Charles Stein

Charles Stein: teaches art writing at the MFA program of the School of Visual Arts, New York. His work comprises a complexly integrated field of poems, philosophy, art theory, mathematics, translations from ancient Greek, drawings, photographs, lectures, conversations, and music performances. Born in 1944 in New York City, he is the author of fourteen books of poetry, including Black Light Casts White Shadows (Lunar Chandelier Collective, 2018), From Mimir’s Head (Station Hill Press), a verse translation of The Odyssey (North Atlantic Books). His prose writings include a vision of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone Unveiled (North Atlantic Books), a critical study of poet Charles Olson’s use of the writing of C.G. Jung. He holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Connecticut and lives in Barrytown, NY.