Ben Phillips
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Ben Phillips (born 1947) is a poet, teacher and publisher.
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[edit] Biography
Born in the United States, where he worked as a journalist, he settled in Toronto, Ontario in 1968. In Toronto he has owned and operated two antiquarian bookshops, established The Folks Upstairs Press and taught English as a second language (ESL) to students and professionals from Japan and South Korea.
[edit] Literary activities
Editor and co-founder of The Folks Upstairs Press. His poetry and essays have appeared in Canadian Author & Bookman, Catalyst(USA), North York Arts Council News, Pierian Spring, Poetry Toronto, Rolling Stone(USA), Midway Review(USA), Poetry W.L.U., Tower, West Coast Review, Watchwords, Waterways(USA) and many other periodicals.
[edit] Published works
- Flesh Candle, FUP Press, Toronto, 1970
- Notes From Nowhere, The Folks Upstairs Press, Toronto, 1977
- The Dead Leave Holes, Unfinished Monument Press, Toronto, 1983
- Watching The Gibbous Moon, Pierian Press, Brandon, Manitoba, 1984
[edit] Anthologies
- Other Channels, An Anthology Of New Canadian Poetry, edited by Shaunt Basmajian & Jones, League Of Canadian Poets Associates, 1984
- The Toronto Collection, An Anthology Of The New Toronto Poets, edited by Leslie Nutting, Manoeuvres Press, 1983
