Emilia Phillips

@emdashphillips

Poet. 5 books, University of Akron Press. Memoiring. Translating. Gardening. Educator. Trans Nonbinary. OCD/hEDS/Long COVID. Views mine. They (Eng.)/Elle (Esp.)

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Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· 2d

This iron sucrose looks like I’m getting an infusion of cola syrup

Emilia in black hat, aviator sunglasses, green-and-white polka dot mask, and yellow t-shirt sits for an iron infusion with a sweater draped over them

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· 11d

With the bomb of fatigue I have, I have to choose what I burn my small brief flame energy on each day. Yesterday I chose this.

Cut sunflowers lying next to a metal bowl filled with orange and yellow hot peppers, cherry tomatoes, and one large slicer tomato

A metal bowl of caprese made up of cherry tomatoes and ciliegine mozzarella pieces sliced in half, chopped basil, and olive oil. A large orange silicone spoon rests on the left side of the bowl.

Cherry tomatoes fill three cardboard berry containers on a granite countertop

An orange cosmos bloom is in the foreground with other flowers including Black-eyed Susan’s and purple coneflowers are in the background.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· 15d

Here’s the snowberry clearwing 🥹

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· 15d

In a horrific chronic illness crash, with all-consuming fatigue. BUT I was able to check on the garden for 10 minutes today though, and I spotted at least one native green bee (male?), a snowberry clearwing, okra flowers, plenty of winter squash, and a tomato-trashed nest, among the usual spoils.

A yellow okra flower with dark red interior among greenery

A juvenile spaghetti squash against green leaves

A nest with smashed tomatoes among greenery

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· 26d

I hope you’ll read my essay “On Changing Pronouns, with a Mother with Alzheimer’s Disease” on my Substack (themossbyemiliaphillips.substack.com/p/on-changin...). This one means a lot to me.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Mar 16

I’ve been conducting an experiment. I’ve left a copy of my last book Nonbinary Bird of Paradise outside. Today: a slug on “Arcadia.” Next I’d like to inoculate it with mushroom spores.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Feb 22

Sunday morning, in full recovery mode: with AN OPTIMISM by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Feb 20

Up early, with my coffee, & starting to read GREEN OF ALL HEADS by Aracelis Girmay, truly one of my favorite poets

A book titled Green of All Heads with title on a white band at the top with a green tinted photo of what appears to be rocks with the authors’ name Aracelis Girmay overlayed in white

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Feb 14

We don’t talk enough about nonbinary transition. It’s been about a month since I’ve been on low-dose T, & I feel SO good on it. I told my partner that I feel better than I have since before puberty.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Feb 14

I’ve been working SO much. Trying to find moments to just rest & so, this morning in bed with my coffee, I am starting KIN: THE FUTURE OF FAMILY by Sophie Lucido Johnson.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Jan 26

Big head.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Jan 11

Bring back mobile libraries!

African-American children line up outside of Albemarle Region bookmobile

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Jan 11

My wild Saturday night, with Bo He Moon’s Birthstones in the Province of Mercy (@milkweededitions.bsky.social, 2026)!

book titled Birthstones in the Province of Mercy by Bo Hee Moon

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Jan 3

Are you a cat lover who has the rare ability to charm a difficult cat who has a history of hiding, hissing, and swatting/scratching? As I prepare to move my mother into an assisted living facility, we need to rehome Lucy, her long-time companion animal whom she adopted as a semi-feral kitten.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Jan 2

UNC Greensboro's Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program is hiring a professional-track faculty lecturer with expertise in critical health studies broadly construed! Check out position # 13903 on spartantalent.uncg.edu.

Screenshot of text that says, "The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at UNC Greensboro is hiring a professional-track faculty lecturer position in Health and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies starting in August 2026. UNCG is a Minority Serving Institution. UNCG and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program foster an environment of collaboration across departments and schools and support community-engaged research. The successful candidate will have teaching experience and bring a creative approach to in-person and online pedagogy. They will be prepared to teach introductory and advanced undergraduate courses in gendered bodies and health, which serve both the WGSS Program and a newly developed interdisciplinary BA in Health, Medicine, and Society. They should also be prepared to teach Introduction to WGSS and/or Introduction to LGBTQI Studies. Minimum qualification is an MA in WGSS or a related field. Candidates who hold a PhD will have an opportunity to teach at the graduate level. As an interdisciplinary program, WGSS invites applicants who work in critical health studies broadly construed. Areas of focus might include (but are not limited to) disability studies, health access and equity, social medicine, trans health studies, health sovereignty, decolonial approaches to medicine, and the environment and health. The position is for one academic year with the possibility of renewal. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2026 and will continue until position is filled. Candidates will be asked to provide a letter of interest, Curriculum Vitae, Statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and contact information for 3 references. For more information and to apply for this position #13903, please see: https://spartantalent.uncg.edu/ Please direct inquiries to Dr. Danielle Bouchard, search committee chair (DMBOUCHA@uncg.edu) UNC Greensboro is an EEO/AA employer."

