Conversation: Poet Carl Phillips

To read "Carl Phillips":http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=5373 is to enter a world of finely-wrought poems that explore mind and body, history and intimacy. Phillips is a professor of English and African-American Studies at "Washington University in St. Louis":http://www.wustl.edu/ and a much praised and honored poet. His 10th volume of verse has just been released. It's called "Speak Low." Phillips joined me on the phone from his home in St. Louis: Here is Phillips reading a few poems from "Speak Low":