About

I am a freelance writer and editor from Philadelphia, PA.

I write about art and culture—both as objects of enjoyment and as companions. I am interested in art that offers radical insights and helps us to think about how we might build a more compassionate, sustainable world. My writing has appeared in Public Books, Medium’s Tenderly, Broad Street Review, and Full Stop.

I have a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University, where I studied nineteenth-century British literature. My research was supported by awards from the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship program, the Center for Cultural Analysis, and the Rutgers Department of English.

Reach me by e-mail at matthew.john.phillips [at] gmail.com.

I tweet at @mjphillips.

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Last updated: October 2021