Leila Philip (born April 18, 1961) is an American writer, poet and educator.
Leila Philip grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, with a A.B. in Comparative Literature and a Fifth-Year Degree in East Asian Studies From 1983 to 1985, she apprenticed to Nagayoshi Kazu, a master potter in southern Kyushu, then went on to earn an MFA at Columbia University as the Woolrich Fellow in Fiction.
Philip has taught writing and literature at Princeton University, Columbia University, Emerson College, Colgate University, Vassar College, and at the Ohio University as the James Thurber Writer in Residence. In 2004 she joined College of the Holy Cross' English department where she teaches creative writing and literature in the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program.
Philip has taught at writing conferences and low residency MFA Programs including Stonecoast, The Chenango Valley Writers Conference, and Fairfield University. Since 2010, she has taught at the MFA Program at Ashland University.
A collaboration between Leila Philip and her partner Garth Evans.
One woman's journey to uncover her family's history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.
Winner of the Victorian Society Book Award
Examines the evolving roles of women in Japan and the implications for Japanese society.
The story of Leila Philip's journey to MiyamaâÂÂa village settled almost four centuries ago by seventy Korean pottersâÂÂwhere she was accepted as an apprentice into the workshop and home of master potter Kazy Nagayoshi and his wife, Reiko.