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Philip Heldrich, Ph.D.
- Ph.D., English Literature, Oklahoma State University, 1997.
| Office: | CP 130 |
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| Phone: | 253-692-4755 |
| E-mail: | pheld@u.washington.edu |
| Web: | http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/ |
Philip Heldrich is the author of two award-winning books, Out Here in the Out There: Essays in a Region of Superlatives (2005), Winner of the Mid-List Press First Series Award for Creative Nonfiction, and Good Friday (Texas Review Press, 2000), Winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. His fiction has also been widely published in such journals and anthologies as North American Review, Southwestern American Literature, Texas Bound III: 22 Texas Stories, and Our Working Lives: Short Stories of People and Work. His literary criticism and reviews with interests in Native American literatures and twentieth-century poetry and fiction have appeared in such journals as Studies in Short Fiction, The Southern Quarterly, Great Plains Quarterly, American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AICRJ), and others.
"About my teaching," Philip explains, "there is nothing more pleasing than to watch my students grow intellectually and as contributors to their communities on and off campus. They often surprise themselves in the process. Sometimes, I provide them with confidence, while other times I push them in new directions. A central tenet of my teaching is to help students to achieve beyond what they've even imagined for themselves."
Philip also directs the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations (SW/TX PCA/ACA), co-organizes their yearly conference, and chairs areas in "Creative Writing Pedagogy" and "Literature, Ecocriticism, and the Environment." For seven years, he directed the Bluestem Press, which sponsors the nationally acclaimed Bluestem Poetry Award. He is grateful for the opportunity to have helped bring the books of many accomplished writers into the world.
He enjoys fortune cookies as well as fishing, hiking, and camping with his family.
