Biography

Philip Eil was raised in Providence and he has the Little League Opening Day photos with Mayor Buddy Cianci to prove it.  After a number of years traversing the United States, he has returned to his hometown in time for the city’s 375^th anniversary.  During the Fall of 2011, his “Writing Providence” seminar will explore the literary history of this place that has been called “a shelter for persons distressed for conscience” (by Roger Williams, the city’s founder), a “smudge in the fast lane on the way to Cape Cod” (by the Wall Street Journal, in 1983), and “New England’s Coolest City” (by British newspaper, The Telegraph, in 2011).

Phil’s essays and articles have appeared on Rhode Island Public Radio and in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Providence Phoenix, The Jewish Voice & Herald and The Providence Business News.  His interests include: paranormal activity, public libraries, documentary films, the murals of Diego Rivera, the music of Booker T. & the MG’s and the writings of Janet Malcolm.   He is currently working on a true crime story about prescription drug trafficking in Southern Ohio.

Philip Eil

Lecturer
peil@risd.edu
401-454-6572

• MFA, Columbia University - School of Continuing Education
• BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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