You should learn the name of the new Poet Laureate of The United States.

[Duncan Grant]

You'll need to click the link to find out why I posted this story to this forum. :hi:


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POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Kay Ryan
Poems that turn ordinary things grand
Fairfax poet's original voice draws notice and highest honors

Though she calls herself "a proud mono-tasker," Kay Ryan was making toast for her nephew Thursday morning while fielding calls about her appointment as 16th poet laureate of the United States.

From now on, the 62-year-old poet and English teacher from Fairfax will have to get used to the pace.

"I usually do a lot of idle woolgathering, punctuated with bicycle riding and a certain amount of cooking," she said, holding the phone to her ear while buttering toast. "This will flip daily life upside down."

Wit and understatement - applied to the quiddities of daily living - are key to Ryan's poetry, which has earned many honors, including, in 2004, the nation's largest poetry award, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/18/MN8411QTIU.DTL&tsp=1

Congratulations, Kay Ryan! :party: :toast: :party:

[Book Lover]

1. Well they certainly didn't put *that* piece of info

in the CHE piece! What a most excellent present :-)

[Sal Minella]

2. On NPR this morning, she mentioned her partner, Carol.

Ryan said she puts a few words on a page and then they take over and start doing things on their own. Very witty and interesting woman to listen to. On NPR she read a poem called "Turtle" which was a tour-de-force of language ballet.

[MuseRider]

3. Awesome!

She writes beautifully.

Congratulations to the two of them! :toast:

[JackBeck]

4. K&R for some good news for a change.

:pals:

[terrya]

5. Wow....very cool news!

Congratulations to Kay Ryan, the new Poet Laurate of the United States!

:-)

:party: :toast:

[Zuiderelle]

6. Oh YAY! That's wonderful!

Congratulations Kay Ryan! :toast:

[xchrom]

7. congrats kay ryan!

:applause: