Corey S. Pressman is a scholar, writer, and painter concerned with imagination as a central human capacity.
His work spans academic writing, short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and painting. His classes and workshops teach practices of attention, abstraction, and creative life.
Recent Work
academic writing
The imaginary intervention: a conceptual framework for applied imagination in public health in Critical Public Health
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creative writing
“In this fraught world, Corey S. Pressman’s ecstatic work stands ready to delight us, move us, bless us.” —Paulann Petersen
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painting
Oct 27, 2026 to Nov 28, 2026
Solo exhibition Intervals of Light at the Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
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