Cyrus Console Explained

Cyrus Console (Cyrus Console-Şoican) is an American poet, essayist, and memoirist from Topeka, Kansas. Console studied biology as an undergraduate at the University of Kansas. He also earned an MFA in writing from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Kansas.^[1] His first book of poetry, Brief Under Water, was published in 2008, and his second book of poetry, The Odicy, appeared in 2011. A memoir, Romanian Notebook, was published in March 2017 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.^[2] Console is currently an assistant professor at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Bibliography

• Book: Console. Cyrus. Brief Under Water. 2008. Burning Deck. Providence, RI. 9781886224872.
• Book: Irby. Kenneth. Waugh. Kyle. Console. Cyrus. The Intent On: Collected Poems, 1962–2006. 2009. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, CA. 9781556438332.
• Book: Console. Cyrus. The Odicy. 2011. Omnidawn. Richmond, CA. 9781890650520.
• Book: Ionescu-Quintus. Mircea. Paula and Cyrus Console-Șoican, trans.. The Devil's Grinder. 2013. Parmenides. Las Vegas, NV. 9781930972810.
• Book: Console. Cyrus. Romanian Notebook. 2017. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York. 9780865478305.

Further reading

• "The Matter With Kansas: Ben Lerner Talks to Cyrus Console," Los Angeles Review of Books, February 26, 2012, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-matter-with-kansas-ben-lerner-talks-to-cyrus-console/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Creative Writing. Kansas City Art Institute. 25 January 2017.
2. Web site: "Romanian Notebook" by Cyrus Console. Macmillan Publishers. 25 January 2017.