Sand Opera

Philip Metres has written a number of books and chapbooks, most recently "A Concordance of Leaves" (Diode, 2013), "abu ghraib arias" (Flying Guillotine, 2011), "To See the Earth" (Cleveland State, 2008), and "Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront Since 1941" (University of Iowa, 2007). His work has appeared widely, including in "Best American Poetry," and has garnered two NEA fellowships, the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, four Ohio Arts Council Grants, the Anne Halley Prize, the Arab American Book Award, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He teaches at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.