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Dec 31

UPDATE: This big cutie’s people have been found & he has been reunited with them! His real name is Ghost, he’s 11, & he is VERY loved. It was such an honor to get to know him these last couple of days. And I hope he enjoys his new collar & coat too! What an absolute lovebug!

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Dec 30

Update on the sweet bully I found: He stayed the night at my friend Elizabeth’s house, & he was the sweetest boy! We’re calling him Wally, short for Walrus, & he’s absolutely the sweetest to humans & other pups! I’m taking him to the vet this morning to get him a rabies shot & get him checked out.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Dec 13

“I don’t know how to see // the world but not to see. How to love the world but to see // one thing completely.” Good morning! I am reading A MAGNIFICENT LONELINESS by Allison Benis White (Four Way Books, 2025) with my coffee.

There is a mug of coffee and a green book with white text that reads, “A Magnificent Loneliness / Allison Benis White” in the foreground with a beige blanket in the background.

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Dec 5

So proud of all our 1st-year poets & fiction writers who got to celebrate the end of their 1st semester at @mfagreensboro.bsky.social with Arrivals, a reading event at Greensboro Project Space! It’s always such a wonderfully cozy & supportive event. Thanks to everyone who came out ✨

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Dec 1

When were y’all gonna tell me Mavis Staples had a new album? 🔥

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Nov 29

Do you all follow @lenamschmitt.bsky.social's Daybook on Substack? It's my absolute fave. Gorgeous, thoughtful meanderings on art, life, & reading with watercolor illustrations. Honestly, she's so brilliant & I'm so proud she's my friend. Find her at daybook.substack.com.

Screenshot of a Substack post with text. Daybook: Another possible direction. On misreadings, a cold afternoon in November, and watching Peter Hujar's Day. A post by Lena Moses-Schmitt from November 29, 2025. The post begins with written text that says, "On the train I started reading Daphne Du Maupier's Rebecca." Under the text is an illustration of a woman holding a book. Below that is the text, "In the opening pages, the narrator describes a dream she had about returning to her former estate."

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Oct 25

Now Reading: Theophanies by @sarahali.bsky.social (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, 2024) #nowreading #poetry #poems

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Oct 9

Goodbye, notebook (Saturday, November 23, 2024–Thursday, October 9, 2025). Hello, notebook (Thursday, October 9, 2025– ).

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Oct 7

Look out! Jameela Dallis’s ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING & THE DEAD (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social) is out in the world, in bookstores! Here it’s seen in Scuppernong Books! Come out to Dallis’s reading for @mfagreensboro.bsky.social at Scup this Thursday at 6 PM ET!

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Oct 3

This year’s #Lammys are virtual! I’m a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Award in Poetry & I’ll be on a panel called “Beyond the Gender Binary” with Lonnie Garcia & Jennifer Espinoza at 11 AM ET. The award ceremony is 5–7 PM PM & hosted by Jozie Clapp! Tickets are $55.20 for all day access! Link in stories!

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Oct 3

“Sundress Reads: Review of Nonbinary Bird of Paradise” by Catie Macauley, @sundresspub.bsky.social sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s... #poetry #poetrybook #poetrybookreview #booksbooksbooks #booksofınstagram #booksof2024 #queerbooks #nonbinary #nonbinarybooks #lgbtbooks #lgbtqbooks

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Sep 22

Made a bouquet & found (what I believe to be) a Goldenrod Crab Spider 🥹 I didn’t realize until I was in the car, well on my way from Greensboro to Durham, & so I did my best to give her an access point back into nature

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Sep 22

Thrilled I got to be there tonight to celebrate one of my dearest friends in the world as she launched her first book into the world! Congratulations, Jameela Dallis on ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social)!

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Sep 6

In my ongoing quest to do things I would have done if I hadn’t been closeted & married in my early 20s, I got my eyebrow pierced

Emilia Phillips@emdashphillips· Sep 6

My weekend read: LEAN ON ME: A POLITICS OF RADICAL CARE (Verso, 2023) by Lynne Segal #nowreading #nonfiction #books #care #community #affectivenetworks