Phillip B. Williams is the author of the poetry collections “MUTINY” (Penguin, 2021), winner of the 2022 American Book Award and “Thief in the Interior” (Alice James Books, 2016), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Other works include the chapbooks “Burn” (YesYes books, 2013) and “Bruised Gospels” (Arts in Bloom Inc., 2011); and the novel “Ours” (Viking Books, 2024).

Williams is the recipient of a Whiting Award and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a Professor of Creative Writing at Rice University.