Dr. Philip Terman

Philip Terman's books of poetry include The Torah Garden (Autumn House Press, 2011), Rabbis of the Air (Autumn House Press, 2007), Book of the Unbroken Days (Mammoth Books, 2005) and The House of Sages (Mammoth Books, 1998). His poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, The Sun Magazine, and Prairie Schooner.  Recipient of the Kenneth Patchen Award, the Sow's Ear Chapbook Prize, and the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award for Poems on the Jewish Experience, he teaches creative writing and literature at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the visiting writers' program.   

Occasionally, Terman also performs his poetry with the jazz band Catro.  He co-directs the Chautauqua Writers' Festival at the Chautauqua Institute and is Contributing Editor for Poetry for the journal Chautauqua.