Beginning at the center, Kenneth Irby digs into his Kansas heartland with force of the perceptual imagination. His STUDIES make images of life, and bring delight through the affectionate wandering of his attention. Reading topologies and what lies beneath them, Irby is a finder and weaver of the real into the imagined. These poems run jazz-like word trails through an open field, bopping in range of the real; at each turn something new, a surprise. The mind and heart meet head on.
Author Hometown: LAWRENCE, KS USA
About the author: Kenneth Irby (born 18 November 1936) is a American poet. He is sometimes associated with the Black Mountain poets, especially with Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, and Ed Dorn. Irby currently is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas.
