Living Weapon

Phillips’ latest poetry collection speaks to our dangerous and difficult political moment. An imaginative work, Living Weapon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) lyrically explores pain and joy, indictment and survival, all while revealing the limitations of our vocabulary to express our world.

Paw in print

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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April 2026

Inside the new ES and SEAS complex; kudos for austerity; jazz at Princeton.