Kevin T. Stein

Kevin Stein is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in numerous journals, including "American Poetry Review," "Boulevard," "Colorado Review," the" Kenyon Review," "Poetry," and "TriQuarterly." He has written 11 books, including "American Ghost Roses," "Poetry's Afterlife," and "Sufficiency of the Actual." He is a teacher at Bradley University and has served as Illinois Poet Laureate since 2003. He lives in Dunlap, Illinois.