Last year as he & his work were being celebrated at the University of Lawrence, Kansas [see post here] Ken Irby gave me a copy of & permission to reprint the following letter by Robert Duncan — the first one Irby received from RD. It took awhile, but here it is finally, as photo repro & [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Kenneth Irby'
Robert Duncan to Kenneth Irby, May 10, 1963
May 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Correspondence, Poet, Poetics
Tags: Kenneth Irby·Robert Duncan
Ken Irby Celebrated
November 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Poet, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry readings
Tags: Ben Friedlander·Denise Low·Joe Harrington·Kenneth Irby·Lyn Hejinian·Pierre Joris
Honoring Ken Irby
October 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Intellectuals, Live Reading, Poet, Poetics, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tags: Eberhardt Colloquium·Kenneth Irby·Lawrence·University of Kansas
Irby & Joris @ Poetry Project
February 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Poetry readings, Poets, St Marks Poetry Project
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church 131 E. 10th St. New York NY 10003 212-674-0910 | info@poetryproject.org Kenneth Irby & Pierre Joris Wednesday / 2 March 2011 / 8 pm Kenneth Irby was born in Bowie, Texas, in 1936, and grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was educated at the University of Kansas, [...]
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Latta & Hafner on Ken Irby
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Book Review, Poetry
Two items of note concerning Kenneth Irby, whose book The Intent On: Collected Poems 1962-2006 I made my favorite book of the year (& most necessary one!) on this blog some time ago: A review & meditation by John Latta which you can read here on his Isola di Rifiuti blog, and an article by [...]
Kenneth Irby: The Intent On
December 13th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Literature, Poetry
Kenneth Irby THE INTENT ON Collected Poems, 1962- 2006 672 pages; hardcover; gorgeous Thorpe Feidt painting on cover; excellently designed by Jonathan Greene; $40 from North Atlantic Books This is a book I have been waiting for for many years now and finally, finally it is here: the Collected Poems of Ken Irby, one of [...]
Tags: Collected poems·Kenneth Irby·North Atlantic Books·The Intent On
0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)