Lance Phillips • December 03, 2024 “There are tears for things.” Engaging with the world only in the way you want it to be is misguided, heartbreaking, and dangerous. I’m going to do my best to weave together three disparate things, all of which speak to acknowledging what is in front of you as a […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • October 29, 2024 As it happens, a rather famous poet is coming to the college where I teach to read from his work and to address the student body. I was asked to contribute a few ideas about which he could, possibly, speak. In the course of thinking about this request, thinking […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • September 03, 2024 I just returned from a week at the beach. From a week watching the ocean encroach on the sand in the guise of its emissaries, the waves. It never fails. Every time I spend time beside the ocean a couple of things come to mind: a poem called “The […]| Brownicity