Corey Zeller is the author of OFTEN YOU LIGHT A FUSE TO PROVE YOU WON'T EXPLODE (Boa Editions, 2027) and three other collections.  His work has been published in Poetry, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, The Missouri Review, Academy of American Poets, The Colorado Review, Indiana Review, Gulf Coast, Puerto del Sol, Mid-American Review, BOMB Magazine,  Fence, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, PEN America, Denver Quarterly, The Southeast Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Verse Daily, Copper Nickel, North American Review, Washington Square Review,  Fugue, McSweeney's, Diagram, Salt Hill, West Branch, TriQuarterly, Third Coast, Bat City Review, The Cincinnati Review, Willow Springs, Blackbird, Sonora Review, The Offing, among others. He received his MFA from Syracuse University.