Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate
Born (1943-11-16) November 16, 1943
Brooklyn, New York, US
Occupation
  • essayist
  • Film critic
  • teacher
  • fiction writer
  • poet
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Union Institute & University (PhD)
Genrefictional prose, essay, poetry, literary criticism
Notable worksGetting Personal (2003)
Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan (2005)
The Glorious American Essay (2020)
Spouse
  • Carol Bergman
    (m. 1964; div. 1970)
  • Cheryl Cipriani
    (m. 1991)
Children1
RelativesLeonard Lopate (brother)

Phillip Lopate (born November 16, 1943) is an American essayist, film critic, fiction writer, and poet.