Louis Phillips

An expanded new edition of the popular anthology of poetry encompasses two hundred poems--by Dickinson, Whitman, Shakespeare, Poe, Sandburg, Milton, and others--arranged in nine subject categories. Original. 25,000 first printing.

The Random House Treasury of Best-loved Poems

Fiction. This wildly imaginative collection of fourteen short stories won't move you to tears, but will very likely move you to laughter. Phillips writes about a "committee of grief," about termites in Africa, about Lee Harvey Oswald's can opener. He tells of how an angry consumer shows his disdain for the telephone company by sending out false bills which, ultimately, leads to the withdrawal of the state of Iowa from the union. In one crazy piece, Phillips describes the chaos that occurs when a cat finds Thomas Hardy's heart, and, well, devours it, disrupting plans to put the heart on display. And he writes that amazing title story: Yes, it's true. "King Lear" was penned by Radcliffe Graduate Muriel B. Hopkins, not by the esteemed William Shakespeare. What is the theme connecting these stories? Madness, perhaps, but not only the madness of single characters - these stories are also about the "madness of crowds." Read these stories, but be prepared to confront new realities, some of which you may never entirely escape.

The Woman Who Wrote "King Lear," and Other Stories

A collection of jokes and riddles ranging from tales of robot romance to a trip to Mickey Mouse's favorite planet Pluto.

Jokes from Outer Space

Way Out!

Louis Phillips, a widely published poet, playwright, and short story writer, has written some 50 books for children and adults. Among his published works are: six collections of short stories – A Dream of Countries Where No One Dare Live (SMU Press), The Bus to the Moon (Fort Schuyler Press), The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and Other Stories (Pleasure Boat Studio), Must I Weep for The Dancing Bear (Pleasure Boat Studio), Galahad in the City of Tigers, and Sheathed Bayonets (World Audience). Hot Corner, a collection of his baseball writings, and R.I.P. (a sequence of poems about Rip Van Winkle) from Livingston Press; The Envoi Messages, The Ballroom in St. Patrick’s Cathedral and The Last of The Marx Brothers' Writers, full-length plays, (Broadway Play Publishers). Fireworks in Some Particulars (Fort Schuyler Press) is a collection of poetry, short stores, and humor pieces. That book also contains his play – God Have Mercy on the June-Bug. Pleasure Boat Studio has published The Domain of Silence/The Domain of Absence: New & Selected Poems, and The Domain Of Small Mercies: New & Selected Poems (2).

The Pleasure of his Company

William Cole

The Most Fun You Can Have Without Laughing and Other Quotations

Robot 9 in Wonderland

Louis Phillips, a widely published poet, playwright, and short story writer, has written some 40 books for children and adults. Among his works are: three collections of short stories—A DREAM OF COUNTRIES WHERE NO ONE DARE LIVE (SMU Press),THE BUS TO THE MOON (Fort Schuyler Press), and THE WOMAN WHO WROTE KING LEAR AND OTHER STORIES (Pleasure Boat Studio). HOT CORNER, a collection of his baseball writings, and R.I. P. (a sequence of poems about Rip Van Winkle) from Livingston Press; THE ENVOI MESSAGES, and THE LAST OF THE MARX BROTHERS’ WRITERS, full-length plays,(Broadway Play Publishers). His books for children include: THE MAN WHO STOLE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (Prentice Hall & Camelot Books), THE MILLION DOLLAR POTATO (Simon and Schuster), and HOW TO WRESTLE AN ALLIGATOR (Avon). His sequence of poems –THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE SOLITARINESS OF THE PLACE–was the co-winner in the Swallow’s Tale Press competition (1984). Among his published books of poems are: THE KRAZY KAT RAG (Light Reprint Press), BULKINGTON (Hollow Spring Press), THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE SOLITARINESS OF THE PLACE (Swallow’s Tale Press), CELEBRATIONS & BEWILDERMENTS (Fragments Press), THE KILROY SONATA (World Audience books). His most recent FULL-LENGTH PLAYS ARE THE COLLABORATORS (World Audience Books), and LATE NIGHT IN THE RAIN FOREST (World Audience Books). He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

Verses for Children and Other Animals

It Takes a Lot of Paper to Girft Wrap an Elephant

A collection of riddles with the answers provided in upside down pictures.

The Upside Down Riddle Book

Needles, Skewers, Pricks, and Outright Nastiness

Oh, What an Awful Thing to Say!

Burnham Holmes

Briefly traces the history of television, looks at genres, best and worst shows, theme songs, and trivia, and includes profiles of TV celebrities

The TV Almanac

Late Night in the Rain Forest

Louis Phillips is a prolific and versatile author who has published over 50 books, including novels, short story collections, plays, nonfiction, and poetry. He has been a New York City resident for forty years and teaches literature at the School of Visual Arts.

The Domain of Small Mercies

James Howe

The vampire bunny introduces a collection of jokes and riddles related to the characters and themes of the Bunnicula series

Louis Phillips

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