EP. 25: Rowan Ricardo Phillips, how do you write poetry and prose?

Sep 20

Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the award-winning author of three books of poems (Heaven, The Ground, and Living Weapon) and two essay collections (The Circuit and When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness), as well as a professor at Princeton University and Williams College.

During this episode, he shares his writing process for The Circuit and Living Weapon, his approach to writing poetry vs. prose, how he comes up with titles for his poems, and more!

Current curiosities:

Ben: 2020 NBA Playoffs

Rowan: Empathy

Rowan Ricardo Phillips: @rowanricardophillips

How Do You Do? Podcast: @hdydpod

Ben: @benhannani

Website: www.hdydpod.com

Our guests' jams can be found on the "HDYD Jams" playlist on Spotify!

[Rowan also his own awesome Spotify playlist: "The Rowan Tree"]

Sam Hannani