Philip Gerard

"I can remember that defining moment as if it happened this morning..."

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.

"John Cheever famously wrote that he was of the last generation of American men to wear hats; I think I was part of the last generation of college students for whom the guitar was a fixture of dormitory life..."

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.

"They picked me up at sundown on the Interstate 70 bypass around Denver..."

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 am the youngest of three brothers. When we were kids, one of our perennial fads was building model cars..."

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 was a cub reporter for a small weekly newspaper fresh out of college..."

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 had been interviewing World War Two veterans all over the country for a book project..."

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 back in the days when every little boy in America owned a toy six-gun and our national character was formed in half-hour TV episodes..."

By Philp 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 father used to tell me stories about the war, his war..."

By Philip Gerard

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.