Poet Joshua Corey’s newest collection captures love in post 9/11 era

Poet Joshua Corey’s newest collection captures love in post 9/11 era
Joshua Corey began his latest collection of poems in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. WBEZ/Rehman Tungekar
Poet Joshua Corey’s newest collection captures love in post 9/11 era
Joshua Corey began his latest collection of poems in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. WBEZ/Rehman Tungekar

Poet Joshua Corey’s newest collection captures love in post 9/11 era

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Joshua Corey has just put out his third book of poems. The Lake Forest College professor started Severance Songs in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The poems explore the tension between safety and war but they are also all about love.

He joined Eight Forty-Eight host Alison Cuddy to discuss this latest collection.