christopher phelps
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In 2003 I received degrees in physics and philosophy from MIT, only to find poetry progressively possessing me. Taking Rilke’s advice, I’ve since lived simply and patiently.
Steps Toward. . .
In 2008 I began submitting manuscripts to literary journals I admire.
"This Is Yours," (mp3) my first published poem, appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of FIELD.
"Word" (mp3) appears in the first issue of Artifice Magazine.
"Forget Yourselves" (mp3) appears in the March 11, 2010 issue of The New Republic.
"Pigeonholes" (mp3) appears in the Spring 2010 issue of Tar River Poetry.
"Gadhya" (mp3) and "Virginia" (mp3) appear in the Spring 2010 issue of Cimarron Review.
"Trick" (mp3) appears in the September-October 2010 issue of The Gay & Lesbian Review.
"An Ouroboros" (mp3) appears in the October 2010 online issue of PANK, and in the print PANK #5.
"Five Ripe Eyes" (mp3) appears in the January 2011 issue of Meridian.
"Morning Exercises" (mp3) appears in LEVELER.
"In the Space Below" (mp3) and "Unified Field" (mp3) appear in the Spring 2011 issue of CUTTHROAT.
"I Am A Natural Wonder" (mp3) appears in the ongoing collaboration I Am A Natural Wonder.
"Flow (Go)" (mp3) and "Jamais Vu" (mp3) appear in The Awl.
"Back-burning" and "Godfly" (video) appear in Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality.
Eight aphorisms appear on All Aphorisms, All the Time.
"In Fluorescence" will appear in Lumina.
"Stars by Other Means" will appear in The Kenyon Review.
"Embodiment" and "Nursing Home" will appear in KROnline.
"Modernity" will appear in New York Quarterly.
"Mound" will appear in Boston Review.
In lieu of a definitive poetics, here are two poetical poems: "Poems as Miniature Worlds" (mp3) and "Anything Goes" (mp3).
In February of 2010 I gave my first reading, at the release party for the first issue of Artifice Magazine. I had a human mike stand.
