Phillip Sterling is the author of a collection of short fiction, In Which Brief Stories Are Told, two poetry collections, And Then Snow and Mutual Shores, and several chapbook-length series of poems. An associate poetry editor for Third Wednesday magazine, he lists among his awards a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two Fulbright Lectureships (Belgium and Poland), and selection as artist-in-residence for both Isle Royale National Park and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. He and his wife, Jane Wheeler, live on a bit of acreage near Lowell, Michigan, where they attend to an array of gardens and animals of questionable domesticity.

Books by Phillip Sterling:

Other poems on the web by Phillip Sterling:
Four poems
Three poems
"The Perception of Distance at First Light"
Two poems
"Cycling"
"Words Frequently Confused: Incense, Incense"
"Adam"

About Amateur Husbandry:

"Phillip Sterling's Amateur Husbandry is a sleek, sly, and occasionally silly collection of domestic fables and playful micro-fictions. An unexpected menagerie of delightful creatures, human and otherwise."
—Dinty W. Moore

"What a great read! From the playful title to the domestic dramas, Amateur Husbandry captures the absolute normalcy of life IF you are married to a horse and your world is populated by badgers and wolverines—among other creatures—all with the problems any household encounters. These stories of domestic life are elevated with wit, humor, and a stable of articulate and smart characters."
—Elizabeth Kerlikowske

"There is a heartbreaking vulnerability in Phillip Sterling's strange, sly micro-fictions replete with talking animals. I can't think of anyone since Russell Edson who so effectively uses the absurd and surreal to explore the complicated dynamics of family and interpersonal relationships. The pieces in Amateur Husbandry do what short-short stories do best—they push beyond their compression to create a fully realized world, putting both our foibles and our mercies on display."
—Marc J. Sheehan