Philip Gerard

"Freedom. I was ten years old..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC –

Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"It was a scenario right out of a slasher matinee..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC –

Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington. .

"During the summers of my childhood..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC –

Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"Just when we kids had resigned ourselves to another boring, hot summer..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC –

Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington. .

"Bob and I had been hitchhiking since sun-up. It was now mid-afternoon..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"My boyhood from age six to twelve was one long baseball game..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"One way or another I've been running a Creative Writing program or department for the past dozen years..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"I got my start in administration in eighth grade in a very unlikely organization..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"Not long ago, my wife Jill and I attended a professional conference in Washington D.C..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.

"Before I was even old enough to read, I spent several hours of a long car trip tracing the letters of a book onto loose leaf paper..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC – Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.