human Rights program at John Carroll University 10 and is core faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts M F A program In 2019 Metres was a faculty member at the 2019 Conference on Poetry at The Frost Place He teaches issues related to nonviolent resistance and peacebuilding in the United States Middle East and Northern Ireland 11 12 Of Lebanese descent on his father s side Metres plays a role in the Arab American literary scene Metres currently resides in Cleveland Ohio with his wife the writer Amy Breau and their two daughters His family of origin includes psychologists Kay Dannemann Metres mother and Phil Metres Jr father entrepreneur Katherine Metres sister and attorney David Metres brother Honors editMetres honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship Lannan Literary Fellowship two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships three Arab American Book Awards in poetry the George W Hunt S J Prize a Creative Workforce Fellowship seven Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards the Beatrice Hawley Award the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry 2019 the Lyric Poetry Prize 2016 the Anne Halley Prize for best poem by Massachusetts Review 2012 the Cleveland Arts Prize Emerging Artist 2010 13 Jury Prize for To See the Earth Lit s Literary Showcase 2008 Twin Cranes Peace Poem Prize For the Fifty Who Formed PEACE with Their Bodies and a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship 2001 His first book Behind the Lines received the International PeaceWriting Award During his Thomas J Watson Fellowship 1992 93 he began to translate contemporary Russian poetry and he has since published numerous translations of the poetry of Sergey Gandlevsky Lev Rubinstein and Arseny Tarkovsky Published works editFull Length Poetry Collections Original Poems and Translations edit Shrapnel Maps Copper Canyon Press 2020 ISBN 9781556595639 Pictures at an Exhibition Akron Poetry Series 2016 ISBN 9781629220246 OCLC 915496761 Sand Opera Alice James Books 2015 ISBN 9781938584091 OCLC 879370638 I Burned at the Feast Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2015 ISBN 9780996316705 OCLC 903473794 Compleat Catalogue of Comedic Novelties Poems by Lev Rubinstein Translation by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky Ugly Duckling Press 2014 To See the Earth Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2008 ISBN 9781880834817 OCLC 183926612 Catalogue of Comedic Novelties Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein Translation by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky New York Ugly Duckling Presse 2004 ISBN 9780972768443 OCLC 56018819 14 A Kindred Orphanhood Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Translation by Philip Metres Boston MA Zephyr Press 2003 ISBN 9780939010752 OCLC 54022686Criticism edit The Sound of Listening Poetry as Refuge and Resistance Essays on Poetry Ann Arbor MI University of Michigan Press 2018 ISBN 978 0472037285 Beyond Grief and Grievance The poetry of 9 11 and its aftermath Poetry Foundation website Poems for Peace Poetry Foundation website By Ambush and Stratagem Poems of War and Peace in the Age of Pure War Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Poetry Ed Cary Nelson New York Oxford UP 2011 From Reznikoff to Public Enemy Poetry Foundation website Behind the Lines War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront Since 1941 Poetry Criticism and Social History Iowa City University of Iowa Press 2007 ISBN 9780877459989 OCLC 470679294Poetry Chapbooks edit Returning to Jaffa Doha Qatar Diode Editions 2019 A Concordance of Leaves Doha Qatar Diode Editions 2013 ISBN 9781939728012 OCLC 852795874 Winner of 2014 Arab American Book Award abu ghraib arias Denver CO Flying Guillotine Press 2011 ISBN 9781467532990 OCLC 809202989 Winner of 2012 Arab American Book Award 15 Thirty Five New Pages Translation Lev Rubinstein New York Ugly Duckling Presse 2011 OCLC 772000786 Ode to Oil Cleveland Heights OH Kattywompus Press 2011 ISBN 9781936715015 OCLC 719239864 Instants New York Ugly Duckling Presse 2006 Primer for Non Native Speakers Kent OH Wick Poetry Series 2004 Anthologies Edited edit Come Together Imagine Peace An Anthology of Peace Poems Introduction by Philip Metres Ed Philip Metres Ann Smith and Larry Smith Huron OH Bottom Dog Press 2008 ISBN 9781933964225 OCLC 276888361In Anthology edit Ghost Fishing An Eco Justice Poetry Anthology Ed Melissa Tuckey University of Georgia Press 2008 ISBN 978 0820353159 OCLC 1004957170List of honors and awards editGuggenheim Fellowship Poetry 2020 Arab American Book Award Non Fiction 2019 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry 2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Poetry 2016 Lyric Poetry Award Poetry Society of America 2016 Lannan Literary Fellowship 2015 George W Hunt S J Prize 2015 PEN Heim Translation Fund Grant 2014 Creative Workforce Fellowship 2014 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Poetry 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Poetry 2012 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Criticism 2012 Massachusetts Review Anne Halley Prize for Best Poem 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize Emerging Artist Award 2010 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant Criticism 2009 To See the Earth Jury Prize for the Lit s Literary Showcase September 2008 For the Fifty Who Formed PEACE With Their Bodies First Place Twin Cranes Peace Poem contest 2004 The Doors of Vereshchagin First Place New Words Akron Art Museum contest 2004 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Poetry 2004 Behind the Lines International PeaceWriting Award 2002 Ashberries The Best American Poetry 2002 National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship 2001 Ross Lockridge Jr Award for Creative Writing Indiana University 2001 Guy Lemmon Prize for Professional Writing Indiana University 2000 QALAM Arab American Literature Contest First Prize Poetry 1999 Thomas J Watson Fellowship 1992 3References edit Biography Philip Metres Poetry Foundation Retrieved 13 February 2012 Tin House Trash Issue 13 Fall 2002 Tin House Archived from the original on 19 June 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2012 Poets for Living Waters Three Poems by Philip Metres Poets Gulf Coast 28 May 2010 Retrieved 13 February 2012 Third Factory Notes to Poetry Attention Span 2011 Philip Metres Third Factory 21 September 2011 Retrieved 13 February 2012 Metres Phil Baby Weight Cleveland Magazine Retrieved 13 February 2012 Hix H L Philip Metres Answers Retrieved 13 February 2012 Gregory Alicia 16 July 2010 Review I Go to the Ruined Place Foreign Policy in Focus Retrieved 13 February 2012 Poets Academy of American About Philip Metres Academy of American Poets poets org Retrieved 2023 05 21 Philip Metres Vermont College of Fine Arts Retrieved 2023 05 21 Phil Metres RateMyProfessors com Retrieved 13 February 2012 Philip Metres The Poet Who Imagines Peace Voices Education Project Retrieved 13 February 2012 Phil Metres Reads at His Poetry Literary Cafe Retrieved 13 February 2012 Patton Susan Ruiz Phil Metres Poet 2010 Emerging Artist Award for Literature Cleveland Arts Prize Retrieved 13 February 2012 Instants by Philip Metres Ugly Duckling Presse Retrieved 13 February 2012 Flying Guillotine Press abu ghraib arias by Philip Metres flyingguillotinepress blogspot com Archived from the original on 2013 01 13 External links editPhilip Metres personal website Philip Metres Behind the Lines blog Philip Metres faculty page at John Carroll University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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