Philip Paradis has a BA in English from Central Connecticut State University, an MA in English from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from Oklahoma State University. His poetry and prose have appeared in numerous magazines and journals. He taught for a number of years at Oklahoma State University and presently teaches at Iowa State University and is a contributing editor for Poet & Critic.
A recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, Philip Paradis has taught at Iowa State University and Oklahoma State University, and currently teaches creative writing and literature at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. His poems have been published in Poetry, Chariton Review, Three Rivers Poetry Journal, and many other national magazines.
His first chapbook, Tornado Alley, was published by Ampersand Press in 1986. A third chapbook, Trio, is forthcoming from Ampersand Press.