English publisher, editor, book designer, and author
Philip Hoy
Born
1952
Occupation
Publisher, editor, book designer, author
Notable works
Founder 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.
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]
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]
[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).
