E679 - Rowan Ricardo Phillips - Award Winning Poet And Writer Including "Silver", "The Ground" And "Heaven". Sportswriter. Poetry Editor Of The New Republic. Live Reading Of "The Triumph Of Song"!

Rowan Ricardo Phillips is an acclaimed American poet and writer. He’s the author of several books, including the poetry collection “Silver”, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and “I Just Want Them To Remember Me: Black Baseball In America”. He is also the author of the poetry collections The Ground, Heaven, Living Weapon and When Blackness Rhymes With Blackness. He’s also a sportswriter and he wrote The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey about the 2017 pro tour, and a book about Roberto Clemente. He is the recipient of an Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters...