Game day with Carl Phillips, who is gracious enough to play a game called "Apertures."
You can buy Carl Phillips's books -- particularly his newest, Then the War -- here at Loyalty Bookstores, a Black-owned independent bookstore in DC.
You can watch this terrific interview with Carl Phillips by Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles here.
Hear Carl read "Then the War" here (~2 min)
Hear Carl read "Among the Trees" here. Then make sure you send him a fan letter because this essay is freaking BEAUTIFUL.
Read Richie Hofmann's lovely and insightful review of Then the War in the LA Review of Books here.
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