Phoebe Wilcox lives with her family in eastern Pennsylvania. Some of her favorite things are John Banville novels, sushi, salamanders (they have cute hands) and picking blueberries. Her novel, Angels Carry the Sun is pending publication with Lilly Press, and an excerpt from a second novel-in-progress has been published in Wild Violet. Recent and forth- coming work may be found in Sixers Review, Bartleby-Snopes, A cappella Zoo, Gloom Cupboard, The Chaffey Review, Calliope Nerve and others. Her story, Carp with Water in Their Ears, published in River Poets Journal was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Angels Carry the Sun
by Phoebe Wilcox
Flora’s four-year obsession with Finn, her high school teacher, as revisited during the summer before she leaves for college, is a spirited, steamy, quirky and tender coming-of-age story.
Phoebe Wilcox, in her astonishing first novel, writes in a lyrical, sensual, gritty style --full of characters drawn so close to life, you’ll swear you know them, grew up with them, that they could be your own relatives.
Be fore-warned however: moving in with these folks is not a good idea--they may not pay their share of the rent.
--Judith A. Lawrence, Editor/Publisher
River PoetsJournal/
Lilly Press
Upcoming Publication
Anticipated Novel Release: 7/2010
Angels Carry the Sun (excerpt)
by Phoebe Wilcox
The nearest sassafras billowed out over the ditch, reaching toward them. They were close to it in the grass, then off the lawn and in it. Finn’s profile held sun and shadow; his cheekbone, fine china; his eyes, rare blue; and the wave in his hair caught a rainbow the way cats’ coats do.He pulled a twig down from one of the trees and passed it in front of her. She lowered her head over a mitten-shaped leaf, its cool, light, chlorophyll hand so unlike the warmth and heaviness of Finn’s that had just brushed against her own. She looked up. Finn was looking at her. His look weighed a ton and the curl on his brow seemed to be pointing right at her. Reviews
"Beautiful, poetic, tragic. Witness the miracle of words that is Phoebe Wilcox...then back away slowly."
--Matthew "Nobius" Evelsizer, Publisher, Calliope Nerve Media, author, One Nite Pig
“Words traverse the page like the magnificent Delaware that flows lucidly through her locale. What entices the reader is the strong characterization; you’re immediately hooked. Angels Carry the Sun is a genuine page-turner.”
--Richard Wink, Editor, Gloom Cupboard
