Phil Brown was born in Surrey in 1987. He graduated from the University of Warwick in 2008 and now works as a secondary school English teacher in London. In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Crashaw Prize and won the Eric Gregory Award in 2010. He has had his work published in Magma, Pomegranate, Dove Release: New Flights and Voices (Worple Press, ed. David Morley), Dr. Rhian Williams’ ‘The Poetry Toolkit’ (2009, Continuum) The Salt Book of Younger Poets (ed. Roddy Lumsden) and the forthcoming Lung Jazz: The Oxfam Book of Younger British Poets (ed. Todd Swift) and Coin Opera 2 (ed. Jon Stone). He is the Poetry Editor for the online magazine and chapbook publisher, Silkworms Ink. His debut collection, Il Avilit, was released in 2011 with Nine Arches Press.

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