PHILIPDOSSICK.ORG
Official Website & Literary Archive — Mission Statement
Our Mission
philipdossick.org is the official literary archive and permanent home for the works and legacy of author, filmmaker, and editor Philip Dossick. Our mission is to preserve and contextualize, a singularly independent American body of work spanning more than six decades—from groundbreaking independent cinema to novels, investigative non-fiction, biography, and the restoration of historical texts.
Dossick’s literary legacy is defined by a consistent moral imagination dedicated to chronicling the collision between history and individual human lives—giving voice, dignity, and enduring record to the ordinary person caught under extraordinary circumstances.
Core Commitments & Guiding Principles
· Preserving the Literature of the Outsider: Across fiction, drama, and documentary narrative, Dossick’s work consistently looks beyond the secure center of society to focus on those standing outside the frame—including the veteran, the patient, the fugitive, the dissident, the elderly, and the marginalized. We are committed to keeping these human predicaments in the public consciousness.
· Honoring the Documentary Imagination: Dossick’s signature methodology unites the investigative rigor of the journalist with the emotional truth of the novelist and dramatist. Rooted in testimony, oral cadence, and firsthand experience, his work bypasses abstract historical lecturing to record what it actually felt like to be there—whether in the hospital rooms of Transplant or the alienated homecoming of The P.O.W.
· Engaging History as a Living Argument: From civil liberties and personal privacy in The Naked Citizen to examinations of historical dissenters, writers, and cultural icons, Dossick’s non-fiction engages the enduring tensions between individual conscience and institutional authority. The archive serves as an educational and critical resource for readers exploring the ongoing cost of personal freedom.
· Upholding the Independent Preservationist Tradition: In an era of ephemeral media, this platform embodies the classic tradition of the writer-editor-publisher. We are committed to maintaining authoritative texts, restoring early and out-of-print titles, and contextualizing Dossick’s wide-ranging bibliography for future generations.
“History is not made solely at the presidential podium; it is lived in the hospital room, the veteran’s wheelchair, the safe house, and the quiet memory of the holocaust witness. Our work answers the single question at the center of Philip Dossick’s life’s work: Who should truly be remembered? The common man or the celebrity?”
We welcome comments, suggestions, criticisms at all times. Write us at info@artisandevereaux.com