David Kann

David Kann is a poetry reader for Mud Season Review and is at present professor emeritus of American Literature at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo, where he taught American literature, poetry and poetry workshops. After a temporary walkabout in the arid outback of academic administration, he gratefully returned to teaching and writing exclusively. Some years ago, David wrote and published some poetry. However, life managed to get in the way. Then, he attended poetry readings that included his immensely talented daughter, Rachel. He found most of the poetry (excluding Rachel’s) pretty tiresome. When he complained to his friend and superb poet Lisa Coffman, she responded by asking him if he thought he could do better. He decided to take the dare, and apparently, he’s been successful, having had four chapbooks published. And his book Ishmael On the Farm is forthcoming from Fernwood Press.