Selected Publications
A Thousand Flames
My first book of poems will be published by Verdant Publishing this November.
From the publisher:
Corey Pressman writes, paints, and teaches, and all three inform A Thousand Flames, his debut collection. These are poems of secular devotion: a bird feeder named as the axis mundi, a god of the bees, an eschatology built from cattails and slow shade. Across twelve sections the book moves between a hilltop in the fog, a Neolithic town where weaving is the prayer, and desire lines crossing a map, holding each one long enough for the ordinary to turn strange.
"Corey Pressman is a magical human - magical art, magical writing. His finely made poems are bells of vision and clarity to help us 'stay the same changing.'"
—Naomi Shihab Nye
Book launch: Saturday, November 7, 2026, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM at Up Up Books
Come help us celebrate the launch of my first book of poetry! This launch event will feature poetry reading, book signing, and general chatting.
If you're considering coming, feel free to RSVP here. Also, you can preorder the book today!
"Savage" Published, Named Kay Snow Runner-Up
My story "Savage" appears in Timberline Review no. 15 and was named Runner-Up for the Kay Snow Award in Non-Fiction, given annually by Willamette Writers.
Article:
A New Naturalism
Orion Magazine, Summer 2025
Workbook:
A Rewilded Mind: An Evidence-Informed Guide to Reclaiming Your Wild Imagination
Arizona State University
Photo by Miha Rekar on Unsplash
Memoir:
Three Burgers
Gastronomica (2020) 20 (2): 96–98.
JRR Tolkien
Article:
The Art of Being Well
Portland Magazine, Fall 2024
Poem:
In the Dim
Santa Clara Review, Volume 109 Issue 2
Book:
The Double-Edged Sword An evidence-informed workbook for the well-being of nurses and the places they work
American Nursing Association, October, 2023
Photo by Roey Ahram
Poem:
Washington Square Park, Right Before the Rain
Pine Row Press, April, 2020
Listen to a reading of this poem.
Nonfiction:
Post-Book Paratext: Designing for Haptic Harmony
IGI Global
Poem:
Ephemeroptera
Clackamas Literary Review, 2020, Volume XXIV
Listen to a reading of this poem.
Personal Essay:
Coffee in a Time of Quarantine
Litro Magazine
Illustration by Kirsten Newkirk
Story:
Divided Light
Arizona State University Press
Book:
Growing Up Sideways: A Memoir - coming out soon!
Quiet Lion Press
Story:
Consider the Cricket: Foreword to the 2419 edition of Neela Jarcho’s How to Cook a Space Wolf
About Place Journal
Poem:
Quarantine Circuit
Lucky Jefferson Magazine
Listen to a reading here.
Flash Fiction:
“Biomass,” a brief science fiction story, was featured on the Ripples in Space podcast. Kate Ragan provides a great reading of this piece!
Poetry:
”All those ancient egyptians were right”
About Place Journal