Kevin Stein Mailing Address: Department of English Bradley University Peoria, IL  61625 County: Peoria E-mail: kstein@bradley.edu Phone: Work: 309-677-2480 Home: 309-243-7441 fax: 309-677-2330 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• "Confessional," The Kenyon Review, 2000
• "Because I Wanted to Write a Happy Poem, I Thought of Harry Caray's Dying," The Gettysburg Review, 2000
• "John Brown's Face," "Our Armor," "Tomorrow," and "That Other Four Letter F-Word the Gods so Love," The Southern Review, 2000
• Poetry and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boulevard, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Missouri Review, North American Review, Poetry, Shenandoah and elsewhere/li>

Book Publications:

• Chance Ransom, University of Illinois Press, 2000 (poetry)
• Private Poets, Worldly Acts, Ohio University Press, 1996; rpt. 1999 (criticism)
• Bruised Paradise, University of Illinois Press, 1996 (poetry)
• A Circus of Want, University of Missouri Press, 1992 (poetry) (Winner of the Devins Award for Poetry 1992)
• Others

Forthcoming Publications:

• Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry, eds. Kevin Stein and G. E. Murray, University of Illinois Press, fall 2001

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Indiana Review Poetry Prize, 1998
• Devins Award for Poetry 1992
• National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, 1991
• Illinois Arts Council Poetry Fellowships, 1986, 1988, & 1996
• Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards Frederick Book Prize (Poetry), 1988

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Each event included a poetry reading, class discussion, informal lecture/discussion:

• DePaul University, 2000
• Bluffton College, 2000
• Indiana University, 2000
• Spoon River College, 2001
• Loyola University Poetry Festival, 1997
• University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1997
• Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1993
• Illinois State University, Normal, IL., 1993
• University of Illinois, Urbana, 1992

Recent Workshops:

• Indiana University Writers' Conference, "Names and Naming in Contemporary Poetry," class/workshop, June 2000
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Workshop, November 1999
• 1989 - 1995, Blooming Grove Writers' Conference, poetry workshop & reading

Present Employment:

• Professor of English, Bradley University

Preferred Audience:

• 18 year olds to senior citizens

Willing to travel:

• yes