You'd Never Know it from the Way I Talk: Lectures and Readings, Ashland University, 1990

by Kenneth H. Brown

Here are five personal and provocative lectures accompanied by illustrative prose and verse readings by a writer who has struggled with the vicissitudes of the literary profession throughout his career, often tending bar to support himself.

81 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Kenneth H. Brown was born on March 9, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Brown attended Brooklyn Preparatory, a Jesuit high school from 1950 until 1954. After graduating, he joined the Marine Corps and traveled to Korea, Japan, Okinawa, and Quantico, Virginia. After he was honorably discharged, he attended Columbia University as an undergraduate on the G.I. Bill from 1957 until 1961. After that he worked as a stock transfer clerk for Chemical Bank, a textile buyer for T. Eaton of Canada, and a salesman for P. Lorrilard Tobacco Co. His first play was produced in 1963.

Mr. Brown’s personal literary archive was acquired by The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, USA, in May, 2008.

Published works:
Plays:
The Brig (1963),
The Happy Bar (1966),
Devices (1965),
Blake's Design (1968),
The Green Room (1971),
The Cretan Bull (1972),
Nightlight (1973).

Novels:
The Narrows (1970),
Hitler's Analyst (2000).

Poetry:
For Julian & Judith (1966),
Through a Cage Brightly (1965),
My Seed Grows Wilder (1964),
The Meadows of Mourning (1991).