Author

David Kirby
David Kirby’s collection The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2007. Kirby is the author of Little Richard: The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, which the Times Literary Supplement of London called “a hymn of praise to the emancipatory power of nonsense.” Kirby’s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. His latest poetry collection is More Than This. See also www.davidkirby.com. [2019]
CONTRIBUTIONS

Poetry
Aug 05 2019
Poetry: David Kirby
The Woman in the Wall The housekeeper is about to disappear into the room next to mine just as I say, Wait, tell me a housekeeping story. She’s a college… read more

Poetry
May 10 2012
Poetry Feature: David Kirby
“Siberia”
“The Hate Poem”
“If Any Man Have an Ear”
“Let Him Listen”
“Senior Coffee”

Nonfiction
Sep 01 1997
The Secret Lives of Books
This essay is not currently available online. All last summer I went to a local housing project every Wednesday afternoon to read to a group of children. With one or… read more