“Language, Lunacy, & the Literary Provocateur: Schizophrenia & Life Writing,” a nonfiction essay

“The night before picking up a copy of The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays, Esmé Weijun Wang’s essays on the subject of “the full psychotic spectrum” or what are called “the schizophrenias” (4), I anticipated its themes in a threatening dream related to my mother’s struggle with an illness that went undiagnosed for far too long.”

You can read the essay here.

In Conversation: Emily Rapp Black with Claire Phillips for THE BROOKLYN RAIL

Grateful to Books Editor Joseph Salvatore of The Brooklyn Rail for the opportunity to be in conversation with acclaimed memoirist Emily Rapp Black on the writing of her latest nonfiction book, Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg: a work of great bravura that will undoubtedly find itself a classic among the robust literature on Kahlo.

Writing Through Madness with Claire Phillips & Bruce Bauman

Thrilled to have appeared on July 12th, 2021 with acclaimed author Bruce Bauman on Writing Through Madness — a workshop co-hosted by Write or Die Tribe and Writing Workshops Dallas. After a short reading of our latest works of fiction and non-fiction, we answered a slew of questions on the writing process pertaining to mental health — of our own and our characters who might also be members of our family or fictional creations.