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Philip Heldrich was an American author of poetry, essays, short stories, and literary criticism, including Good Friday, [1] winner of the Poetry Prize, [2] X.J. Kennedy and Out Here in the Out There: Essays in a Region of Superlatives, [3] winner of the Mid-List Press [4] First Series Award for Creative Nonfiction.

His work appeared widely in anthologies—such as American Nature Writing 2001 [5] edited by John A. Murray (Oregon State University Press) and Texas Bound Book III: 22 Texas Stories [6] edited by Kay Cattarulla ( Texas A&M University Press)--and literary journals including North American Review, [7] Florida Review [8] (Winner of the Editor's Prize for Nonfiction), Journal of Writing and Environment, [9] Flyway (magazine), Ascent (journal), [10] Seattle Review, [11] Connecticut Review, [12] Louisiana Literature, [13] Poet Lore, [14] South Dakota Review, [15] and more. His literary criticism and reviews have appeared in Studies in Short Fiction, The Southern Quarterly, [16] Great Plains Quarterly, [17] Midwest Quarterly, [18] American Indian Culture and Research Journal, [19] and others.

About Good Friday, [20] author Jonathan Holden remarked:

"In his magnificent poem 'Momentum,' as throughout Good Friday, the poet Philip Heldrich, like the late W. C. Williams, demonstrates audaciously how, while 'pulled and tugged in the swirl of rush hour traffic,' we can, out of the American quotidian, locate and frame that which is beautiful."

Final Judge X.J. Kennedy added:

"Philip Heldrich writes shapely poems that go places and share some wisdom with us. ... He can capture a good deal of territory in a limited number of well-crafted words."

About his award-winning collection of essays, Out Here in the Out There: Essays in a Region of Superlatives, [21] the American Library Associations's Booklist [22] noted:

"Poet and pop culture aficionado Heldrich searches for the lyrical within his small midwestern meatpacking town and beyond. For Heldrich, lover of words, there is beauty to be found at the local dump: magazines (Kansas Farmer), discarded beverage bottles ("Golden Sound Basil Seed Drink"), even machine names (the "cram-a-lot" baler is a favorite). The resulting essays are a happy melding of social commentary with the best sort of travel writing. A finely crafted ode to target practice and male bonding set in a high country meadow in Colorado quietly evolves into a memorial for a lost friend. Another piece perfectly captures the surreal nature of the academic conference, made even more dreamlike by taking place in Norman, Oklahoma, five hours before a championship football game. (Heldrich succumbs to Husker and Sooner mania.) Driving around "out there," whether it be Disneyland or the Central Plains, the author puts pen to paper, accurately capturing the essence of American culture."


Philip Heldrich served as executive director of the Popular and American Culture Associations. [23] He was an associate professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Program at the University of Washington Tacoma.

Cancer and death

Heldrich was diagnosed with cancer in early 2009. He underwent chemotherapy treatment and continued to teach courses in writing fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. He died on November 11, 2010, due to complications from his illness. [24]

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  1. ^ "Home".
  2. ^ "The Texas Review". www.shsu.edu. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.midlist.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  4. ^ "Mid-List Press". www.midlist.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Oregon State University". Archived from the original on 2003-11-03.
  6. ^ "Home".
  7. ^ "Home".
  8. ^ "The Florida Review -- A magazine of prose and poetry". www.english.ucf.edu. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment". www.flyway.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  10. ^ http://readthebestwriting.com/
  11. ^ http://depts.washington.edu/seaview/ [ dead link]
  12. ^ "CT Review - A Prize Winning Literary Journal - More then Just a Magazine". www.connecticutreview.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Press | Louisiana Literature". Archived from the original on 2007-12-14.
  14. ^ "The Writer's Center". www.writer.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  15. ^ "USD - South Dakota Review". www.usd.edu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  16. ^ "The Southern Quarterly | the University of Southern Mississippi".
  17. ^ "Great Plains Quarterly | Center for Great Plains Studies | Nebraska".
  18. ^ http://www.pittstate.edu/engl/mwq/MQindex.html
  19. ^ "AISC: American Indian Culture and Research Journal". www.books.aisc.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Home".
  21. ^ "Archived copy". www.midlist.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  22. ^ http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/booklist.htm
  23. ^ Southwest/Texas
  24. ^ Obituary, UW Tacoma, November 15, 2010, archived from the original on December 20, 2010, retrieved January 4, 2011
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