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# m. nourbeSe philip
- URL: https://atelier.qxavier.com/living-inspirations/inspiration-m-nourbese-philip/
- Published: 2026-10-06T11:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:58:00.000Z
- Description: poet, writing full time in toronto • most recently writer-in-residence, university of virginia
- Author: quincéy xavier
- Tags: living inspirations, #Import 2026-10-16 06:39

*poet, writing full time in toronto • most recently writer-in-residence, university of virginia*

a tobago-born poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright who left the practice of law to write. she is best known for *zong!*, a book-length poem made from the words of a court report. she holds no university post; in september 2026 she was the kapnick distinguished writer-in-residence at the university of virginia.

bio from [her own site, and the university of virginia](https://www.nourbese.com/about/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com)

### read

- [Poetry and Risk: An Interview with m. nourbeSe philip](https://thetorontoreview.ca/m-nourbese-philip-interview-2026/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — toronto review, 2026
- [In Conversation: Momtaza Mehri & m nourbeSe philip](https://granta.com/nourbese-philip-mehri/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — granta, 2024
- [Zong!](https://www.4columns.org/haslett-tobi/zong?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — 4columns, 2024
- [Poetry as Untelling: A Conversation with M. NourbeSe Philip](https://worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interviews/poetry-untelling-conversation-m-nourbese-philip-philip-metres?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — world literature today, 2021
- [We Can Never Tell the Entire Story of Slavery: In Conversation with M. NourbeSe Philip](https://torontoreviewofbooks.com/2014/04/in-conversation-with-m-nourbese-philip/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the toronto review of books, 2014

### watch

- [NourbeSe Philip reads Zong](https://vimeo.com/27014186?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — robert majzels, vimeo, 2011
- [M. NourbeSe Philip: Zong! and the Black Outdoors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQIlExEYmw&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — franklin humanities institute, duke
- [Vocarium Reading Series: M. NourbeSe Philip & Cecilia Vicuña](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6sKn-VPv60&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — woodberry poetry room, harvard, 2020
- [M. NourbeSe Philip reads "Discourse on the Logic of Language"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424yF9eqBsE&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — wordsaloud
- [NourbeSe Reads from Zong!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my4eE4denus&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — youtube

### hear

- [Episode 84: M. NourbeSe Philip](https://commonplace.today/commonplace-podcast/episode-84-m-nourbese-philip?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — commonplace, 2020
- [m. nourbeSe philip on Kamau Brathwaite's Born to Slow Horses](https://windhamcampbell.org/podcast/m-nourbese-philip-on-kamau-brathwaite-s-born-to-slow-horses?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the windham-campbell prizes podcast, 2024
- [M. NourbeSe Philip on the haunting of history](https://www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/m-nourbese-philip-haunting-history?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — great writers inspire at home, oxford, 2017
- [Law, Language and Impossible Things: M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong!](https://radicalwritingpodcast.com/episode-7-law-language-and-impossible-things-m-nourbese-philips-zong/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — radical writing podcast, 2025
- [Song of Zong!](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15881383-song-zong-m.-nourbese-philips-epic-poem-gives?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — cbc radio ideas, 2021 (link not yet checked)