“pleasure and astonishment”
—Michael McClure

“wonder” 
—Toby Olson

“resonances of Rabelais, Voltaire,
and Mickey Spillane” 
—Rochelle Owens

“exuberant and richly varied”
—Harry Mathews

Welcome to Lou Rowan’s website.

Please enjoy reading and hearing his work.

Photo by Andrea Augé

"Lou Rowan gave the most tremendous reading I've heard in any language, an actual performance that gave flesh to the words."

—Anne-Laure Tissut, The Sorbonne