Cory Brown

Biography

I took a B.A. in English and Philosophy from Oklahoma State University in 1979 and an M.F.A. from Cornell University in 1984, where I studied with Archie Ammons and Robert Morgan. My most recent collection of poems is from Water Street Press, entitled Poems 1986-1998. My first collection, A Warm Trend, won a national manuscript competition from Swallow’s Tale Press. Over the past ten years my poems have appeared in many journals, including Bomb, The Chattahoochee Review, West Branch, Northwest Review, and Postmodern Culture; and more recently in The Fiddlehead, The Antigonish Review, The Pedestal, Rosebud, and Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry. I have also recently published two essays discussing philosophy and literary theory, one scholarly ("Notes on the Role of the Arts...") and the other humorous and meditative ("On Thinking").

I teach a variety of courses at Ithaca College: a freshman composition class on the philosophy and science of sex and love; personal essay; poetry writing; creative writing theory (poetics); a senior seminar workshop on the practice, history, and theory of traditional poetry forms; and two honors seminars, one on the philosophy of sex and love and the other on the pursuit of happiness.

Areas

• poetry writing
• essay writing
• literary theory

Degrees

• B.A. English and Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, 1979
• M.F.A. Poetry, Cornell University, 1984

Some Publications

 Recent and forthcoming poems (as of spring 2008):

• Rosebud Magazine (spring '07)
• The Antigonish Review (spring '07)
• Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry (expected spring '08)
• The Fiddlehead (expected spring '08)

 Some Poems Online:

• The Pedestal Magazine (Feb. '07)
• in Postmodern Culture: May 96 and Jan 96.

 Recent and forthcoming prose (as of spring 2008):

• "Notes on the Role of the Arts in a Technocratic Culture: An Argument for a Poetry and Literature of Political Integrity" appeared in the most recent issue of The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society. It was also presented at two conferences, The 2nd International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, in Hyderabad, India and the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Association for Science, Technology and Society, in Baltimore. [For free access to this essay, go to "Documents" in the sidebar and download it from "Sample Prose."]
• "On Thinking," a playful philosophical meditation, in Diner. [This essay is also available in the "Documents" section of the sidebar, under "Sample Prose."]