Philip Garrison is the author of many books, including Augury and Waiting for the Earth to Turn Over (both from the University of Utah Press), The Permit that Never Expires: Migrant Tales from the Ozark Hills and the Mexican Highlands (fom the University of Arizona Press), and Because I Don't Have Wings: Stories of Mexican Immigrant Life (from the University of Arizona Press).

He also founded APOYO, a volunteer group that offers advocacy, interpretation services, and a food and clothing bank that now serves some 400 people a month from Central Washington's Mexican communities.

He is a recipient of the Associated Writing Programs Creative Nonfiction Award and a Governor's Writer's Award from Washington State. He is a professor emeritus at Central Washington University.

Last updated 03/12/2012