Ben Phillips

Ben Phillips (born 1947) is a poet, teacher and publisher.

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.

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.

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

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

ee also

*List of Canadian poets