Kevin Stein


Kevin Stein 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. 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 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.
In December 2003, he was named the Illinois Poet Laureate.

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