Text Box: Phil Boiarski

Polish American Writers

Phil Boiarski has published his poems and stories for thirty years in small magazines and literary journals. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, The California Quarterly, The Rocky Mountain Review, Aspen Anthology, Indiana Writes, The Ohio Journal, The Minnesota Review, Green House, Handbook, and numerous other publications. He has written and produced several plays and published his poetry, fiction and non-fiction. His work has been said to be "so personal that it is universal." He has earned a BA from The Ohio State University and an MFA from Goddard College.

“But this language of yours,” said one of the instructors, himself an obvious Britisher, “where does it come from?”  … “From the mouth of Polish mothers,” I replied.

—William Carlos Williams, The Autobiography, p. 311