Professor edits Grand Canyon book

An associate professor at Western Wyoming Community College recently co-edited an poetry anthology.

Rick Kempa, associate professor of English co-edited “Going Down Grand: Poems from the Canyon” that assembles verses old and new into a collection of poems that celebrate the unique experience of visiting the Grand Canyon.

“It’s a collection of poems by people past and mostly present who are trying to make meaning of their Grand Canyon experience,” Kempa said, who co-edited the book with Peter Anderson.

“There is a section of the book with poems about visiting the Rim, about walking the trails d...