Article Author: Philip C Kolin

Philip C. Kolin is the Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus and Editor Emeritus of the Southern Quarterly at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has published more than 40 books on Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams as well as fifteen collections of poetry, among them Benedict’s Daughter: Poems (Wipf and Stock, 2017), Wholly God’s: Poems (Wind and Water Press, 2021), and Mapping Trauma: Poems about Black History (Third World Press, 2023). He is also author of A Centenary Garland: Poems about St. Therese of Lisieux (Teresian Press, 2025) and Evangeliaries: Poems (Angelico Press, 2025).