Philip Hoy

Philip Hoy
Born1952
OccupationPublisher, editor, book designer, author
Notable worksFounder of The Waywiser Press and editor of Anthony Hecht's poems

Philip Hoy (born 1952) is an English publisher, editor, book designer, and author. He is notably recognized as the founder of The Waywiser Press and the editor of Anthony Hecht's poems.

Early life and education

Hoy obtained a BA from the University of York[1] and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Leeds. His doctoral thesis was titled A Defence of Scepticism: A Refutation of Some Contemporary Anti-Sceptical Arguments.[2]

Career

In 1998, Hoy co-founded Between The Lines, a small press focusing on publishing book-length interviews with contemporary poets, along with Peter Dale and Ian Hamilton.[3] The editorial board was later joined by J. D. McClatchy, then the editor of The Yale Review.[4] This series featured well-known poets such as John Ashbery, Thom Gunn, Donald Hall, Seamus Heaney, Anthony Hecht, Donald Justice, Charles Simic, Richard Wilbur, and W.D. Snodgrass.[5]

In 2002, Hoy established The Waywiser Press, a publishing platform that continues to produce new works to date.[6] The press has published renowned poets including Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, and Anthony Hecht, extending beyond contemporary poetry to novels, short stories, memoirs, letters, aphorisms, and literary history.[7]

Hoy introduced the annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize in 2005, offering the winning poet publication of their collection and a $3,000 award.[8]

In 2022, Hoy published the essay M. Degas Steps Out, receiving positive reviews.[9] The essay is a 96-page meditation on a nine-second sequence of black and white film capturing French artist Edgar Degas walking along a Parisian boulevard.[10]

Hoy edited Anthony Hecht’s Collected Poems, the hardback and audiobook editions of which were published in November 2023 by Alfred A. Knopf.[11]

Personal life

Hoy was born in London 1952.[12] He lives with his wife, the violinist Philippa Ibbotson, in rural West Oxfordshire.[1]

Select publications

  • [Editor] Anthony Hecht’s Collected Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 2023).
  • M. Degas Steps Out (Waywiser Press, 2022).
  • “Joseph Conrad on the Merchant Service’s War Effort (1918): A First Publication Discovered” (The Conradian, 44:1, spring 2019).
  • [Editor] A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald (Waywiser, 2018).[13][14]
  • “The Transatlantic Disconnect” (The Warwick Review, September 2013).
  • W.D. Snodgrass in Conversation with Philip Hoy (Between The Lines, London, 1998).
  • Anthony Hecht in Conversation with Philip Hoy (Between The Lines, London, 1999, 2001).
  • Donald Justice in Conversation with Philip Hoy (Between The Lines, London, 2001).
  • [Foreword] Anthony’s Hecht, Interior Skies: Late Poems from Liguria (Two Ponds Press, 2011).

Interviews

  • [Interview: Philip Hoy and Stephen Yenser in conversation with Poetry East’s Maitreyabandhu, the subject being Anthony Hecht’s “The Venetian Vespers” and James Merrill’s The Book of Yolek.[15]
  • [Interview; Between the Lines]. “The Interviewer Interviewed: N.S Thompson talks to Philip Hoy, Editor of Between The Lines”, The Dark Horse, 15, Summer 2003: 40-46.[16]
  • [Interview; The Waywiser Press]. "Scenes: The Waywiser Press: An Interview with Philip Hoy." American Book Review, vol. 42, no. 6 (Sept/Oct 2021).

References

  1. ^ a b "Philip Hoy – The Waywiser Press". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ Hoy, Philip (June 16, 2023). "A Defence of Scepticism: A Refutation of Some Contemporary Anti-Sceptical Arguments". University of Leeds Online Library Catalog. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Dark Horse – Interview – The Waywiser Press". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ^ McCue, Jim (2023-06-15). "Bibliomane". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  5. ^ "Interviews – The Waywiser Press". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ^ Hoy, Philip (2021). "Scenes: The Waywiser Press: An interview with Philip Hoy". American Book Review. 42 (6): 33–33. doi:10.1353/abr.2021.0097. ISSN 2153-4578.
  7. ^ "Waywiser Press: The Small British Press That Publishes Big American Poets". Poets & Writers. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ^ "Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize". Poets & Writers. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  9. ^ Reisz, Matthew (2023-01-29). "M Degas Steps Out: An Essay by Philip Hoy review – an artistic encounter across a century". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  10. ^ Edgar Degas - Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street (1915), retrieved 2023-06-13
  11. ^ "Collected Poems of Anthony Hecht by Anthony Hecht: 9780593319192 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  12. ^ "Philip Maurice HOY personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  13. ^ Pritchard, William H (2018-10-01). "EPISTOLARY MISCHIEF A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald. Edited by PhilipHoy". Essays in Criticism. 68 (4): 523–529. doi:10.1093/escrit/cgy023. ISSN 0014-0856.
  14. ^ Kurp, Patrick (2018-05-20). ""The Dramatis Personae of Our Lives": On "A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  15. ^ PoetryEast: Two Great Modern Poems, retrieved 2023-06-13
  16. ^ "Dark Horse – Interview – The Waywiser Press". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.