A Conversation with Phillip Lopate

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 16, 1943, American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher Philip Lopate sits down with his older brother Leonard Lopate for discussion around his extensive career. Phillip Lopate’s publications include an extensive list of essay collection, film, non fiction, poetry collections, a Memoir, Anthologies (as both editor and contributor). He has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and two New York Foundation for the Arts grants. After working with children for twelve years as a writer in the schools, he taught creative writing and literature at Fordham, Cooper Union, University of Houston, Hofstra University, New York University and Bennington College. He is a professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he teaches nonfiction writing. Join us as Phillip Lopate covers his extraordinary experiences and expansive literary career on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.