"Alongside
Gary Lutz and
Sam Lipsyte,
Kirby Gann is one of the more exciting writers to come along in recent years...."
—Scott Bryan Wilson, in Rain Taxi Review of Books
Gann contributed a short essay on how to clarify your own ideas for narrative in the new anthology
Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers edited by Sherry Ellis, published by Tarcher.
Our Napoleon in Rags is a nominee for the Kentucky Award in Literature.
Frontiers Magazine, in Los Angeles, named
Our Napoleon in Rags one of the Top 5 Novels published in 2005.
Also, at the literary blog Syntax of Things, they've posted an excellent list of what they're calling "underrated writers" — Kirby Gann is on the list, along with many other writers worthy of attention. Check out the site here:
Syntax of Things.
Kirby Gann is the author of the novels
The Barbarian Parade (Hill Street Press, 2004) and
Our Napoleon in Rags (Ig Publishing, April 2005). He is also co-editor (with poet Kristin Herbert) of the anthology
A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play, which was a finalist for the
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award (Anthologies). His short fiction has appeared in
Witness and
The Best of Witness,
The Crescent Review,
American Writing,
The Louisville Review,
The Southeast Review, and
The Southern Indiana Review, among other journals. He is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship and two Professional Assistance Awards from the Kentucky Arts Council, and an Honorable Mention in The Pushcart Prize Anthology. Gann is Managing Editor at Sarabande Books, and teaches in the
brief-residency MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University.
Kirkby Tittle is a musician and songwriter. Currently he plays lead guitar for the band Hipmonk, which is fronted by singer-songwriter R. Scot Payne. They have just released their debut CD,
Pushing Stone.
Both Kirby Gann and Kirkby Tittle live in Louisville, Kentucky, with wife Stephanie.
