Karl Jirgens

Karl Jirgens, former English Dept. Head (U Windsor), is author of six books (Coach House, Mercury, ECW, The Porcupine’s Quill and Exile Editions). Jirgens edited two books (on painter, Jack Bush, and poet, Christopher Dewdney). His scholarly and creative texts are published globally (recently in Japan). His poetry was selected for Best Poetry of Canada, 2023. His collection of poems, Travesties (Exile, 2025) is due autumn, 2025. Jirgens founded, edited & published Rampike magazine, featuring celebrated international artists, writers, and theorists. Rampike is digitally archived (free: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/rampike/about.html), and print archived at Thomas Fisher Library (University of Toronto). His prize winning short-fiction collection, The Razor’s Edge was published in 2022 (See: https://www.jirgens.org/).