Kevin Stein

Kevin Stein (born January 1, 1954 in Anderson, Indiana) is a poet and professor of English at the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He is the fourth Illinois Poet laureate, standing at the post since 2003.[1] He started teaching at Bradley University in 1984, and then became the Caterpillar Professor of English and the Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program.

Biography

He received his Ph.D. in American Literature and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Indiana University. Shortly after, he went to Bradley University (1984) where he has been a poet and professor of English at the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and currently has the title of the Caterpillar Professor of English and is the Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program.[2]

In December 2003, he was named the Illinois Poet Laureate.[3]

Awards

Works
  • Wrestling Li Po for the Remote (Fifth Star Press, 2013)
  • Sufficiency of the Actual (University of Illinois Press, 2009)
  • American Ghost Roses (University of Illinois Press, 2005)
  • Chance Ransom (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
  • Bruised Paradise (University of Illinois Press, 1996)
  • A Circus of Want (University of Missouri Press)
  • The Figure Our Bodies Make (St. Louis Poetry Center, 1988)
  • A Field of Wings (Illinois Writers, Inc., 1986)
  • Poetry’s Afterlife: Verse in the Digital Age (University of Michigan Press, 2010)
  • Private Poets, Worldly Acts
  • James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man (Ohio University Press, 1989)

References
  1. "Bradley University: Kevin Stein". www.bradley.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  2. "Bradley University: Kevin Stein". www.bradley.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  3. Press, CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated. "Poet laureate, BU professor Kevin Stein made his mark on Illinois poetry". Journal Star. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. "Laureates Inducted in 2016". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved January 10, 2018.



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