Philip Wexler lives in Bethesda, Maryland.  He has had over 190 poems published in magazines through the years.  His collections of poetry, The Sad Parade (prose poems) , and The Burning Moustache were published by Adelaide Books.  2022 has seen the publication of 3 additional full-length books of poetry - The Lesser Light (Finishing Line Press), With Something like Hope (Silver Bow Publishing), and I Would be the Purple (Kelsay Books).  He also organizes and emcees Words out Loud, a free monthly spoken word series.