Stephen Corey, poet and author, will read from and talk about his latest book, Startled at the Big Sound: Essays Personal, Literary, and Cultural , his first prose collection.
Stephen Corey is the editor of The Georgia Review, with which he has worked since 1983. He is the author of ten poetry collections, including The Last Magician (1983) and There Is No Finished World (2003). Some three hundred of his poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in dozens of periodical and anthologies, and he has edited or coedited four literary anthologies in three genres. Born in Buffalo and reared in Jamestown, NY, Corey holds English degrees from Harpur College/Binghamton Univ. (BA,MA) and the Univ. of Florida (PhD).