Philip Gerard

As a budding journalist with his first front-page byline, Commentator Philip Gerard was understandably smug. 

In this classic commentary, Philip Gerard challenges us to listen harder. 

From a young age, Commentator Philip Gerard knew the difference between right and wrong. 

Pushing through a blizzard in the nerve-wracking company of big rigs one winter night, Commentator Philip Gerard feared he would not make it off of I-80 alive.

Author and creative writing professor Philip Gerard is more likely to need a pen than a hammer in his day-to-day life.

Five-year-old Philip Gerard had little to look forward to on his annual back-to-school trip to the mall.

Road trips always seem to be filled with unexpected mishaps. 

As the deciding vote in a teacher's strike, Philip Gerard must choose with whom he sides--

Visiting his grandfather as a child, Commentator Philip Gerard found the boat eternally docked to a neighbor's back porch laughable.

"For a summer I worked..."

By Philip Gerard

Wilmington NC –

Philip Gerard is the author of seven books, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous short stories and essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington. .