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Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the poetry editor of The New Republic. His most recent book is Silver.

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January 13, 2023
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Remembering Charles Simic
His poetry was a bridge from feeling to fact, sense to senselessness, and from the possible to the impossible.
July 8, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Brazil's "Bullyball" Goes Belly Up
1-7 is a result, too
July 7, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Every Sport (Including Baseball!) Has Its Version of the Dive
So what exactly is your problem with soccer players who dupe the referee?
June 25, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Requiem for the Ivory Coast: The Anatomy of Greece's Last-Minute Penalty
It was Zeus arranging pieces on the gameboard, Athena whispering something in someone’s ear.
June 14, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
The Anatomy of a Goal: How Error Leads to Perfection
Opportunity for a goalscorer is a cannibal act
February 21, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Boys
April 20, 2012
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Mare Incognitum
October 9, 2006
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Tonight

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