Joshua Corey is a poet, critic, translator, and novelist. His books include Hannah and the Master, a poetic fantasia on the relationship between Martin Heidegger and Martin Arendt, and the novels Beautiful Soul: An American Elegy and How Long Is Now, both of which could plausibly be described as shaggy-dog stories about grief. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Fortnightly Review, a literary magazine, and sole owner and proprietor of Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, a Substack where he discusses writing, movies, and his obsession with Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of historical novels. He is Professor of English at Lake Forest College outside Chicago and lives in Evanston with his family.