Philip Schultz
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Philip Schultz is an American poet, and the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including his most recent Failure (2007) co-winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize
in Poetry, Living in the Past (2004), and The Holy Worm of Praise (2002), all published by Harcourt
. He is also the author of Deep Within the Ravine ( Viking
1984), which was the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets
; Like Wings (Viking 1978, winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters
Award as well as a National Book Award nomination
) and the poetry chapbook, My Guardian Angel Stein (1986). His work has been published in The New Yorker
, Partisan Review
, The New Republic
, The Paris Review, Slate, among other magazines, and he is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Poetry to Israel and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship
in Poetry. He has also received, among others, a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship in Poetry (1981), a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (1985), as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.
Schultz founded The Writers Studio in 1987 after spending four years as the founder and director of New York University
's graduate creative writing program. The Writers Studio utilizes a method that emphasizes technique and emotional connection, making writers aware of the distinction between the actual writer and a narrative persona. Today it features an online program, workshops in New York City, San Francisco and Tucson, as well as a celebrated reading series in New York City.
Philip Schultz lives in East Hampton, NY with his wife, sculptor Monica Banks and their two sons, Elias and August.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
in Poetry, Living in the Past (2004), and The Holy Worm of Praise (2002), all published by Harcourt
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. He is also the author of Deep Within the Ravine ( Viking
Viking Press
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1984), which was the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets
Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of poetry. The Academy was incorporated as a "membership corporation" in New York State in 1934...
; Like Wings (Viking 1978, winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Award as well as a National Book Award nomination
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
) and the poetry chapbook, My Guardian Angel Stein (1986). His work has been published in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Partisan Review
Partisan Review
Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:...
, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, The Paris Review, Slate, among other magazines, and he is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Poetry to Israel and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in Poetry. He has also received, among others, a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship in Poetry (1981), a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (1985), as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.
Schultz founded The Writers Studio in 1987 after spending four years as the founder and director of New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
's graduate creative writing program. The Writers Studio utilizes a method that emphasizes technique and emotional connection, making writers aware of the distinction between the actual writer and a narrative persona. Today it features an online program, workshops in New York City, San Francisco and Tucson, as well as a celebrated reading series in New York City.
Philip Schultz lives in East Hampton, NY with his wife, sculptor Monica Banks and their two sons, Elias and August.
Works
- Like Wings, Viking Penguin, 1978
- Deep Within the Ravine, Viking Penguin, 1984
- My Guardian Angel Stein, State Street Press, 1986
- The Holy Worm of Praise, Harcourt, 2002
- Living in the Past, Harcourt, 2004
- Failure, Harcourt, 2007
- The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
- My Dyslexia, W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
External links
- The Writers Studio
- Philip Schultz interviewed about his memoir My Dyslexia, Oct. 2011
- The Villager, "Inside The Writers Studio" by Jennifer DeMerritt, January 3-9, 2007
- The New York Times, "New Yorkers & Co.; Open Your Checkbook, Then Just Open a Vein" by Leslie Berger, September 10, 2000
- Poets & Writers Magazine, "Trying on Voices for Size" by Duncan Bock, March/April 1998