Mary C. M. Phillips is a writer of poetry and inspirational essays. Her work has been widely published.
As a spoken-word artist, she has read/performed at the Walt Whitman Historical Birthplace, WordHive, Bards Revolution, BlogTalk radio and WCWP’s Rock-n-Soul Gospel radio. Several of Mary’s poems were/are displayed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s public transportation (2024, 2025, 2026) via the Poetry-In-Transit campaign (sponsored by WordHive).
Many of her inspirational and faith-based essays can be read in the international bestselling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
With a particular fondness for Jane Austen, Mary’s Austen-related material can be read on literary blogs, online Austen articles, and in the book, What Jane Austen Didn’t Tell Us.
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As a musician, Mary has recorded and toured nationally with several alt-rock major label recording artists (such as Matthew Sweet, Don Dixon, Marti Jones) as well as comedian, Rob Bartlett and satirist, Barry Mitchell on ABC’s World News Now. She and Cathy Harrington were collectively known as 80s synth-pop duo, Venus II.
Mary’s latest spoken-word work, Music of the Forest (Rock-it Science Records) was produced by husband and guitarist, Mark Phillips. She occasionally plays keyboards alongside Mark for online poetry readings, as well as NY 80s rock band, Broken Arrow.
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To satisfy her talkative inner life, Mary enjoys hanging out with her family, composing poems, and writing in the third person.
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