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XANDRIA PHILLIPS IS A WHITING AWARD-WINNING POET, AND VISUAL ARTIST FROM RURAL OHIO. THE RECIPIENT OF A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD, AND THE JUDITH A. MARKOWITZ AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS, XANDRIA IS THE AUTHOR OF HULL (NIGHTBOAT BOOKS 2019) AND REASONS FOR SMOKING, WHICH WON THE 2016 SEATTLE REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST JUDGED BY CLAUDIA RANKINE. THEY HAVE RECEIVED FELLOWSHIPS FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY, CALLALOO, CAVE CANEM, THE CONVERSATION LITERARY FESTIVAL, OBERLIN COLLEGE, THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE WRITING, AND ARE THE 2021-2023 CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY AND POETICS FELLOW. THEIR CURRENT PROJECTS INCLUDE AN EXPERIMENTAL NONFICTION MANUSCRIPT, A BOOK OF EKPHRASTIC POETRY, AND AN EVER-GROWING VISUAL ART STUDIO PRACTICE. XANDRIA’S POETRY HAS APPEARED IN BERLIN QUARTERLY REVIEW, BOMB MAGAZINE, CRAZYHORSE, POETS.ORG, AND VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW AND ANTHOLOGIES SUCH AS BEST EXPERIMENTAL WRITING (WESLYAN PRESS 2020) AND WE WANT IT ALL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL TRANS POETICS (NIGHTBOAT BOOKS 2020). THEIR PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN KENYON REVIEW, THE POETRY PROJECT, AND THE COVER OF AMERICAN POETS MAGAZINE.
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