Aperture (interview with Carl Phillips pt. 3)

Game day with Carl Phillips, who is gracious enough to play a game called "Apertures." You can buy Carl Phillips's books -- particularly his newest, Then the War -- here at Loyalty Bookstores, a Black-owned independent bookstore in DC.You can watch this terrific interview with Carl Phillips by Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles here. Hear Carl read "Then the War" here (~2 min)Hear Carl read "Among the Trees" here.  Then make sure you send him a fan letter because this essay is freaking BEAUTIFUL.Read Richie Hofmann's lovely and insightful review of Then the War in the LA Review of Books here.