Philip Metres is the author of thirteen books, including Dispatches from the Land of Erasure (2025), Fugitive/Refuge, and Sand Opera. His work has garnered fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Lannan Foundation, the NEA, and the Ohio Arts Council. He has received the William Carlos Williams Award, the Hunt Prize, the Adrienne Rich Award, three Arab American Book Awards, the Lyric Poetry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University and Core Faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA.
