Stephen Morrissey
Stephen Morrissey, poet and teacher, was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1950. His father, Edgar Morrissey, was employed as chief clerk and secretary to the Chairman and President of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Honours in English with Distinction, from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) in 1973. In 1976 he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in English from McGill University where he studied with the eminent poet Louis Dudek. In the 1970s Morrissey was associated with the Vehicule Poets, a group of young poets (Ken Norris, Endre Farkas, Tom Konyves, Claudia Lapp, Artie Gold, John McAuley, and Stephen Morrissey) who published and organized poetry readings at Vehicule Art Gallery in Montreal. Morrissey’s first book of poems, The Trees of Unknowing was published by Vehicule Press in 1978. Morrissey also published two literary magazines of poetry, “what is” (1973-1975) and “The Montreal Journal of Poetics” (1978-1985). Since 1976 Morrissey has taught English and Humanities at Champlain College, where he is still employed. In 1983 Coach House Press in Toronto published Morrissey’s second book of poems, Divisions. Family Album (1989) was published by Caitlin Press in Vancouver, followed by the Shadow Trilogy: The Compass (1993), The Yoni Rocks (1995), and The Mystic Beast (1997). He is currently working on a new volume.
Books by Stephen Morrissey
Yoni Rocks, The
Compass, The
Family Album
Mystic Beast, The
Mapping the Soul
La bête mystique