Enormous Morning

Philip Schultz’s Enormous Morning is a collection of poems that interweave personal memory, family history, and reflections on art and mortality.

The book examines the lives and sacrifices of women—particularly the author’s mother—while situating personal stories within larger historical and political moments.

It culminates in a long poem, Something and Nothing, which engages with Arshile Gorky’s painting The Artist and His Mother and the Armenian experience.

Schultz’s lyricism moves between intimate childhood recollections and broader meditations on democracy, aging, and artistic creation.

The collection balances elegiac tones with vivid concrete detail and formal control, showcasing Schultz’s longstanding craft and thematic preoccupations.